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A founder with One-line growth story, compiled by us from public sources; speculation is marked separately below.
Real payments synced by TrustMRR, in USD, by calendar month, renewals included.
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New-user source: SEO (Non-brand search). Similarweb 2026-09: the top three channels are direct (75.98%), organic search, and referrals; the high direct share shows many users come straight to the site from GitHub, the docs, or word of mouth. There are 66 organic search keywords, and the top ones are 'elmohq/elmo', 'elmo brightdata', and 'tryprofound alternatives open source', leaning toward brand keywords and competitor-alternative terms; developer sites make up 24.93% of referrals. Since 2026-04 the website blog has published an AEO research article or a 'best AEO tools' list almost every day; the GitHub repo has 535 stars and 129 forks, plus a Discord and X (@tryelmo). The website lists customers such as Fermat Commerce and Speakeasy and claims 200+ brands use it. Existing customers stay through monthly subscriptions and white-label partnerships.
Top channel measured by Similarweb, others estimated by rank
| Attributable new users, last month | Share |
|---|---|
| SEO | 7% |
| Other | 93% |
Direct + brand search 87%. Direct and brand search count as viral only when the site shows sharing mechanics; the largest share wins, under 5% means Other.
| Country | Share of visits |
|---|---|
| United States | 29.51% |
| Korea, Republic of | 20.8% |
| United Kingdom | 11.27% |
| Vietnam | 7.13% |
| India | 7.05% |
English
X
66 keywords · brand ~87% · organic 100% / paid 0%
| Similarweb top 5 keywords |
|---|
| elmohq/elmo |
| elmo brightdata |
| elmo status |
| tryprofound alternatives open source |
| free |
Non-brand queries: tryprofound alternatives open source, free
5 referring sites
| Site | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| adsy.com | 3.13% |
| baliget.com | 0.84% |
| Category | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| Programming and Developer Software | 24.93% |
| Digital Marketing | 3.13% |
About $5,743 last month (real payments synced by TrustMRR), #223 of 563 TrustMRR sites; the month before was $5,944.
New-user source: SEO (Non-brand search). New users mostly come from need-based searches Similarweb 2026-09: the top three channels are direct (75.98%), organic search, and referrals; the high direct share shows many users come straight to the site from GitHub, the docs, or word of mouth. There are 66 organic search keywords, and the top ones are 'elmohq/elmo', 'elmo brightdata', and 'tryprofound alternatives open source', leaning toward brand keywords and competitor-alternative terms; developer sites make up 24.93% of referrals. Since 2026-04 the website blog has published an AEO research article or a 'best AEO tools' list almost every day; the GitHub repo has 535 stars and 129 forks, plus a Discord and X (@tryelmo). The website lists customers such as Fermat Commerce and Speakeasy and claims 200+ brands use it. Existing customers stay through monthly subscriptions and white-label partnerships.
Cloud: Starter $29/month, Basic $99/month, Pro $299/month, Business $649/month (tiered by number of brands and prompts); self-hosted is free (MIT, bring your own AI API keys); white-label requires contacting them; the done-for-you service Off-Site AEO starts at $1,950/month
Dossier confidence: medium. Parts 1 and 2 come from reading the site and Similarweb data; part 3 from public reporting, founder posts, Wayback snapshots, WHOIS and similar, with speculation marked.
The numbers: revenue comes from TrustMRR: real payments synced automatically from the founder's Stripe or other payment account, summed by calendar month, renewals included, in USD. Site visits come from the Similarweb public page; where it shows none, they are estimated from global rank or the TrustMRR payment count, as noted on the page.
Data through last month. Page updated 2026-10-31.
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