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CASE / 481Software

openbudget.sh

Connects bank and investment accounts through Plaid to AI assistants such as Claude, ChatGPT, Hermes, and OpenClaw (an MCP connector), so users can ask directly about spending, budgets, and trends; it also syncs to Google Sheets/Excel and categorizes automatically.

Audience
Individual users who want to analyze their own bank transactions and investments with Claude/ChatGPT, and small business owners who keep their books in spreadsheets
Pricing
subscription
Channel
The only channel the founder self-reported on Revenue record is SEO. Traffic estimate 2026-09: direct 38%, organic search about 46.5%, referrals about 9%; the search terms are all non-brand long-tail, such as connecting banks and credit cards to claude, mcp for bank to claude, how can i connect my claude to my bank, the Spanish 'como conectar mis cuentas bancarias ... claude', and competidores mybanx, up 36.5% month over month, and about 11.7% of keyword traffic is paid. The blog has written about exporting bank transactions to spreadsheets since 2024-02 and about MCP personal finance since 2026-05-26, and it is listed in AI directories such as Soverin, OpenHunts, Dang.ai, and neeed; the website also has an affiliate program page (terms agreed by email).
Snapshot MRR · USD · 2026-10-241,386
CASE / 482Software

Synaps Media

Managed hosting for Ghost blogs and newsletters. Fully managed service for Ghost publications: servers, updates, backups, email setup, domain management and multi-site management, cheaper than Ghost(Pro), with servers in the EU.

Audience
Individual creators and small teams who want to use Ghost for a blog, newsletter or paid-subscription site but do not want to run servers themselves and find Ghost(Pro) expensive
Pricing
subscription
Channel
Traffic estimate 2026-09: the top channel is direct visits at 39.4%, organic search about 45%, referral about 9%; Traffic estimate captured only 3 brand keywords (synaps media, sinapsy mídia ghost and so on), a very small data volume. The site lists social accounts on Fediverse, Bluesky, Reddit, X, YouTube and LinkedIn, has no referral or affiliate mechanism, and no blog but a Changelog and Tips. On 2025-02-03 the founder posted a Show HN (5 points, 0 comments); on 2026-07-28 a user on HN recommended it unprompted under a Substack migration topic. New users are presumed to come mainly from people searching 'Ghost hosting' and 'Ghost(Pro) alternative' and from word of mouth on the Ghost forum; existing users stay because of the stickiness of a hosting migration, and Revenue record shows 218 subscriptions (Speculation).
Snapshot MRR · USD · 2026-10-111,386
CASE / 483Other

Cosden Code

An online learning platform for React developers: video courses plus hands-on practice in a real in-browser IDE, with an AI tutor in every lesson; it currently has four courses (JavaScript, React Fundamentals, Design Patterns in React, TypeScript) and plans to add data fetching, state management, Next.js, and more.

Audience
Junior and mid-level developers who want to learn React and TypeScript systematically and move toward full-time front-end roles (the website says 1,808 developers are learning)
Pricing
subscription
Channel
Traffic estimate has very little data for this site: last month there were only 2 search keywords (cosden code, linkedin react design patterns), the channels are listed as display ads / direct / email, and visits are empty, so it cannot be treated as the channel structure. Founder Darius Cosden says on the website that his YouTube channel Cosden Solutions has hundreds of thousands of subscribers and millions of views, and his X account dariuscosden has 876 followers; the search keyword 'linkedin react design patterns' shows he also posts React content on LinkedIn; new users most likely come from these personal accounts (speculation). No channel was filled in on Revenue record. Existing users are retained through continuously updated modules, a leaderboard, and a community.
Snapshot MRR · USD · 2026-10-241,380
CASE / 484Software

Voxdub

Makes the rythmo band (bande rythmo) used for dubbing, on the web and on desktop (Mac/Windows): split and merge lines, loop recording, source and target language side by side, multiple languages, export to MP4/BWF audio track/subtitles, with multi-user collaboration and version history; the website also has 7 free in-browser video mini tools (such as MP4 to MP3).

Audience
Dubbing adapters, translators, voice actors and dubbing studios in the French-speaking world, as well as hobbyists doing YouTube dubbing and fandub
Pricing
subscription
Channel
In Traffic estimate for last month, the top channel is organic search (70.29%), followed by direct (about 22.3%), generative AI referral at about 4.5% and paid 0.28%; last month's visits were about 22.3K, -8.72% month over month. There are 176 search terms, with brand keywords only about 20%; most are free-tool terms such as mp4 to mp3, mp4 en mp3 and convertir mp4 en mp3 en ligne, showing that much of the traffic is brought in by the free video conversion tools. The website also has 21 French blog posts (on bande rythmo, dubbing, fandub and YouTube dubbing) and a referral program (Parrainage) with a 30% commission, displays logos of institutions such as TF1, NRJ and INA, and has social accounts on X, LinkedIn, Discord and TikTok (@banderythmovf). The founder did not fill in a channel on Revenue record.
Snapshot MRR · USD · 2026-10-241,374
CASE / 485Software

CoPrep AI

An AI interview assistant that gives answer suggestions in real time during online interviews on Zoom, Google Meet, Teams, and more, plus AI mock interviews, resume analysis and generation, LinkedIn optimization, and a job search toolkit, usable in the browser, on mobile, or on desktop.

