$12K MRR with a simple email app

+ Only AI that knows all your work

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Ayush Chaturvedi
July 19, 2025

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Email Engine is a Simple Email Integration app doing $12K MRR

  • Solo founder

  • Self hosted solution

  • Selling to other devs and businesses

Love the tagline - "Email client but for apps, not people"

This is it’s revenue -

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What is EmailEngine?

Email Engine is an email integration service for SMBs, developers and other SaaS businesses.

It’s sub headline says - “Effortless email integration for your app or service. Simplify IMAP and SMTP complexities, and focus on what truly matters. Build better features, faster.”

According to it’s landing page, Email Engine serves SaaS CRMs, agencies, cold out reach services and more.

Read the full story of Email Engine -

  • Starting with Open Source

  • Pivoting multiple times

  • Nailing down an ICP

And more…

$12K MRR with a simple email app

How Email Engine reached $12K MRR as a solo business

superframeworks.com/blog/emailengine

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