StartupToolchain

Problem

needgap(posts)^*

Startup Idea

needgap(comments)^*

MVP

needgap(comments)^*

School

Blogs

General

Paul Graham's essays

Strategy

Economics

Investment

Bayesian Investor Blog

Marketing

Solopreneur

Reading Lists

High Performance Organizations Reading List

Startup help

SaaS

Technology

Hardware

Co-Founder

Co-Founder Matching(YC)

Professionals

AngelList Recruit

Software

Stack Overflow Users

Hardware

Design

CO-OP

Hatchways(US, CA)

Freelancers

Salary

stackoverflow salary calculator

Equity Calculator

Naming Startups

Word Safety

naming-tools.com

Name Generators

w/ Domain/Social Media Availability

Compliance

Policies

Privacy Policy Template by Juro

Establishing Companies Overseas

USA

Estonia

Programming Languages

Systems Programming

Network Programming

Web Programming

Scripting Language

Datascience/ML

Query Language

Common Language Infrastructure(CLI)

Mobile

Kotlin(Android)

Database

Object-Relational

Relational

Key-Value Cache

Key-Value Store

Data-Structures server

Document Store

Graph Databases

Time-series

Distributed Databases

Database Hosts

Distributed

Data Delivery Network

Reactive Database

Frameworks

JS Frontend

CSS Frameworks

Web

JS Runtime

Microsoft Software

Cross-Platform

Visual Programming | Low code | No code

Mobile Apps

Server Driven UI

Mobile web

Web Apps

Interactive Computation

Application Programming Interface

Free Public APIs

API development

Security

Web Security

Application Security

Reverse Engineering

Code Quality

JetBrains Qodana

Testing

Mobile Apps

PaaS

FaaS

Azure Functions

Cloud Functions

Self Hosted

IaaS

Google Compute Engine

DNS

Search as a Service

Security

Infrastructure Security

Gold Fig Checkup

Containerization

Container Orchestration

Network Interface

Static Builders

Website Builders

Landing Page

Unicorn Platform

CMS

Membership Management

Post Cover

E-commerce

Square Online Store

Self Hosted

Hosting

POWER9

Domain Registrar

SEO

Security

Hosted

Google Analytics

Self Hosted

Education

Application Monitoring

Website Monitoring

Logs

Viewing logs

The Logfile Navigator

Graphic Design

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP

User Interface Design

Vector Graphics Editors

Affinity Designer

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR

Design Language

MS Fluent Design System

Apple Human Interface

Google Material Design

Design Resources

Apple Design Resources

Accessibility Design

Game accessibility guidelines

Anti-addiction Design

Projects by njms

Color Palette

material design palette

colorpalettes.earth

Mobile Pallete Generator

Effects Generators

CSS effects

UI Generators

Glass UI Generator

Asset Generators

Android Asset Studio

favicon generator

Screenshot

Stock Art

Icons

Buttons

Copy & Paste CSS

Emoji

Geometric Shapes

Illustrations

Open source illustrations kit

Illustrations by ICONFINDER

UI Resources

Creative MARKET

Podcast

Project

Meetings

People

Leave

Customer Relationship

salesforce essentials

Customer Onboarding

Rocketlane

Customer Data

Customer Support

Spreadsheet

Collabora Online

Presentation

Presentations by Canva

Team Communication

Microsoft Teams

open-source

Video Conference

Webinar

Intermedia Anymeeting

Virtual Workspace

Mail Servers

Mail Clients

webmail

android

iOS

Cloud Email

Shared inbox

Extensions

Organizing

Trello for Gmail

Tracking

Anti-Tracking

Contacts

Clearbit Connect

Cloud

Dropbox for Gmail

Video Chat

CRM

Email Marketing

Bulk Email

Transactional Email

Self Hosted

Purchasing power parities (PPP)

PPP Calculator^*

Payment Host

Buy me a Coffee

Gateways

Doku(Indonesia)

