# Orshot Open Startup Metrics

> Orshot is an API for generating images, PDFs and videos from templates, built in public. 30.6k+ users have run 1.36M renders so far, at 3.1s per render on average (across all requests, including multi-page carousels, PDFs and videos, not only single images).

[Live dashboard](https://orshot.com/open) | [Changelog](https://orshot.com/docs/changelog) | [Pricing](https://orshot.com/pricing.md)

## Key numbers

| Metric | Value | Window |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Total users | 30,612 | +766 this month |
| Renders | 1.36M | All time |
| Renders | 363.2k | Last 90 days |
| Renders per month | 121.1k | Average over the last 90 days |
| Average render time | 3.1s | Latest snapshot, across all requests, including multi-page carousels, PDFs and videos, not only single images |
| Median image render | 0.9s | Uncached PNG, JPG and WebP renders, the last day |
| Error rate | 0.09% | Last 90 days |
| Uptime | 99.98% | Render API, historical |
| Signup to paid conversion | 0.44% | Last 90 days |
| Templates serving | 31.4k | Library plus user templates |
| MRR | $11,001 | +$192 new this month |
| Paying customers | 200+ | Active subscriptions |
| Team size | 1 | Founder-run |

A render counts one image, one PDF page or one second of video. Numbers update every 12 hours; this snapshot is from Nov 1 2026.

## Signups and renders by month

| Month | New users | Renders |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Aug 4 to 31, 2026 | 2,739 | 72,072 |
| Sep 2026 | 3,562 | 95,531 |
| Oct 2026 | 17,956 | 182,785 |
| Nov 1, 2026 | 766 | 12,826 |

## Time to first render

Half of new users who render do it within 13 minutes of signing up, and a quarter within 5 minutes.

## Where renders come from

| Channel | Share of renders |
| --- | --- |
| REST API and SDKs | 41% |
| AI agents over MCP | 52% |
| n8n, Make and Zapier | 6% |
| Other channels | 1% |

Successful renders from the last 30 days, excluding Orshot's own workspaces.

## Shipping pace

- 98 product updates in the changelog since Nov 22 2025, 9 of them in the 30 days up to the latest one.

Latest:

- Oct 29 2026: Orshot Hits 28k+ Users, 1.3 Million Renders and $10k+ MRR
- Oct 28 2026: Improved Video Templates and Audio Library
- Oct 11 2026: Sign In with a Password or Passkey
- Oct 11 2026: Introducing Automated Creative Translation
- Oct 4 2026: Usage Analytics for Orshot Embed

Full list: https://orshot.com/docs/changelog

## Company

- Founded in March 2025 by Rishi Mohan in Berlin, Germany.
- Bootstrapped and profitable, team of 1.
- Used by teams at Elgato, Plex, Incubeta, CentroBill, CreatorCore, Cotera, Kortix AI.
- [About](https://orshot.com/about) | [Founder's note](https://orshot.com/founders-note)

## Links

- [Open startup dashboard](https://orshot.com/open)
- [Changelog](https://orshot.com/docs/changelog)
- [Pricing](https://orshot.com/pricing.md)
- [All pages for agents](https://orshot.com/llms.txt)