Issue #134: Building $1K-$10K MRR Micro SaaS Products: RAG-as-a-Service, AI Voice Agent for Appointments, Employee Advocacy, Social Proof & more- Part 1.
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ImprovMX has been acquired after reaching $350k+ ARR with 3000+ paying customers. Founders Antoine and Cyril bought it as an un-monetized side project for $5,000 seven years ago and continued working on it as a side project. ImprovMX offers email forwarding and the creation of email aliases for users’ domain name.
LinkedBase by Alexander made $1,000 in December, 2024. It’s an AI-powered automation tool that finds relevant people on LinkedIn and recommends users' product to them via personalized direct messages.
Paulius generated $17,000+ in revenue in 90 days from CreatorHunter, a hand-picked influencer database for software founders.
Nevo has grown Postiz to $2,000 MRR. It’s an open-source AI social media scheduling tool with 16.7K stars on GitHub. Nevo started working on it beginning of 2024 and open-sourced it in September this year.
Buildpad by David and Felix crossed $1,800 MRR and 100 paying users. Buildpad is a AI-powered platform that helps founders go from idea to successful product.
Backlink-Bot by Piyushh has generated $6.5k since launching in September 2024. It’s a semi automated service that submits your product to multiple directories using AI.
Full Stack Roadmap by Sanket reached $150 MR within a month of launch. Full Stack Roadmap is an AI-powered tool that generates comprehensive architecture plans, documentation, and UI designs based on your project requirements.
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Sublaunch by Julien reached $52K MRR . Sublaunch is an all-in-one tool to monetize communities and launch paid Telegram, Whatsapp, Discord & online courses.
Nodsgy got 12 paying customers on the first day after removing the free tier. It’s an AI tool that converts questions and notes into concise and simple audio explanations.
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⛳ 💡RAG-as-a-Service for Developers
RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) is a method that combines a large language model with a retrieval system (like a vector database). When a query is made, the system retrieves relevant information from a knowledge base and uses it as context to guide the model's response. This approach greatly reduces hallucinations (fabrication of details) and eliminates the need for retraining when new data is added. You can develop an API and SDK to offer RAG as a fully managed service, enabling developers to integrate RAG capabilities into their apps without the complexities of setting up and managing vector databases, embeddings, retrieval pipelines, or data preprocessing. Provide pre-built connectors for easy data ingestion from popular sources such as OneDrive, Google Drive, Notion, Airtable etc. with automatic syncing to keep data up-to-date. For inspiration, see Ragie that received $5.5M in funding.
⛳ 💡Generative AI Voice Agent for Cancelled Appointments for Doctors
Clinics often deal with last-minute appointment cancellations, which can leave valuable time slots going to waste. Manually calling patients from waitlists to fill these gaps is time-consuming. An AI Voice Agent can address this problem by automating the management of canceled appointments. The agent would integrate with clinic systems to monitor schedules in real time. When a cancellation occurs, it would immediately act to fill the open slot. The system would maintain a dynamic waitlist of patients seeking earlier or specific appointment times. Upon detecting an available slot, the AI would contact patients in priority order, using their preferred communication method - phone calls, text messages or emails. Patients could confirm their appointment instantly, and the system would update the clinic’s schedule accordingly. Penciled, backed by Y Combinator, offers AI voice agents for healthcare and is already being used in clinics.
⛳ 💡Micro SaaS for Employee Advocacy
Employee advocacy is a powerful way where employees share company news, insights, and content on their personal social media accounts. People trust individuals more than brands, so employees sharing content helps increase reach, credibility and engagement. Build an employee advocacy platform that would streamline this process. This platform would provide a content library where marketing teams upload and categorize posts, articles, videos etc. Built-in approval workflows would allow managers to finalize posts, hashtags etc. before content becomes available for employees to share. Employees could access pre-approved content, customize posts, and share directly on their social media profiles. You can also include AI-driven suggestions for employees based on their role, expertise or past engagement. Provide gamification features like leaderboards and badges to encourage participation and recognize employees who drive the most traffic or engagement. For example, see Clearview Social which has reached $2.3M revenue by offering an employee advocacy software.
⛳ 💡Micro SaaS for Social Proof for SaaS Founders
Social proof, such as real-time notifications showing recent purchases or sign-ups, is a powerful way to build credibility and encourage conversions. This is often used by e-commerce stores to showcase customer activity and create a sense of trust and urgency. A platform specifically designed for SaaS founders could make it easy to implement similar widgets on their landing pages by integrating with payment providers like Stripe, Paddle, and LemonSqueezy to automatically collect transaction data. Additionally, the tool could include an analytics dashboard to show the impact of social proof on conversions, tracking metrics such as click-through rates and sign-ups. SalesPop is one such tool being used by founders.
⛳ 💡Micro SaaS for Self-Serve Stripe Invoicing
After making a Stripe transaction, generating invoice needs manual action by the founders. The invoice may sometimes need to be edited to add more details to the invoice like VAT details, Address, Company name etc. SaaS founders using Stripe for payments find it a pain to handle invoicing manually. It's time-consuming and easy to mess up, which can lead to delays and mistakes in their records. By automatically generating invoices based on transactions, SaaS products in this space eliminate the need for manual data entry and ensure precision in invoicing. Additional features such as invoice customization, recurring billing, and seamless integration with multiple accounting software can help improve the traction. ZenVoice solves this problem better by letting the end customers generate, edit, and download their Stripe invoices. ZenVoice crossed $2K/month in revenue.
⛳ 💡Micro SaaS for Podcast Monitoring and Alerts
Monitoring and receiving alerts for podcasts isn’t easy as the search is not based directly on text. The podcast (audio content) need to be transcribed into text before running any searches and monitoring. With thousands of podcasting existing and each podcast publishing hundreds of episodes, the audio data that needs to be processed is huge. Manually tracking podcasts relevant to a brand or industry can be time-consuming and inefficient, especially with the sheer volume of content available. Staying up-to-date with new episodes and identifying key insights or mentions within each episode can be overwhelming. Traditional methods of monitoring, such as manual transcription or keyword searches, lack accuracy and may miss important information. SaaS solutions powered by AI offer a more efficient and accurate approach. These solutions can automatically transcribe podcast episodes, analyze content for relevant keywords or topics, and provide real-time alerts for mentions of specific brands, products, or topics. Organizations can automate podcast monitoring processes and stay informed about industry trends and competitor activity without the need for manual intervention. Podscan started doing this at scale and reached $1000 MRR with 30 paying customers within a 2 months of launching. Tapesearch is another example in this space with 2,300+ users. Brand24 is another SaaS solution that supports podcasts monitoring.
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