List of payment gateways

Billing, Invoicing, Accounting

Cost Management

Calculators

Is it worth the cost

Security

Malware Scanner

Identity Management

Self-Hosted

Token

Network Analysis

VPN

PrivacyTools's list

Backup

Self Hosted

Automation

Workflow

Dashboard

CAD

2D

Printers

Entry Level

Prosumer

stratasys

PCB

Machining

Semiconductor Fabrication

Open-source PDK

Free chip Manufacturing

Google and efabless

Supplies

Supplier

Growth Marketing

Keyword Research

semrush Keyword Research

Keywords Everywhere

Copy Writing

B2B

Open-Source

Story

Media

Search

Influencers

Famebit by YouTube

Line of Credit

Invoice Financing

MARKETFINANCE[UK]

Invoice Factoring

Term Loan

Flate Fee Lending

stripe Capital[USA]

Financial Modeling

List of Incubators & Accelerators

growthmentor's list

Paid Incubation

Social Entrepreneurship

BridgeforBillions

Space

NASA Startup Studio

Funding AI Startups

The OpenAI Startup Fund

Grants

Bill and Melinda Gates foundation

Mozilla Open Source Support Awards

Arnold Ventures

THIEL Fellowship

ALFRED P. SLOAN FOUNDATION

Emergent Ventures

Government Startup/Small Business/Entrepreneurship Grants

fundera's list [USA]

Startup India [IN]

Business Queensland Grant [AUS]

Side Project Grant

sakofchit's list

Patent Grants

NASA TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM

List of investors

PRIVATE EQUITY LIST

Impact Investors

Omidyar Network

Triodos Investment Management

Reinvestment Fund

BlueOrchard Finance

Community Reinvestment Fund, USA

Investor Matching

Crowdfunding

Non equity

Equity

Open hardware

Startup Freebies

Microsoft for Startups

Google Cloud for Startups

Facebook for Startups

Freshworks for Startups

LEGEND

^*: The tools marked with superscript ^* are created by me for the startup community.

^α: The tools marked with superscript ^α are bleedding edge tools but are featured here because they show promise in a category with much need-gap.

WHY THIS?

I wanted a simple, fast way to find the best tool for a startup task on demand and So I created StartupToolchain.

WHY IS MY FAVOURITE TOOL NOT HERE?

I have to strike a balance between 'Which tool gets a startup to the market fast without much technical debt?' vs 'Which is the most used tool in this category?' vs 'Which tool can be afforded by a bootstrapping founder' vs 'Which tool can be afforded by a well funded founder'. This is not an exhaustive list of startup tools, but best tools for a startup task based upon above criteria.

WHY IS THIS CATEGORY NOT LISTED HERE?

This toolchain will never be completed, But I will keep adding tools until I can. The category you're looking for might get added then.

BIAS

I try my best to limit my personal bias in the selection of the tools, but like every other human activity I cannot eliminate bias completely. So, I'm happy to receive positive criticisms to help fix the biases. I often find new tools, categories through recommendations from the users who have subject matter experience.

CAN YOU ADD MY PRODUCT HERE?

I'm open to adding products and services from new upcoming startups provided it solves the following criteria -

Should solve at least one problem effectively for the startups.

Availability of a free-tier or trial plan in the categories where the competitors offer one.

Should Do No Evil.

I WILL PAY YOU TO ADD MY PRODUCT HERE

Sorry that cannot happen due to conflict of interest. If your product fits in ST, please tweet to me.

I ALREADY GET TRAFFIC FROM STARTUPTOOLCHAIN, WHY DON'T YOU USE MY REFERRAL?

Again, It's due to conflict of interest. Besides referrals are a pain. If you would like to support StartupToolchain without obligations, Please checkout the next section.

SUPPORT STARTUPTOOLCHAIN

Since I don't take payment for placing a product or have referral links it's up to you to keep StartupToolchain alive.

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