About StartupIndex
Find your competitors, compare their products, and decide what to do next.
How listings work
A founder submits a startup with its website, a tagline, a description and a category. A person checks that the product is real, the site works and the description is honest. Approved listings get a permanent page and a dofollow link. Rejected submissions get an email with the reason and can be fixed and sent again.
How the ranking works
Trending counts upvotes from the last seven days. The leaderboard has monthly and all time views.
What Verified means
A listing gets the Verified badge when two things are true. The founder signed in with an email on the same domain as the startup website, so we know the person behind the listing can speak for it. And the website answers when we check it, which we do once a week for every listed startup. A site that fails two checks in a row loses the badge until it is back. You can filter the leaderboard to verified startups only.
Worth watching
Weekly startup picks appear on the worth watching page and in the Monday newsletter.
How we make money
Listings are free. Founders can buy Featured or Sponsored placements for a fixed number of days. See the advertise page for prices.
Editorial policy
- Every listing is reviewed by a person before it is public.
- We do not list adult content, gambling, get rich quick schemes or sites that exist only to sell links.
- Founders can edit their listing at any time. Changing the name or the website sends it back to review.
- Fake upvotes get removed and the accounts behind them are closed.
Contact
Questions, corrections or press: [email protected].
Questions people ask
What is StartupIndex?
StartupIndex is a directory of new startups. Founders submit their product, a person reviews it, the community ranks it with upvotes, and editors pick the ones worth watching every week.
How is the ranking calculated?
The Trending list counts upvotes from the last seven days. The monthly leaderboard counts the last thirty days. Most points counts every upvote ever cast. Ties break on total upvotes and then on launch date.
What does the Verified badge mean?
The founder signed in with an email on the same domain as the startup website, and the website answered when we checked it. We check every listed site once a week. A site that fails two checks in a row loses the badge until it is back.
How do editor picks work?
Editors select startups each week and add a short note on each product.
Is the link to my site dofollow?
Yes, once the listing is approved. Links on listings that are still in review are nofollow.