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Orato AI public speaking practice, $1.4K MRR: 35K+ speakers
Orato is an AI-powered app for private public-speaking and presentation practice. Its $1.4K MRR is verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (RevenueCat), as of September 30, 2026.
What it actually sells
Orato sells “AI-powered public speaking practice” through a mobile app for public speaking and presentation practice.
“Orato is built for professionals, students, founders, job seekers, and anyone who wants a private place to practice public speaking or presentations.”
How it charges
The free plan is “$0 forever,” requires no credit card, and includes 3 AI practice sessions per month, filler word detection, pace and timing feedback, a speech topics library, and a Toastmasters speech timer. Premium is $15/month or $90/year.
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 | $375 |
| 2025-11 | $409 |
| 2025-12 | $480 |
| 2026-01 | $607 |
| 2026-02 | $675 |
| 2026-03 | $731 |
| 2026-04 | $1,363 |
| 2026-05 | $815 |
| 2026-06 | $1,092 |
| 2026-07 | $1,469 |
| 2026-08 | $1,064 |
| 2026-09 | $1,616 |
Where customers come from
Orato has two visible distribution signals: a downloadable mobile app distributed through the App Store and Google Play, plus long-form pieces on public speaking and delivery. The site also says it is billed through the App Store / Google Play.
What stands out
The site reports “35K+ speakers practicing,” a 4.8-star rating, and a 5-day practice streak.
Premium includes a “Complete 9-dimension AI feedback suite,” humor and storytelling coaching, contextual scenario feedback, and impromptu speaking practice mode. The lessons cover openings, questions, pitches, pauses, off-script questions, and closing a pitch.
From the official site
Orato is built for professionals, students, founders, job seekers, and anyone who wants a private place to practice public speaking or presentations.
How to pause with intent, open a talk, handle off-script questions, close a pitch.
Excerpts from the official website, fetched October 1, 2026.
Where it sits in the data
Orato, formerly SpeakUp's $1.4K MRR is higher than 79% of the 5,602 projects with payment-verified revenue in our dataset; the median across them is $150. Within the “Education” category (517 projects) it is higher than 80% (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?
My view is that the buyer is a professional, student, founder, or job seeker who wants private practice before a presentation or interview. Distribution would need an app-store presence and useful public-speaking content, the two visible channels shown on the site.
The hard parts would be producing useful feedback across voice, pace, pauses, filler words, clarity, and structure, then handling the support load of an app used across many speaking situations. Regulation would matter if the product expanded into formal assessment or employment decisions. Competition would center on practice quality, lesson content, and distribution.
Verdict: Needs real work.
One thing to take from it
Orato gives users a free practice allowance and a paid tier with expanded AI feedback, coaching, scenario feedback, and impromptu speaking practice. Its listed audience includes professionals, students, founders, and job seekers.
Sources
- Orato, formerly SpeakUp official website, fetched October 1, 2026
- Orato, formerly SpeakUp pricing page, fetched October 1, 2026
- TrustMRR: revenue verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (RevenueCat), 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