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With respect to each company, what do the numbers in the parentheses mean? Is that profit, revenue or something else per month?

This is almost always (and frustratingly!) Monthly Recurring Revenue.

Good to know, thank you!

Frustrating how?

Revenue is close to useless if you’re selling dollars for quarters. Hard to gauge the efficacy of businesses without the full picture.

IndieHackers are usually self-bootstrappers, they wouldn't sustain long by selling dollars for quarters.

I can’t think of another single metric that tells you more about the size of a saas company than MRR.