How to Make Money with Claude: Eight Documented Businesses

Claude is a tool, like ChatGPT. Nobody earns money by chatting with it. People earn money when they sell something that makes Claude more useful: an add-on that gives it new powers, a tool for people who code with Claude Code, or teaching people how to use it.

These are eight businesses on this site built for Claude users. Every number is copied from that stack page, with its proof label. For scale: the median verified AI business on this site makes about $300 a month (study).

A quick word you will see below: MCP is the plug-in system that lets Claude (and ChatGPT) use outside tools. Selling an MCP add-on means selling Claude a new skill.

1. Give Claude tools for ads and marketing

Stack: Ad and Marketing Tools MCP for Claude and ChatGPT

An add-on with 50+ marketing tools, so Claude can pull competitors’ ads and research them. ~$28,540 MRR; $28,863 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/Stripe, Oct 28, 2026). Verified. Medium, 80% automated.

Honest catch: the value is the data behind the tools, not the plug-in. You need a data source that is hard to copy.

2. Turn customer comments into ads, inside Claude

Stack: Turn Customer Comments into Ads Inside Claude

Marketers feed in what customers say and get ad copy back, without leaving Claude. ~$11,561 MRR; $12,093 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/Stripe, Oct 29, 2026). Verified. Medium, 80% automated.

Honest catch: it sells to marketers with ad budgets, not to casual Claude users. Know who pays.

3. A creative studio Claude can use

Stack: Creative Studio for Claude (MCP Image/Video Models)

One add-on that lets Claude call the top image, video, audio and 3D models. ~$10,790 MRR; $104,192 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/Polar, Oct 23, 2026). Verified. Hard, 85% automated.

Honest catch: most of that 30-day revenue is not monthly subscriptions, and you pay the model makers for every image and video. Watch your margins.

4. Video tools for Claude Code

Stack: Video Runtime for AI Coding Agents

Gives Claude Code and Codex a way to make videos: drop in a viral video and the agent copies the workflow. ~$16,644 MRR; $50,613 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/Stripe, Oct 28, 2026). Verified. Medium, 85% automated.

Honest catch: this is a hard product to build. If Anthropic adds video to Claude Code, the gap closes.

5. Sell ready-made skills for Claude Code

Stack: Paid Library of Agent Skills for Claude Code & Cursor

A paid library of “skills”: saved instructions that teach coding agents to build websites and other outputs well. ~$3,918 MRR; $12,037 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/Stripe, Oct 27, 2026). Verified. Hard, 85% automated.

Honest catch: many skills are shared for free. Yours must show better results, which is why this one lets buyers preview real outputs.

6. Cut people’s Claude Code bill

Stack: AI Coding Agent Cost Saver (Claude Code/Codex)

A Mac menu bar app that trims what gets sent to Claude Code and Codex, so heavy users spend less. ~$2,025 MRR; $3,240 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/Polar, Oct 25, 2026). Verified. Hard, 85% automated.

Honest catch: if Anthropic changes its prices or limits, the savings (and your pitch) change too.

7. Teach people to use Claude

Stack: Course Taught Inside Claude Cowork

A free course taught inside Claude itself, used to build an email list with paid extras. $840 verified revenue last 30 days, mostly non-recurring (TrustMRR/Stripe, Oct 27, 2026). Verified. Easy, 85% automated.

Honest catch: courses go stale fast when the product changes every few weeks. This is the easiest start, but a small one.

8. A directory of Claude skills and add-ons

Stack: Directory of Claude Skills and MCP Servers

A community list of Claude skills, add-ons and agents, paid through featured spots. $337 verified revenue last 30 days, mostly non-recurring (TrustMRR/Stripe, Oct 28, 2026). Verified. Easy, 80% automated.

Honest catch: directories are easy to copy. Traffic from search is the whole business. See how to start an AI directory website for $1.

What the numbers say

The biggest Claude businesses here sell to people who already spend money: marketers and developers. Tools that save a paying user time or money earn more than tools for casual chatters. Several smaller Claude tools on the site, like a Claude Code phone app at ~$134 MRR, show the long tail.

Bottom line

How to make money with Claude is the same answer as for ChatGPT: build what Claude is missing, for people who pay for results. Start with one job a marketer or developer does every week.

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Every stack in this guide, side by side

This guide links 9 stacks. 9 have payment-verified revenue, 2 are rated Easy to build, and every disclosed startup cost is $99. The typical stack is about 85% automated, so plan on doing the rest yourself. "MRR" means monthly recurring revenue, what subscribers pay each month. Revenue figures come from each stack's source and date; tap a name for the full breakdown.

Stack	Revenue (as reported)	Startup cost	Difficulty	Automated
Ad and Marketing Tools MCP for Claude and ChatGPT	~$28,540 MRR; $28,863 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/Stripe, Oct 28, 2026)	Not disclosed	Medium	80%
Turn Customer Comments into Ads Inside Claude	~$11,561 MRR; $12,093 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/Stripe, Oct 29, 2026)	Not disclosed	Medium	80%
Creative Studio for Claude (MCP Image/Video Models)	~$10,790 MRR; $104,192 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/Polar, Oct 23, 2026)	Not disclosed	Hard	85%
Video Runtime for AI Coding Agents	~$16,644 MRR; $50,613 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/Stripe, Oct 28, 2026)	Not disclosed	Medium	85%
Paid Library of Agent Skills for Claude Code & Cursor	~$3,918 MRR; $12,037 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/Stripe, Oct 27, 2026)	Not disclosed	Hard	85%
AI Coding Agent Cost Saver (Claude Code/Codex)	~$2,025 MRR; $3,240 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/Polar, Oct 25, 2026)	Not disclosed	Hard	85%
Course Taught Inside Claude Cowork	$840 verified revenue last 30 days, mostly non-recurring (TrustMRR/Stripe, Oct 27, 2026)	Not disclosed	Easy	85%
Directory of Claude Skills and MCP Servers	$337 verified revenue last 30 days, mostly non-recurring (TrustMRR/Stripe, Oct 28, 2026)	Not disclosed	Easy	80%
Claude Code from Your Phone App	~$134 MRR; $162 verified revenue last 30 days (TrustMRR/RevenueCat, Oct 27, 2026)	$99	Medium	85%