pre.dev coding agent, $10K a month, self-reported in 2023: plans first

pre.dev sells software-planning coding agents that write code, verify completion, and ship work to GitHub. Its $10K a month was founder-reported on the Indie Hackers product page (not independently verified), as of November 2023.

What it actually sells

pre.dev provides a long-horizon coding agent and sells verified RL coding tasks to frontier AI labs for post-training. It also provides software architecture and a roadmap before any code.

The coding agent writes code and shows its work, verifies completion before closing the work, and ships code to GitHub with a live preview. Its plans include coding agents in the browser and terminal.

How it charges

Currency amounts appear on the pages we read, but they could not be tied to the product’s own pricing. The product’s price could not be identified on the pages we read.

Where customers come from

The visible product surfaces include a CLI, Architect MCP and API access on Team and Enterprise, connections to external services, and support for API keys from 195 providers across 22 categories.

What stands out

pre.dev says it is “Trusted by 10,000+ founders and engineering teams.” Its workflow includes a stated verification gate: “Nothing closes until it is proven.”

pre.dev says, “We outscore Claude Code and OpenCode on Terminal-Bench 2.0, a full model tier down, at a third of the cost.” The displayed Terminal-Bench 2.0 results list pass@1, n=89.

From the official site

Trusted by 10,000+ founders and engineering teams

Nothing closes until it is proven.

We outscore Claude Code and OpenCode on Terminal-Bench 2.0, a full model tier down, at a third of the cost.

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

Where it sits in the data

pre.dev's $10K a month is higher than 66% 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?

In my view, demand would depend on serving software founders, engineering teams, and frontier AI labs with distinct buying needs. Distribution would need to meet developers in the places where they already work, through a CLI, API access, integrations, and direct outreach to the relevant teams.

The hard parts would include proving coding-task quality, maintaining reliable execution across browser and terminal environments, handling integrations and API keys, and supporting engineering buyers. A new entrant would also face competition from established coding agents and the burden of keeping performance claims current.

Verdict: Hard to replicate.

One thing to take from it

A strong case-study angle here is the product’s completion loop: plan the software, write the code, show the work, verify completion, and ship the result.

Sources

pre.dev official website, fetched October 1, 2026
pre.dev pricing page, fetched October 1, 2026
Indie Hackers product page: revenue founder-reported on the Indie Hackers product page (not independently verified), as of November 2023

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