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#	Founder / Startup	Cost/mo	MRR	ROI	Tools
1	PageAI @morningmakershow “Switched from Lovable to PageAI and ditched subscriptions. No lock in, own your code.”	$239	$2k - $5k	8x – 20x	7
2	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.”	$19	$101.16	5x	7
3	CitoHR @dancherrington	$65	$250 - $500	3x – 7x	5
4	Skina @rclaes1995	$25	$1 - $50	<1x – 2x	4
5	🐯 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
6	Toolali @toolaliapp “Whatever the Task There's a Free Tool for It”	$3.2k	$0 - $1	<1x	5
7	Highlightly AI @the-aman-jain “The next great content tools will not help people publish more noise. They will help people prove what is already true. I am building Highlightly for people who care about the source behind the post: founders, marketers, researchers, writers, and teams who want speed without losing taste. The goal is simple: take real material, keep the attribution visible, and turn it into something polished enough to ship. Aman Jain”	$45	Pre-revenue	<1x	4
8	UX Gigs @s-austerberry	$39	Pre-revenue	<1x	9
9	Flow Invoice @codewizard “I made Flow so that I could get back to creating, rather than spending my time chasing clients and sending the same invoices every month. If you want us to take care of those for you too, you're in the right place!”	$12	Pre-revenue	<1x	4
10	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
11	Pomodorez.com @drpanayioths	$9	$0 - $1	<1x	3
12	Flagup.io @imfabien	$67	$0 - $1	<1x	7
13	Wafler \| DDoS Protection @waflerone “You can't beat good security”	$20	Pre-revenue	<1x	3
14	stackco.st @pertti-studio “I was curious if this idea would even work lol”	$168	Pre-revenue	<1x	14
15	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	PageAI @morningmakershow “Switched from Lovable to PageAI and ditched subscriptions. No lock in, own your code.”	$239	$2k - $5k	8x – 20x	7
2	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.”	$19	$101.16	5x	7
3	CitoHR @dancherrington	$65	$250 - $500	3x – 7x	5
4	Skina @rclaes1995	$25	$1 - $50	<1x – 2x	4
5	🐯 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
6	Toolali @toolaliapp “Whatever the Task There's a Free Tool for It”	$3.2k	$0 - $1	<1x	5
7	Highlightly AI @the-aman-jain “The next great content tools will not help people publish more noise. They will help people prove what is already true. I am building Highlightly for people who care about the source behind the post: founders, marketers, researchers, writers, and teams who want speed without losing taste. The goal is simple: take real material, keep the attribution visible, and turn it into something polished enough to ship. Aman Jain”	$45	Pre-revenue	<1x	4
8	UX Gigs @s-austerberry	$39	Pre-revenue	<1x	9
9	Flow Invoice @codewizard “I made Flow so that I could get back to creating, rather than spending my time chasing clients and sending the same invoices every month. If you want us to take care of those for you too, you're in the right place!”	$12	Pre-revenue	<1x	4
10	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
11	Pomodorez.com @drpanayioths	$9	$0 - $1	<1x	3
12	Flagup.io @imfabien	$67	$0 - $1	<1x	7
13	Wafler \| DDoS Protection @waflerone “You can't beat good security”	$20	Pre-revenue	<1x	3
14	stackco.st @pertti-studio “I was curious if this idea would even work lol”	$168	Pre-revenue	<1x	14
15	maptrics @pertti-studio “Not one tool fixed my issues, so I made my own”	$123	$33.49	<1x	15