How to add your tool to Startup Resources
TL;DR
Startup Resources (startupresources.io) is a hand-picked directory of 408 tools for founders, sorted into about 60 collections from A/B testing to writing tools. Adding a tool is free: you answer a six-question form and the curator decides. New tool pages have been rare since mid-2025, so it suits makers of founder tools who can wait and accept a maybe.
What is Startup Resources?
The site launched in 2015 to help early-stage founders find the right tools, and its third owner, Paul Metcalfe, has run it since 2019, when he took it over from Jói Sigurdsson, per the About page. It lists CRMs, hosting, stock photos, fundraising services, legal help and more, each on its own page with a description and a link out. The tool pages we checked on 30 October 2026 link out without nofollow, so a listing passes link value.
Activity is uneven. The blog published new articles on 14, 19 and 28 October 2026, while the newest tool page dates from June 2025 (Blog2Social). The whole directory holds 408 entries, counted through the site's WordPress data on 30 October 2026. A weekly email of tools and articles goes to about 2,000 subscribers, the site's own figure.
Who should submit to Startup Resources?
Good fit:
- Tools that founders buy: analytics, CRM, email tools, forms, hosting, legal, payment solutions, schedulers and similar.
- Makers with no budget who want a followed link and a place next to direct alternatives.
Skip it:
- Startups whose customers are not founders. A consumer app or a local business has no collection here.
- Anyone who needs a listing by a fixed date. No review time is published, and recent additions are few.
How much does Startup Resources cost?
Nothing. The Add Resource form shows no fee, and the site publishes no paid listing option.
How do you share your startup on Startup Resources?
- Open the Add Resource page. The form runs on Typeform.
- Give your name, your email, the tool's name and its website.
- Pick the collection it belongs in from the list of about 60, from Analytics to Writing Tools.
- Answer the last question: how the tool helps startups and what makes it stand out.
- Submit and wait. The curator decides what goes in, and no review time is published.
Tips to get more out of Startup Resources
- Pick the most specific collection, such as Schedulers over Productivity, so your tool sits next to its direct alternatives.
- Answer the description question with a founder task: "sends dunning emails for Stripe subscriptions" beats a slogan.
- Mention a startup discount or free tier in the same answer, since the list exists to save founders time and money.
- Subscribe to the weekly email to see what the curator picks and how those tools are described.
Our verdict
Startup Resources is a free, curated tool list with followed links, and the form takes five minutes. New tool pages have slowed to a trickle since 2025, so treat it as a long shot that costs nothing.
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