# Orshot Hits 28k+ Users, 1.3 Million Renders and $10k+ MRR

> Orshot crossed $10k in monthly recurring revenue this week. A few numbers and some thoughts on building it solo

- **Author**: Rishi Mohan
- **Published**: 2026-10-29
- **Tags**: Updates, Milestones
- **Read time**: 2 min read
- **URL**: https://orshot.com/blog/orshot-10k-mrr

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Hi 👋 ! Orshot crossed **$10,000 in monthly recurring revenue** this week

When I wrote the [one year post](https://orshot.com/blog/1-year-orshot) in March, Orshot was at $5k a month.
Seven months later it has doubled. Still a team of one, still profitable

## Where Things Stand

All of this is live on the [open startup page](https://orshot.com/open):

- **$10,259** MRR
- **28,500+** users
- **1.3 million+** images, videos and PDFs automated
- **Team size: 1**

![Orshot growth from launch in March 2025 to $10,259 MRR in October 2026, with 28,500+ users and 1.3M+ renders](https://orshot.com/blog/orshot-10k-mrr/growth.webp)

I made this chart with Orshot, via Claude. Claude designed the template and Orshot rendered it

## A Few Customer Stories

The best part is seeing what people build with it:

- [ClickUp](https://orshot.com/blog/clickup-banner-generation) generated yearly wrap banners for 100,000+ users, at 300+ banners a minute
- [Brendi](https://orshot.com/blog/brendi-restaurants-marketing-automation) makes branded marketing images for 5,000+ restaurants across Brazil
- [CreatorCore](https://orshot.com/blog/influencer-marketing-automation-creatorcore) has automated 100,000+ visuals for influencer campaigns
- [Cashew.sg](https://orshot.com/blog/cashew-claude-carousel-automation), a mortgage advisory in Singapore, went from about 9 posts a month to 25

## How It Feels

Honestly, the number matters less than the days

The ideas wake me up with all the excitement, and my days end with contentment

I get to build what customers ask for, ship it the same week, and watch it get used.
That loop is the best part of this whole thing

There was no single big moment. Lots of small things, every day, compounding

And the work comes along wherever I go. Here's where I was when some of the bigger [updates](https://orshot.com/docs/changelog) went out

![Where Rishi shipped Orshot updates from in 2026: Bari in April, Dubrovnik in May, Berlin in the summer, Goa in the fall and Jersey City for Film Mode in October](https://orshot.com/blog/orshot-10k-mrr/shipped-from.webp)

## Things I Keep Coming Back To

- **Listen to customers.** Almost every good feature started as someone's email
- **Ship small and often.** A fix today beats a launch next month
- **Stay profitable.** It keeps every decision honest
- **Be fair on pricing.** Every early customer still pays what they signed up for
- **Use AI** for the boring parts, keep the taste and the decisions yourself
- **Stay close to family and friends.** They keep you grounded when the graph goes up or down

## What's Next

Orshot stays focused on what it does: an API for automated image, PDF and video generation from templates.
Faster renders, a better Studio, and more ways to plug it into the tools you already use

And now that Orshot pays for itself, I can take more risks.
So I'm also announcing [Muzekit](https://muzekit.com), more on it very soon 👀

## Thank You!

To every customer who paid, reported a bug or sent a feature request, this one is yours too.
Thank you for trusting a one-person company with your work