Audience
Job seekers preparing for online interviews for software, data, finance, consulting, and product roles, mainly from the United States and India
Pricing
mixed
Channel
Traffic estimate: last month's visits were about 50.2K (-3.15% month over month in 2026-09); the top channel is organic search at 33.61%, direct about 49.8% (calc estimate), and paid search about 10%; 36.96% of search is paid traffic. Of the 256 keywords, brand keywords are about 20%, and the non-brand ones are mainly the free-tool terms ppp calculator and ppp converter and the competitor terms interview sidekick and final round ai. The website has free tools such as a PPP Salary Calculator, Notice Period Calculator, and AI Job Risk Calculator, plus Instagram, TikTok, X, YouTube, and LinkedIn accounts; it launched on Product Hunt once on 2026-05-13 and once on 2026-07-21, the homepage carries Startup Fame and Google Cloud Partner badges, and it claims 120,000+ users. Credits never expire, so existing users come back by topping up. The founder left the channel blank on Revenue record.
Snapshot MRR · USD · 2026-10-241,370
CASE / 486Software

ColorCraft

Enter a text description and AI generates the interior pages of coloring books, picture books, comic books, and puzzle books, with KDP-size covers and spines and lifestyle mockups, and exports print-ready PDFs; the site also has a bookstore and a print-on-demand service.

Audience
Self-published authors making low-content books on Amazon KDP, Etsy sellers, and parents and teachers making custom picture books for children (Revenue record estimates about 3,500 users)
Pricing
mixed
Channel
Traffic estimate has very little data for this site: only 5 search keywords (coloring page generator, ai coloring book generator, free ai coloring page generator, book spine width calculator, plus the brand keyword color craft); the channels in order are direct visits (29.07%), organic search, and referrals, visits are empty, and the country is Morocco 100%, so it cannot be treated as the real channel structure. The 'Viral' classification comes from the mechanics found in the scrape (watermarked trial downloads, creator book showcases and a public leaderboard) plus the share of direct/brand traffic; no real sharing data was found. The channels the founder wrote on the Revenue record page are Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, and Google Ads, plus organic referrals from ChatGPT; the website has 600+ free printable coloring pages and calculators for KDP cost / royalties / spine width, and also a private Facebook group, The KDP Coloring Book Lab.
Snapshot MRR · USD · 2026-10-241,360
CASE / 487Software

MonitUp

Employee-monitoring SaaS installed on Windows computers that records working hours, app and website usage, and optional screenshots, with managers viewing productivity reports in a back office; there is also a time-tracking version for freelancers.

Audience
Managers of small companies and law firms running remote or hybrid teams on Windows 10/11 computers, and freelancers who need to prove their hours to clients
Pricing
subscription
Channel
On Traffic estimate in 2026-09, the top three channels are direct visits (39.7%), organic search, and referrals, with 0% paid traffic, and last month's visits were about 22.1K. The non-brand keywords are mainly "windows screen time", the Russian "экранное время на пк как посмотреть", and Italian searches about checking working hours, matching the website's 114 blog posts (2022-10 to 2026-09, many of them "How to check screen time on Windows" tutorials). The founder self-reported the channels blog, SEO, Product Hunt, and partnerships on Revenue record, and there have been 3 launches on Product Hunt. Old users stay because of the per-seat subscription and come back by visiting the back office directly; exactly how they come back: Not found.
Snapshot MRR · USD · 2026-10-241,358
CASE / 488IT Services

Lead Scorer

An AI SDR: finds companies and decision-makers from your profile, enriches and scores them, and drafts LinkedIn and email outreach sequences that are sent only after you confirm; comes with a free LinkedIn CRM and can be operated directly from Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor through MCP.

Audience
Solo founders, indie developers, consultants, and freelancers with no sales team who have to find B2B customers themselves, as well as very small B2B sales teams, with the French market as the focus
Pricing
subscription
Channel
On Traffic estimate the top channel is direct at 35.9% and organic search is about 48.1%, but there are only 5 keywords in total: the brand keyword lead scorer is about 40%, and the non-brand ones are distrubution course for saas, outreach mcp, leads skill claude, and free linekdin crm forever. From 2026-08 the website blog has published bilingual English and French articles almost every day, two a day, on sales and customer acquisition methods, plus numbered series "The First 100 Customers Course" and "The SaaS Distribution Course" (already #34 in September), which match exactly that distrubution course search keyword. The website also offers 25 copyable Claude/ChatGPT outreach skills as free lead magnets and made the MCP installation instructions public in July. The founder self-reports many channels on Revenue record: content marketing, SEO, blog, LinkedIn, X, YouTube, cold email, cold DM, email marketing, webinars, word of mouth. There are currently only about 10 subscriptions, and where the first paying users came from was not found.
Snapshot MRR · USD · 2026-10-241,356
CASE / 489Software

Unsection

Web design inspiration library browsed by section, free to use with paid unlock for unlimited access. It breaks real websites into sections such as Hero, pricing, FAQ, and footer so designers and developers can browse by section type and industry and save favorites; the paid version removes browsing limits and ads, and can also search and build sections inside Claude/Cursor via MCP.

