AI screenwriting software, $43K MRR: one script source

Laper is an AI screenwriting workspace for drafting, formatting, planning, collaborating on, and organizing scripts. Its $43K MRR is verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Stripe), as of September 30, 2026.

What it actually sells

Laper sells AI screenwriting software for screenwriters, directors, producers, script editors, and showrunners. It combines a script editor, automatic screenplay formatting, structured AI tools, collaboration, and story planning. Its site says: "Writers, directors, and producers work from one script source."

How it charges

The Senior plan costs $20 per month. The page describes it as: "Senior Everything to birth your script $20 / mo."

Month by month

Monthly revenue as read from the payment provider by TrustMRR, in US dollars, as of September 30, 2026.

Month	Revenue (USD)
2025-10	$200
2025-12	$760
2026-01	$294
2026-02	$162
2026-03	$1,334
2026-04	$595
2026-05	$5,136
2026-06	$15,857
2026-07	$27,108
2026-08	$45,999
2026-09	$45,528

Where customers come from

Laper publishes six deep-dive guides covering screenplay format, craft, structure, and tooling. It also offers a public screenplay community for reading, discussion, and study. Writers can copy allowed public works into private projects without editing the original.

What stands out

The screenplay remains the source for several production views, including outlines, cards, tables, canvases, shot structure, prompts, and storyboard frames. Loro CRDT sync supports writers, directors, and producers working on one project state, with script history, saved versions, and collaboration tools.

From the official site

Writers, directors, and producers work from one script source.

Ask AI to inspect the current focus, outline, selected scene, range, node, or bounded full draft.

Excerpts from the official website, fetched October 1, 2026.

Where it sits in the data

Laper's $43K MRR is higher than 98% of the 5,602 projects with payment-verified revenue in our dataset; the median across them is $150. Within the “Content Creation” category (1,345 projects) it is higher than 99% (category median $156). Snapshot: 2026-09-02 to 2026-09-30. The dataset only covers founders who chose to publish their numbers, so it leans toward businesses that work; use it for scale, not as an average.

Currency

All figures are in US dollars as published. A rough yuan or euro conversion is not applied here because prices, taxes and acquisition costs differ by country.

Could you build something like this?

In my view, demand comes from people who need to draft and organize scripts while keeping formatting and production context consistent. The buyer is a screenwriter or a director, producer, script editor, or showrunner using the same script source. Distribution would need to come from search, educational content, newsletters, paid ads, direct outreach, partnerships, and community activity.

Verdict: Needs real work.

One thing to take from it

Laper connects AI assistance to a defined production workflow: format the screenplay, inspect drafts or story elements, organize scenes, collaborate, and prepare visual production context. The clearest lesson is to give AI a specific place inside a structured creative process rather than presenting it as a separate feature.

Sources

Laper official website, fetched October 1, 2026
Laper pricing page, fetched October 1, 2026
TrustMRR: revenue verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Stripe), as of September 30, 2026

Revenue, team and start-cost figures are what the founder reported at the interview date, not current figures and not a prediction of what you will earn. Product and pricing facts come from the business's own website as checked on 30 September 2026. Method & sources · Disclosure