Freemium
9 votes
About Startupfa.me
Startupfa.me is a directory that lists startups and products, curated daily, and open to established companies, micro-startups and side projects alike. Creating an account is free and required before a startup can be added. Listing details are then generated automatically by AI from the website URL the founder submits, so the write-up is derived from your site rather than composed by you.
The free tier, called Verified, costs nothing in money and is paid for with a link. It requires the founder to place a verification badge on their own website homepage, which makes the arrangement reciprocal: you list on their site, they appear on yours. In return, Verified includes a dedicated startup page, a featured listing, 10 or more do-follow backlinks and unlimited edits, and submissions are reviewed and published within 7 days.
The two paid tiers skip the badge requirement and publish in under 30 seconds, but what they buy is placement rather than inclusion. Highlight costs 19 US dollars a month and rotates the listing through the Today's Highlights section. Spotlight costs 149 US dollars a month and holds a permanent featured slot on the homepage, above all other listings. On a category page the order runs Highlight placements first, then verified listings ranked by community saves. Plans can be cancelled at any time with no lock-in, but one account holding several startups needs a separate plan for each, so the monthly cost multiplies with your portfolio.
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The backlinks are what a founder is really buying or earning here. Outbound links to listed startups are do-follow rather than nofollow, and they carry UTM tracking parameters automatically. The site states its own Domain Rating is 80 or above. That figure is Startupfa.me's own claim about itself rather than an independent measurement.
For readers, listings are sorted into more than 40 topic categories, each with its own page, and can also be browsed by country from a locations directory showing a flag and a startup count. Each card shows the name, a one-line tagline, a logo and a link to the startup's own website. A founders directory gives each maker a profile page linking to all the startups they have submitted, and founders can claim their own.
The privacy policy names the email address supplied at registration as the personal data collected, and the terms of service are governed by United States law with exclusive jurisdiction in United States courts.
Key features
- Lists startups, micro-startups and side projects in a directory curated daily.
- Sorts listings into more than 40 topic categories, each with its own page.
- Generates listing details automatically with AI from the website URL submitted.
- Links out to listed startups with do-follow links carrying UTM tracking parameters.
- Gives the free Verified tier a dedicated page, 10 or more backlinks and unlimited edits.
- Requires a verification badge on the founder's own homepage for the free tier.
- Reviews and publishes free Verified listings within 7 days after quality checks.
- Publishes both paid tiers in under 30 seconds with no badge verification.
- Rotates Highlight listings, at 19 US dollars a month, through Today's Highlights.
- Holds a permanent featured homepage slot for Spotlight listings at 149 US dollars a month.
- Ranks category pages with Highlight placements first, then verified listings by saves.
- Gives each founder a profile page linking to every startup they have submitted.
- Lets founders claim their own profile from the founders directory.
- Browses startups by country from a locations directory showing a flag and a count.
- Allows paid plans to be cancelled at any time with no lock-in period.
- Requires a separate plan per startup, though one account can hold several.
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Key facts
| Category | Directories |
|---|---|
| Pricing | Freemium |
| Free tier | Yes |
| Upvotes | 9 |
| Listed | 25 August 2026 |
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