What indie founders actually pay — real startup stacks and SaaS costs

Founders being uncomfortably transparent about their monthly SaaS bills. Filter & judge silently.

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#	Founder / Startup	Cost/mo	MRR	ROI	Tools
1	Flux Kontext AI @scofieldfee	—	$0 - $1		1
2	Trya @remibuchaillat	—	$93.29		7
3	LaunchPad India @rorsumit “We are building this to give visibility, traffic and SEO boost for Indian Builders. If you are building or operating in India, plz submit your product or productized service.”	$20	Pre-revenue	<1x	1
4	Study-Track @flodjes “Late 2025, during my first semester of my first year in university, I wanted to have a tool to track and plan my study time. So I created a simple self-hosted web-app, originally planned for just myself. The next day when my I showed my new planning method to my friends, they also wanted to have a tool like that. So I started working, building, developing Study-Track to what it is today.”	$69	$1 - $50	<1x	5
5	Pomodorez.com @drpanayioths	$9	$0 - $1	<1x	3
6	Flagup.io @imfabien	$67	$0 - $1	<1x	7
7	CitoHR @dancherrington	$65	$250 - $500	3x – 7x	5
8	PageAI @morningmakershow “Switched from Lovable to PageAI and ditched subscriptions. No lock in, own your code.”	$239	$2k - $5k	8x – 20x	7

Founder / Startup	Cost/mo	MRR	ROI	Tools
Skina @rclaes1995	$25	$1 - $50	<1x – 2x	4
MakeForms.xyz @entrepgrow	—	$0 - $1		3
Wafler \| DDoS Protection @waflerone “You can't beat good security”	$20	Pre-revenue	<1x	3
🐯 GROAR @yannick-ferire “I started making visuals for my own Build In Public journey. People kept asking what tool I used, so I built it.”	$9	$10	1x	11
stackco.st @pertti-studio “I was curious if this idea would even work lol”	$168	Pre-revenue	<1x	14
maptrics @pertti-studio “Not one tool fixed my issues, so I made my own”	$123	$33.49	<1x	15

#	Founder / Startup	Cost/mo	MRR	ROI	Tools
1	Flux Kontext AI @scofieldfee	—	$0 - $1		1
2	Trya @remibuchaillat	—	$93.29		7
3	LaunchPad India @rorsumit “We are building this to give visibility, traffic and SEO boost for Indian Builders. If you are building or operating in India, plz submit your product or productized service.”	$20	Pre-revenue	<1x	1
4	Study-Track @flodjes “Late 2025, during my first semester of my first year in university, I wanted to have a tool to track and plan my study time. So I created a simple self-hosted web-app, originally planned for just myself. The next day when my I showed my new planning method to my friends, they also wanted to have a tool like that. So I started working, building, developing Study-Track to what it is today.”	$69	$1 - $50	<1x	5
5	Pomodorez.com @drpanayioths	$9	$0 - $1	<1x	3
6	Flagup.io @imfabien	$67	$0 - $1	<1x	7
7	CitoHR @dancherrington	$65	$250 - $500	3x – 7x	5
8	PageAI @morningmakershow “Switched from Lovable to PageAI and ditched subscriptions. No lock in, own your code.”	$239	$2k - $5k	8x – 20x	7

Founder / Startup	Cost/mo	MRR	ROI	Tools
Skina @rclaes1995	$25	$1 - $50	<1x – 2x	4
MakeForms.xyz @entrepgrow	—	$0 - $1		3
Wafler \| DDoS Protection @waflerone “You can't beat good security”	$20	Pre-revenue	<1x	3
🐯 GROAR @yannick-ferire “I started making visuals for my own Build In Public journey. People kept asking what tool I used, so I built it.”	$9	$10	1x	11
stackco.st @pertti-studio “I was curious if this idea would even work lol”	$168	Pre-revenue	<1x	14
maptrics @pertti-studio “Not one tool fixed my issues, so I made my own”	$123	$33.49	<1x	15