makerhandle vs Indie Page

What Indie Page does well

Indie Page (indiepa.ge) is a well-established page for solo founders and, as of October 2026, it is live and actively used. Its site describes:

• a page to showcase all your startups, including failures
• revenue verification by connecting Stripe or Lemon Squeezy, with a "Revenue Verified" badge
• public leaderboards
• traffic and click analytics
• email collection with newsletter integrations
• a custom domain, many themes and fonts
• one-time pricing, with a yearly pass and a lifetime option

It is a solid, founder-focused product with an established community.

Where makerhandle is ahead

• Shopify support. makerhandle verifies Shopify revenue (last 30 days of orders, net of refunds, excluding cancelled and test orders) as well as Stripe, and draws revenue history charts for both.
• Seven templates. Stack, Showcase, Bento, Minimal, Spotlight, Terminal and Studio, each designed to show off projects with screenshots, and hard to break.
• Deeper, private analytics. Bounce rate, visit duration, UTM campaigns, cities, devices, goals for project clicks and subscribes, realtime, previous-period comparison and CSV export. No cookies, no stored IPs.
• A free plan. Free forever for five projects and up to 100 subscribers.
• Two-factor login with an authenticator app and recovery codes.

Where Indie Page has the edge

Being fair about it:

• Lemon Squeezy. Indie Page supports it. makerhandle does not.
• Lifetime option. Indie Page offers a one-time lifetime payment. makerhandle is $20 a year.
• More preset themes. Indie Page lists more themes, though makerhandle has seven layouts plus a custom theme builder on Pro.
• Track record. Indie Page has been running since at least 2023 and has an established community on its leaderboards.

Both now collect email subscribers. makerhandle's subscribe box uses double opt-in with CSV export, or you can link a button to Substack, beehiiv, Kit, Buttondown or Mailchimp.

How revenue is verified

makerhandle asks for the narrowest access it can: a Stripe restricted key with Read access to Subscriptions and Charges, or a Shopify app with only read_orders. Full Stripe secret keys are rejected outright. Keys are checked before they are saved, encrypted at rest and never shown again.

We explain the reasoning in how to show verified MRR. Whichever tool you use, check what access it asks for and how it calculates the number. Read-only access and a clearly stated method are what make a verified figure worth trusting.

Which should you pick?

Pick Indie Page if you sell through Lemon Squeezy or want a lifetime deal.

Pick makerhandle if you sell on Shopify, want templates that make your projects look good with screenshots, want analytics that go further without cookies, or want to start free and pay $20 a year when you need more.

If you sell only through Stripe, both verify your revenue, so try both and keep the one you like looking at. For a wider look, read Indie Page alternatives in 2026, or try makerhandle free.