App BackendNamed in 3 case studies

Supabase

A hosted Postgres database and app backend with sign-in, storage and APIs. Documented founders who built with AI coding tools list it in the stack behind an AI lifting app, an AI video clipping app and an AI store builder. In our data, 3 sourced cases name Supabase as a tool they used. Of those, 3 report a monthly figure, ranging from $11,200 to $120,000 a month (median $14,000). These figures are as reported by each source: 0 independently documented, 0 source-supported and 3 self-reported. They are examples, not typical results.

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Pricing

Free plan at $0 with 500 MB of database and 50,000 monthly active users. Pro is from $25/month and Team from $599/month; usage above plan limits is billed extra.

Free plan: Yes. Free projects are paused after 1 week of inactivity, with a limit of 2 active projects.

Checked on the official pricing page on October 27, 2026. Prices change and can vary by region, tax, and billing period.

How It Is Used in Our Cases

Storing users and data for an AI-built app
Adding sign-in to a web or mobile app
Launching a backend without managing servers

Limitations

Free projects pause after a week without activity
Usage above plan limits costs extra
Not an AI tool itself; it stores your app's data

In the Case Studies

Case Studies Using Supabase

3 case studies

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October 11, 2026

1 source

A 19-year-old with no coding experience built an AI video clipping app to about $11K MRR in five months

Vugola (Vadim, @VadimStrizheus on X)

Vadim, 19, worked at a marketing startup from age 17 and quit to build software with no coding experience. He noticed how many podcast, gaming and stream clips filled his feeds and decided to build a clipping tool for a proven market. He spent about four months building Vugola, began marketing it in March 2026 and says it now makes about $11,200 in monthly recurring revenue with roughly 400 paying users.

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Reported figure

About $11K MRR(recurring revenue)

Evidence levelSelf-Reported

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Image: Maxed (official App Store listing)

October 7, 2026

1 source

A Michigan grad who had never built a mobile app made an AI lifting coach app that brings in about $14K to $15K a month

Maxed AI (Max Hirsch)

Max Hirsch graduated from the University of Michigan after summer internships in finance that he says he did not enjoy. After an earlier app idea stalled because he could not code, he saw people with no coding background shipping apps and started building with Claude. Lifting was his favorite hobby, so he built Maxed AI, an all-in-one lifting and health app. He says it has about 1,000 active subscribers, 20,000 iOS downloads and brings in roughly $14,000 to $15,000 a month.

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Reported figure

About $14K to $15K a month(revenue)

Evidence levelSelf-Reported

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Image: Dropmagic

October 6, 2026

2 sources

A French founder built an AI store builder for first-time online sellers and says it reached $120K in monthly recurring revenue

Dropmagic (Loic Berthelot)

Loic Berthelot is a French founder who says he launched more than ten software products, most of which failed, before three worked. One was Minea, a product research tool for online sellers that he says peaked at $750K MRR. His latest, Dropmagic, creates online stores for e-commerce beginners with AI. In November 2025 he told Starter Story it had passed $45K MRR in its first four months, and in October 2026 he posted on X that he had scaled it to $120K MRR.

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Reported figure

$120K MRR(revenue)

Evidence levelSelf-Reported

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