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#free-product case studies
2 sourced case studies tagged #free-product. Every number links inline to the page it came from; self-reported figures are labelled as such.
- Omnivore: a loved open-source read-it-later app that shut down when its team joined ElevenLabs
- Photopea: a one-person browser photo editor making about $100K a month from ads
Consumer apps4 sources · 2 min
Omnivore: a loved open-source read-it-later app that shut down when its team joined ElevenLabs
Omnivore grew to a reported 500,000 users with a free, open-source reader. In October 2024 the team joined ElevenLabs and the hosted service closed within weeks. A lesson about free products and the cost of running them.
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Consumer apps2 sources · 2 min
Photopea: a one-person browser photo editor making about $100K a month from ads
Ivan Kutskir spent years building a free, browser-based Photoshop alternative on his own. By 2021 he said it made about $1M a year, 90% from ads, on $50 a year of hosting.
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