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Morningscore: $47K a month, self-reported SEO & GEO tool
Morningscore helps companies track search visibility, research keywords, monitor competitors, improve websites, and automate SEO work. Its $47K a month was founder-reported on the Indie Hackers product page (not independently verified), as of September 30, 2026.
What it actually sells
Morningscore is an all-in-one SEO and GEO tool with a 14-day free trial. It tracks Google and ChatGPT rankings, monitors backlinks, researches keywords, analyses competitors, and optimises website health in one platform.
Morningscore also tracks AI visibility across 100 prompts through the GEO Score. It provides gamified missions, XP, and levels, along with WordPress and Shopify plugins for automated SEO.
How it charges
Morningscore lists Lite at $69/mo, Business at $99/mo, Pro at $159/mo, and Premium at $299/mo, with no additional fees. A full API is included in all plans.
Where customers come from
Morningscore offers a free 14-day trial without a credit card and a live demo. The site provides WordPress and Shopify plugins, a full API in all plans, and Google Search Console integration as visible product and distribution surfaces.
Morningscore says it serves more than 4000 customers in 40 countries. More than 200 companies are on the Journey plan.
What stands out
The product combines Google and ChatGPT ranking tracking, backlink monitoring, keyword research, competitor analysis, and website health optimisation in one platform. It also includes a GEO Score, automatic one-click fixes, and integrations through CMS plugins or an API.
Morningscore describes its audience as “SEO doers. Beginners, experts, or in between: It doesn’t matter.” Its AI visibility feature tracks visibility “across 100 prompts via the GEO Score.”
From the official site
Morningscore is in love with SEO doers. Beginners, experts, or in between: It doesn’t matter.
AI visibility is tracked across 100 prompts via the GEO Score .
Excerpts from the official website, fetched October 1, 2026.
Where it sits in the data
Morningscore's $47K a month is higher than 82% of the 6,604 projects with founder-reported monthly revenue in our dataset; the median across them is $2K. Snapshot: 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?
My view: demand would come from smaller companies, SEO beginners, experts, and professional agencies that need to monitor search visibility and manage website work in one place. The buyer is the company or agency responsible for SEO, while distribution would need to reach those users through search, integrations, and direct product discovery.
My view: the difficult parts are maintaining accurate ranking and backlink data, integrating with platforms, handling API and plugin support, and competing with established SEO products. The gamified missions, XP, and levels add a product-design layer, but support load and ongoing data maintenance would still matter.
Verdict: Needs real work.
One thing to take from it
My view: Morningscore shows a broad SEO product combined with a GEO measurement feature, automated fixes, plugins, an API, and a free trial. The clearest lesson is to examine the complete product surface and the ways it is offered, not only the monthly revenue figure.
Sources
- Morningscore official website, fetched October 1, 2026
- Morningscore pricing page, fetched October 1, 2026
- Morningscore about page, fetched October 1, 2026
- Indie Hackers product page: revenue founder-reported on the Indie Hackers product page (not independently verified), 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