quietmoneyRaindrop
Cross-device bookmark manager for saving and organizing links, articles and files, with collections, tags, highlights, duplicate/broken link checks and publicly shared collections.
Rustem MussabekOne-line growth story, compiled by us from public sources; speculation is marked separately below.
Checkout visits over time
| Checkout | 4–6 months ago avg | 3 months ago | 2 months ago | Last month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| polar.sh | 326 | 37 | 0 | 4,377 |
| gumroad.com | 3,139 | 210 | 208 | 197 |
| lemonsqueezy.com | 302 | 0 | 51 | 0 |
| creem.io | 335 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| whop.com | 819 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1. Productwhat it sells, to whom, and how it charges
- Product
- Cross-device bookmark manager for saving and organizing links, articles and files, with collections, tags, highlights, duplicate/broken link checks and publicly shared collections.
- Users
- Designers, developers and knowledge workers who need to save and organize lots of web material
- Positioning
- Long-established full-featured bookmark manager with a good-looking interface, clients on every platform, maintained by an individual developer
- Pricing
- Free plan $0; Pro subscription, about 20% cheaper billed yearly than monthly Billing: subscription Free tier: yes Source: Existing
- Prices on site
- from $0 / yearly ~20% cheaper than monthly
- Team
- solo
- Sharing mechanics
- open source, shareable results Share individual collections with the entire web. Sign-up is not required. / Open-source apps (GitHub link)
“Share individual collections with the entire web. Sign-up is not required. / Open-source apps (GitHub link)”Quote from the site
2. Channelswhere new users come from and what the traffic looks like
New-user source: Viral (Built-in sharing). 4,573 visits last month Direct 96.6%, almost entirely existing users opening it from the browser or bookmarks; search terms are all brand keywords (raindrop, raindrop io, raindrop mcp); referrals include alternativeto.net 5.38%, workona.com, asana.com, so new users come from alternative-comparison and integration pages; a small amount of AI referral traffic (ChatGPT 0.23%).
Last month's traffic sources
Semrush source breakdown (desktop)
Five-class attribution
| Attributable new users, last month | Share |
|---|---|
| GEO | 0% |
| 100% |
Direct + brand search 100%. Direct and brand search count as viral only when the site shows sharing mechanics; the largest share wins, under 5% means Other.
Countries
| Country | Share of visits |
|---|---|
| United States | 28.75% |
| India | 7.98% |
| China | 7.82% |
| Japan | 7.42% |
| Germany | 5.98% |
Countries (Semrush): Bangladesh 23.5%, United States 13.2%, Japan 8.2%, Germany 4.5%, India 4.4%
Language
English
Social sources
WhatsApp Webapp, YouTube, X (Twitter); Messaging: WhatsApp
AI assistants
| Source | Share |
|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 0.23 |
| Gemini | 0.12 |
| leonardo.ai | 0.01 |
AI referrals (Semrush): ChatGPT 9,880 (0.23%), Gemini 5,274 (0.12%), leonardo.ai 350 (0.01%), grok.com 274 (0.01%), Claude 240 (0.01%)
Keywords
833 keywords · brand ~100% · organic 100% / paid 0%
| Similarweb top 5 keywords |
|---|
| raindrop |
| raindrop io |
| raindrop.io |
| raindrop mcp |
| raindropio |
Referring sites
47 referring sites
| Site | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| alternativeto.net | 5.38% |
| workona.com | 3.02% |
| asana.com | 2.99% |
Referrer categories
| Category | Share of referrals |
|---|---|
| Computers Electronics and Technology - Other | 26.66% |
| Programming and Developer Software | 13.47% |
| Arts and Entertainment - Other | 9.44% |
| Search Engines | 3.7% |
| Maps | 2.97% |
Site metrics (Similarweb, last month)
- Visits MoM
- -9.87%
- Country rank
- United States #11148
- Category rank
- Programming and Developer Software #257
- Bounce rate
- 36.19%
- Pages / visit
- 4.69
- Visit duration
- 00:04:35
- Industry
- Programming and Developer Software
- Top 3 channels
- Direct › Organic Search › Referrals (top channel 85.19%)
- Semrush monthly visits
- 3 months ago 3,651,592 · 2 months ago 3,551,133 · Last month 4,309,955 Semrush scale, ~3–4× Similarweb
- Semrush organic / paid search visits
- 28,007 / 0
- Semrush source breakdown (desktop)
- Direct 92.0%, google.com · Google organic 2.9%, accounts.google.com 2.0%, chatgpt.com 0.2%, gemini.google.com 0.1%
3. Growth pathhow the first users arrived and what kept it growing
Classification
Basics
Timeline
Growth loop
Revenue and scale clues
Confidence and gaps
Other sites that started via “Launch platform”
Similar sitessame category, also growing via Viral
FAQ
How many checkout visits does Raindrop get per month?
About 4,573 last month (Similarweb estimate), #541 of 606; the month before was 259. Opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue.
Where do Raindrop's new users come from?
New-user source: Viral (Built-in sharing). The site has invite or share mechanics, and direct plus brand search is the largest source 4,573 visits last month Direct 96.6%, almost entirely existing users opening it from the browser or bookmarks; search terms are all brand keywords (raindrop, raindrop io, raindrop mcp); referrals include alternativeto.net 5.38%, workona.com, asana.com, so new users come from alternative-comparison and integration pages; a small amount of AI referral traffic (ChatGPT 0.23%).
How much does Raindrop cost?
Free plan $0; Pro subscription, about 20% cheaper billed yearly than monthly
Dossier confidence: high. 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 number: checkout visits is Similarweb's estimate of visits from the site to a checkout payment page; opening checkout is not paying, so this is not revenue. Small sites land on fixed buckets.
Data through last month. Page updated 2026-10-26.