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#bootstrapped case studies

2 sourced case studies tagged #bootstrapped. Every number links inline to the page it came from; self-reported figures are labelled as such.

SaaS2 sources · 2 min

Tally: a free form builder that grew to $5M ARR, fully bootstrapped

Tally launched in 2020 with a generous free tier and a 'Made with Tally' badge. Five years later it passed $5M ARR with 11 people.

saasfreemiumviral-loop

SaaS2 sources · 2 min

Plausible Analytics: $1M ARR with no ads, by picking a fight with Google

A two-person open-source analytics tool took 324 days to reach $400 MRR, then grew to $1M ARR through blog posts that hit the Hacker News front page.

open-sourcesaascontent-marketing

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