Audience
UI designers, front-end developers, and indie developers building landing pages and product websites (many users from India, the United States, and Brazil)
Pricing
mixed
Channel
Traffic estimate 2026-09: organic search at 47.9% is the top channel, direct about 39%, social about 7.8% (X, YouTube, Pinterest), paid 0%; about 162.7K visits last month, 1.3K keywords, which besides the brand keyword unsection are design terms such as hero section, hero section design, footer design, hero portfolio ideas. Referrals include threads.com 3.1%, github.com 2.1%, arc.net 1.6%. The homepage carries third-party sponsored ads (Shadcnblocks, Mobbin, Web Anatomy, etc.). The founder did not fill in a channel on Revenue record; returning users come back through their saved collections and weekly updates (speculation).
Snapshot MRR · USD · 2026-10-241,354
CASE / 490Software

Fiddl.art

Brings multiple AI models such as Nano Banana Pro, Flux 2, and Sora into one web page, where users type prompts to generate images and videos; works can be made public in a gallery, and when others unlock them the author earns points.

Audience
Individual creators, designers, and content operators who want to try several AI image/video models on the cheap, and people who prefer paying by usage over a monthly subscription
Pricing
credits
Channel
Traffic estimate 2026-09: the top channel is organic search at 45%, followed by direct and social (Reddit); besides brand keywords, the search terms include 'free unlimited uncensored ai' and 'unlimited ai' (in Chinese in the source). On 2026-04-24 the founder said on Revenue record that he runs no ads, and acquisition mainly comes from Reddit/content and search, plus about $2k of outsourcing spend a month; over the last six months there were 55,599 signups and 1,889 new paying users. The website shows directory badges such as Product Hunt, Open-Launch, and Launch Igniter; the public gallery and leaderboards bring works back to search and to returning users.
Snapshot MRR · USD · 2026-10-241,352
CASE / 491Software

Fireply AI

Learns the user's speaking style on X and automatically replies in the user's voice within about 60 seconds under new posts from target accounts or keywords, helping founders and creators grow followers by replying; it is authorized through X's Contributor Access, so no password has to be handed over.

Audience
Founders, indie developers, creators, and small brands who want to grow followers and win customers on X but have no time to reply every day, as well as agencies managing multiple client accounts
Pricing
subscription
Channel
Traffic estimate 2026-09 top three channels are direct (39.7%), organic search, and referrals; organic search is 96.9% and paid 3.1%, and Traffic estimate did not give last month's visits (+56% month over month). There are few keywords, mainly the brand keyword fireply and competitor-comparison keywords "tweethunter free alternative", "typefully competitors", and "grok agent". The website published 50 blog posts in a concentrated burst starting 2026-05-26 ("Fireply vs Typefully", the X algorithm, Twitter tutorials, etc.) and also has an affiliate program with a 20% lifetime share; on 2026-06-17 it launched 2.0 on Product Hunt, with a press release spread the same day. The founders' self-reported channels on Revenue record are content-marketing, twitter, affiliate, partnerships. Existing users stay by subscribing so that it keeps replying automatically every day; the product runs on its own.
Snapshot MRR · USD · 2026-10-241,348
CASE / 492Software

zendai

After adding Zendai as a friend on LINE, you record income and expenses by typing, sending receipt photos, or voice; it can answer questions about the shop's numbers, pushes a daily sales summary, supports being added to the shop's LINE group so staff can record together, and exports to Excel/PDF.

Audience
Small shop owners, market stall vendors, and small businesses in Thailand who run their business on LINE, and small merchants who need to organize accounts for tax filing
Pricing
subscription
Channel
Traffic estimate (September 2026) shows organic search about 45%, direct about 40%, and referrals about 9%; the search keywords are Thai non-brand keywords, such as "ไลน์บันทึกรายรับรายจ่าย" (LINE record income and expenses) and "ai ช่วยจัดเก็บรายรับรายจ่าย ผ่าน line", with a brand keyword share of about 0. The website blog has 42 Thai articles on topics such as invoices, receipts, and tax (such as ภ.พ.30), matching small merchants' search needs. It also runs TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Lemon8, and LINE official accounts; existing users are retained through daily use in LINE and the daily sales summary. The founder did not fill in a channel on Revenue record.
Snapshot MRR · USD · 2026-10-241,346