Rownd is an AI-ready App Services Platform: one SDK for auth ๐, payments ๐ณ & user management โ๏ธ. Spin up production-ready apps in minutes, free up to 1 M MAUs ๐. Build faster, scale smarter, ditch siloed vendors! ๐ฅ
Hey Product Hunt! ๐ Iโm Rob Thelen, co-founder & CEO of Rownd (YC W22). Weโre launching a free tier up to 1 M MAUsโwhy 1 M? Because teams need runway to scale without per-user ransom notes. I have built hundreds of AI-assisted apps (vibe coding is my passion), and the thing that often goes wrong is the app plumbing - authentication, authorization, user management, payments, etc. The Rownd App Services Platform solves that problem.
๐ One SDK, five Core Pillars
๐ Authentication (passwordless, social, SAML/OIDC, adaptive MFA)
๐ฌ Smart Links (make your own Branch-link links, for 1/100 of the price)
๐ณ Payments & Subscriptions (Stripe integration in <10s, metered billing, portal UI, renewals)
๐ฅ User Management (profiles, roles, permissions, webhooks)
๐ All batteries included - Rownd's frontend SDKs come with all the necessary visual elements - login, signup, sign-out, profile, subscription management, etc.
๐ฑ Why We Did It
AI-powered โvibe codingโ teams can prototype full apps in minutes, but the plumbing underneath remains brittle and costly. We built Rownd so you can focus on your unique value, not boilerplate. Our freemium flywheel has already driven enterprise-scale growth, and this 1 M MAU launch is just the beginning.
Set up user management, authentication, and payments in one prompt.
Ask me anythingโStripe setup, MCP roadmap, compliance at scale, or your toughest integration pain. Thanks for checking us outโyour feedback will shape Rowndโs next chapter!
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1M free MAU is impressive! ๐ How does the SDK handle rate limits and scalability at that volume? Also, what's the tech stack for the auth/payments integration? ๐ง๐
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Hey Product Hunt! Rachel hereโI'm a co-founder and designer at Rownd.
Weโre super excited about this launchโitโs the result of a ton of thinking (and rethinking) about what AI builders and scaling teams really need. Weโre serious about making it easy to go from prototype to productionโno extra plumbing required.
Would love your thoughtsโwhat tools are you building with, and whatโs still too hard? Letโs make it easier together.
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Really appreciate the 1M MAU free tierโit gives indie teams like mine the breathing room to iterate without sweating every new signup.
Congrats on the launch, Rob and team! Rownd feels like the kind of dev infra that actually gets how modern AI-first teams build.
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@masterlhzย thank you! Let us know what you think and what features you want to see next! - Rachel, co-founder @ Rownd
@manu_goel2ย Hey! Thanks for the comment, and yes, currently Stripe is the only payments integration. We love feedback though! What other sorts of integrations would you like to see? - Rachel (Co-founder at Rownd)
@manu_goel2ย For now, only Stripe, what else do you want to see?
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The 1M MAU free tier is a smart way to back early-stage teams without throttling growth too soon โ solid positioning. The integration of auth, payments, and user management into a single SDK is a huge time-saver for anyone building fast, especially with AI-assisted workflows accelerating frontend dev.
Curious how deep the adaptive MFA and permissioning go โ could see this being valuable for apps with evolving access tiers.
@tom1_oย Thanks, Tomi! Enhancing MFA and permission-based access control is definitely on our list. I can see it being limiting for advanced use cases, but we cover 80-90% of what products need.
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@mhamannย Totally fair โ covering 80โ90% of use cases is already solid, especially for teams moving fast. That said, Iโve been building Zenyai, a tool for creative teams (especially game developers) where permission granularity and asset control really matter across stages of production. So Iโm naturally tuned in to edge cases. Happy to chat more if thatโs helpful.
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1M free MAU is impressive! ๐ How does the SDK handle rate limits and scalability at that volume? Also, what's the tech stack for the auth/payments integration? ๐ง๐
Hey Product Hunt! Rachel hereโI'm a co-founder and designer at Rownd.
Weโre super excited about this launchโitโs the result of a ton of thinking (and rethinking) about what AI builders and scaling teams really need. Weโre serious about making it easy to go from prototype to productionโno extra plumbing required.
Would love your thoughtsโwhat tools are you building with, and whatโs still too hard? Letโs make it easier together.
Really appreciate the 1M MAU free tierโit gives indie teams like mine the breathing room to iterate without sweating every new signup.
Congrats on the launch, Rob and team! Rownd feels like the kind of dev infra that actually gets how modern AI-first teams build.
@masterlhzย thank you! Let us know what you think and what features you want to see next!
- Rachel, co-founder @ Rownd
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@masterlhzย Thanks for the kind words!
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@masterlhzย What else would you want to see to make your life even easier?
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I cannot wait to build with this. Congrats @robert_thelen @mhamann @rachrad and to the whole team!
@robert_thelenย @mhamannย @rachradย @richardiporterย thanks for the kind words! let us know what you think! r
Great Idea!! Is only stripe covered as of now?
@manu_goel2ย Hey! Thanks for the comment, and yes, currently Stripe is the only payments integration. We love feedback though! What other sorts of integrations would you like to see? - Rachel (Co-founder at Rownd)
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@manu_goel2ย For now, only Stripe, what else do you want to see?
The 1M MAU free tier is a smart way to back early-stage teams without throttling growth too soon โ solid positioning. The integration of auth, payments, and user management into a single SDK is a huge time-saver for anyone building fast, especially with AI-assisted workflows accelerating frontend dev.
Curious how deep the adaptive MFA and permissioning go โ could see this being valuable for apps with evolving access tiers.
Clean stack, nice move.
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@tom1_oย Thanks, Tomi! Enhancing MFA and permission-based access control is definitely on our list. I can see it being limiting for advanced use cases, but we cover 80-90% of what products need.
@mhamannย Totally fair โ covering 80โ90% of use cases is already solid, especially for teams moving fast. That said, Iโve been building Zenyai, a tool for creative teams (especially game developers) where permission granularity and asset control really matter across stages of production. So Iโm naturally tuned in to edge cases. Happy to chat more if thatโs helpful.