Best / How we rank

How We Rank

Our "best" lists help founders, investors and startup talent pick a platform. This page explains how we build them, so you can judge them yourself. These rules apply to every list we publish or update from November 2026; older lists are brought in line when they are next updated.

The criteria

Each list should state the criteria that matter for its topic. Most use these:

Fit for the job. How well the platform does the specific thing the list is about, for the people the list is written for.
Cost. Free tier, listing fees, commissions and subscriptions, taken from the platform pricing page.
Reach and activity. How many people use it and how active it is, only when the platform or a reliable third party publishes the number.
Trust. Verification, moderation and how the platform handles payments or personal data.
Downsides. Each entry should name real limits, not only strengths.

Sources and dates

Prices, fees and user numbers come from the platform's own pages or from a named third party, with the year of the source. Each list shows when it was last updated, and we check prices again when we update it. If a number cannot be verified, we leave it out instead of guessing.

Our own product

StartuPage competes in some of these categories. Where it does, we say so, and it is not ranked first: it appears with the same pros and cons format as everyone else, or in a separate note.

Paid placements

Companies cannot pay to change a ranking. If we sell visibility in the future, it will appear in a box labeled "Featured", separate from the list, and the link will be marked as sponsored.

Corrections

Found an outdated price or a wrong fact? Write to us from the FAQ page and we will check it and update the list.