# Startup Revenue Questions Answered

> Plain answers to startup-revenue questions from ShowMRR: how to verify MRR, tell verified from self-reported figures, share revenue safely and look it up from an AI assistant. Updated 2026-11-13.

- [How do I verify a startup's MRR?](https://showmrr.com/solutions/how-to-verify-a-startup-mrr): A startup's MRR is verified when it is read from its payment provider, not typed in. How ShowMRR decides, and how to check a number or verify your own.
- [How can I tell if a startup's public MRR is real?](https://showmrr.com/solutions/is-a-startups-public-mrr-real): Check the label on the figure, its date and its history. What a verified or self-reported MRR tells you, and what no revenue database can prove.
- [What is the difference between verified and self-reported MRR?](https://showmrr.com/solutions/self-reported-vs-verified-mrr): Verified MRR is read from a connected payment provider and synced in the last 72 hours; self-reported MRR is typed in or taken from a public page. How to read each label.
- [Where can I find a database of verified startup revenue?](https://showmrr.com/solutions/database-of-verified-startup-revenue): ShowMRR and TrustMRR are public databases of startup MRR read from payment providers. What each covers, and where Baremetrics Open Startups and Indie Hackers fit.
- [What are the alternatives to TrustMRR for verified startup revenue?](https://showmrr.com/solutions/trustmrr-alternatives): ShowMRR is an alternative to TrustMRR for Stripe, Lemon Squeezy and Polar. Where TrustMRR is ahead, and how to choose by the payment provider you bill through.
- [How do I find the top SaaS startups by MRR?](https://showmrr.com/solutions/top-saas-startups-by-mrr): Use the ShowMRR leaderboard, filter by category, read each figure’s verified or self-reported label, or ask an AI assistant through the ShowMRR MCP server.
- [How do I share my startup revenue publicly without giving anyone access to my money?](https://showmrr.com/solutions/share-startup-revenue-publicly-safely): Three ways to show startup revenue: a read-only key, your own open page, or a typed number. What each one exposes, and when not to share at all.
- [How do I create a read-only Stripe key to show my MRR?](https://showmrr.com/solutions/create-a-read-only-stripe-key-for-mrr): Create a live-mode restricted Stripe key with Read on Subscriptions, Prices, Products and Coupons, and nothing else, to connect it to ShowMRR.
- [How is MRR calculated from Stripe, Polar and Lemon Squeezy?](https://showmrr.com/solutions/how-mrr-is-calculated-from-stripe-polar-lemon-squeezy): How ShowMRR computes MRR from provider data: active subscriptions only, normalised to monthly after discounts, metered prices and one-off payments left out.
- [How can I look up startup revenue from ChatGPT, Claude or Cursor?](https://showmrr.com/solutions/look-up-startup-revenue-with-chatgpt-claude-cursor): Connect ShowMRR's free, read-only MCP server (no sign-in) to ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, VS Code or Gemini and ask for startup MRR, history and rankings with verification labels.
- [How do I claim, change or remove my startup's listing on ShowMRR?](https://showmrr.com/solutions/claim-or-remove-a-startup-listing): Claim a listing by publishing a token file on your site and connecting your payment provider; or email support to change or remove it, or block ShowMRRBot in robots.txt.