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Compare startup tools by job and stage.

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Company Form

Stripe Atlas

A guided workflow for forming a US company, issuing founder equity, and handling core post-formation steps.

Paid service Visit
Company Form

Clerky

Formation and legal-document workflows designed for venture-backed US startups.

Paid service Visit
Company Form

Cooley GO

Plain-language startup legal guides and document generators from Cooley.

Free resources Visit
Company Form

Orrick Startup Forms

A library of commonly used formation, equity, employment, and financing document forms.

Free templates Visit
Company Operate

Termly

Policy generators and consent tools for teams starting to formalize website privacy and compliance.

Free + paid Visit
Finance Operate

Mercury

Business banking and financial workflows designed around startups and technology companies.

Account required Visit
Finance Operate

Ramp

Corporate cards, expense controls, bill pay, and procurement tools in one finance platform.

Free + paid Visit
Finance Operate

Brex

Cards, banking, travel, and spend management for venture-backed and scaling companies.

Free + paid Visit
Finance Operate

Pilot

Bookkeeping, tax, and finance services focused on startups and small businesses.

Paid service Visit
Finance Operate

Puzzle

Accounting software built to give startups faster books and a current financial view.

Free + paid Visit
Finance Operate

Carta

Cap table, equity-management, compensation, and fund-administration tools.

Paid service Visit
Finance Operate

Pulley

Cap table and equity-management software with modeling for fundraising and dilution.

Paid service Visit
Product Build

Figma

Collaborative interface design, prototyping, whiteboarding, and product handoff.

Free + paid Visit
Product Build

Linear

Fast issue tracking and product planning for software teams that want a focused workflow.

Free + paid Visit
Product Build

GitHub

Source control, collaboration, automation, and project tooling around software repositories.

Free + paid Visit
Product Build

Vercel

Frontend deployment and hosting with preview environments and a broad developer ecosystem.

Free + paid Visit
Product Build

Supabase

Hosted Postgres, authentication, storage, edge functions, and realtime development tools.

Free + paid Visit
Product Learn

PostHog

Product analytics, session replay, feature flags, experiments, and related developer tools.

Free + paid Visit
Product Build

Sentry

Error tracking and application performance monitoring that helps teams diagnose production problems.

Free + paid Visit
Growth Launch

Webflow

Visual website building and content management for marketing sites and landing pages.

Free + paid Visit
Growth Sell

HubSpot

CRM and connected marketing, sales, and service tools with an accessible starting tier.

Free + paid Visit
Growth Grow

Customer.io

Behavioral messaging and lifecycle automation across email, push, SMS, and in-app channels.

Paid service Visit
Growth Grow

Loops

Email for software companies, combining product messaging, lifecycle campaigns, and newsletters.

Free + paid Visit
Growth Launch

Product Hunt

A product discovery community and launch channel that can create a focused day of early attention.

Free Visit
Growth Support

Intercom

Customer support, messaging, help center, and AI-assisted service tools.

Paid service Visit
People Hire

Gusto

US payroll, benefits, and HR tools designed for small and growing companies.

Paid service Visit
People Hire

Rippling

A connected platform for workforce identity, payroll, benefits, devices, and company systems.

Paid service Visit
People Hire

Deel

Global hiring, contractor management, payroll, immigration, and employer-of-record services.

Paid service Visit
People Hire

Ashby

Recruiting operations software spanning applicant tracking, scheduling, analytics, and sourcing.

Paid service Visit
People Hire

Dover

A marketplace for working with recruiting, legal, finance, and other startup operators.

Paid service Visit
Fundraising Raise

OpenVC

Investor discovery, fundraising workflow, and educational resources for founders.

Free + paid Visit
Fundraising Raise

DocSend

Controlled document sharing and engagement analytics often used for decks and data rooms.

Paid service Visit
Fundraising Raise

Visible

Fundraising pipeline, investor updates, stakeholder reporting, and startup metric tracking.

Paid service Visit
Fundraising Raise

AngelList

Infrastructure and services for startup fundraising, funds, special-purpose vehicles, and private markets.

Varies Visit
Programs Build

AWS Activate

AWS credits, technical support, training, and partner offers for eligible startups.

Application Visit
Programs Build

NVIDIA Inception

Technical resources, preferred pricing, and ecosystem support for eligible AI startups.

Application Visit
Programs Build

GitHub for Startups

GitHub product access and partner benefits for eligible startups affiliated with supporting organizations.

Application Visit
Programs Operate

Stripe Startups

Stripe credits, education, and founder resources for qualifying venture-backed companies.

Application Visit
Learning Any

Y Combinator Library

Essays, talks, and tactical guidance covering ideas, product, growth, hiring, and fundraising.

Free Visit
Learning Early

Startup School

Y Combinator's online curriculum and founder community for people actively building startups.

Free Visit
Learning Any

First Round Review

In-depth operating interviews and tactical articles from experienced startup builders.

Free Visit
Learning Any

NFX Essays

Writing on network effects, marketplaces, growth, fundraising, and company building.

Free Visit
Learning Grow

SaaStr

A large library and community focused on building and scaling B2B software companies.

Free Visit
Learning Any

Lenny's Newsletter

Practical product, growth, and career guidance through essays, interviews, and community.

Free + paid Visit

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