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#10

isMalicious

SecurityListed on TrustMRR· Sep 30
$35.0K
Asking Price
$2.1K/mo
Monthly Revenue
$2.0K/mo
Monthly Profit
1.5x
Profit Multiple
19 months
Business Age
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Why We Picked This

isMalicious delivers $2,083/mo revenue with an exceptional 95% profit margin and a 1.47x annual profit multiple — both well above typical SaaS benchmarks. The 19-month operating history and TrustMRR platform verification (dataQualityScore: 100, no warnings) provide strong confidence in the disclosed financials. The security/threat intelligence niche serves a growing market segment. A buyer should confirm customer concentration, churn/retention metrics, and the operational scope of the multi-tool offering.

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Strengths

  • ✓Exceptional 95% profit margin — substantially higher than typical SaaS (30–50%)
  • ✓Highly attractive 1.47x annual profit multiple, well below market (3–5x typical)
  • ✓$1,979/mo net profit on modest revenue base — strong cash-generation efficiency
  • ✓TrustMRR platform verification with 100 dataQualityScore and no data warnings builds confidence in disclosed numbers
  • ✓19-month track record demonstrates proven market fit in a specialized security niche
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Details to confirm

  • •Confirm customer concentration and revenue diversity across the SIEM/threat intelligence API, STIX/TAXII, OpenCTI, and MCP server product components
  • •Request churn and net retention metrics to validate the sustainability of recurring revenue at this margin level
  • •Clarify the operational scope: whether the suite is maintained as a single codebase or separate products, and what ongoing vendor integrations (OpenCTI, etc.) require
  • •Review actual customer count, contract terms, and any platform or API deprecation risks that could affect future revenue

Additional details to confirm

Evidence 82/100
Unusually high reported profit margin

Buy vs Build: BUY

82
AI-native cash cost
$8.0K–$18.0K
Estimated time
12 weeks
Asking price
$35.0K

The core software—threat intelligence API aggregation, STIX/TAXII integration, and OpenCTI connectivity—can be built with AI-assisted coding, open-source libraries (STIX, OpenCTI SDKs), and managed security APIs in 10–14 weeks for $8K–$18K. However, the acquisition is compelling because it purchases $1,979/mo verified recurring profit with 95% margins, an established customer base, and operational knowledge of threat intelligence market dynamics and integration complexity. The business traction, profitability, and below-market valuation substantially outweigh software reproducibility; a solo founder rebuilding from scratch would require weeks of integration work, customer discovery, and churn risk that the existing business eliminates. **Buy** because proven cash flow and market validation are far more valuable than the commoditized software build.

Cash estimate includes the AI tools, APIs and infrastructure needed for a solo founder to recreate the software. Build time is informational and lightly weighted. The verdict is driven mainly by customers, users, verified earnings, retention, distribution, brand, data and operating history.

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Financial Snapshot

$25K
Annual Revenue
$24K
Annual Profit
$2.1K
Monthly Revenue
18 mo
Est. Payback
Profit Margin95%
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Business Overview

isMalicious is a suite of tools of cyberthreats intelligence, SIEM threatl intelligence API, STIX / TAXII, OpenCTI, MCP server.

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Quick Facts

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Type
Security
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Age
19 months
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Source
TrustMRR
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Listed
Sep 30, 2026

Deal Score

88
Top Pick
Evidence confidence82/100
1.5x
Excellent Multiple
Asking$35.0K
MRR$2.1K/mo
Profit$2.0K/mo
Profit Multiple1.5x
Age19 months
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Preliminary screening based on marketplace and public data. Verify all financial, legal, technical, customer, and operational claims independently before making an acquisition decision. This is not financial or legal advice.