Startup Fame review67 of 100, fair
Free with its badge on your homepage, $19 or $149 a month without it; a do-follow link on every plan, live while the startup stays listed.
Reviewed 2026-10-10 by Phillip Paul Inker. Facts re-read 2026-10-10. 5 sources. startupfa.me. Brand searches: 140 a month worldwide (Google, read 2026-10-10).
A simple trade, stated plainly: a free do-follow listing for its badge on your homepage, or a monthly plan that skips the badge and goes live in seconds. The link lasts while the listing does, and few people search for the name.
Best for: Founders who accept a badge on their homepage in exchange for a free do-follow link, or want one live at once for $19 a month.
Verified is free with a do-follow link, but only with the Startup Fame badge on the product's homepage, checked by a bot, then a review of the site.
Every plan states a do-follow link, live while the startup remains listed: on Verified after approval, on paid plans while the subscription runs. TinyLaunch's catalog records dofollow, DR 77.
140 Google searches a month worldwide for "startup fame" (Keyword Planner, read 2026-10-10).
The Verified plan card shows 7 days and the homepage FAQ says review "can take several business days"; Highlight and Spotlight go live in under 30 seconds.
Plans, prices, review times, the badge rule and the checks behind the review are public on the pricing page, the FAQ and a guide.
Sign-in with Google or e-mail; the form starts from the website URL and "our AI fills in the details".
Every submission site in the database on one axis, rank 2 of 6. The zones are the grades.
Google Ads Keyword Planner, worldwide searches for “startup fame”, read 2026-10-10. Demand, not quality: the rubric ignores it.
- A free listing with a stated do-follow link
- Every price, review time and rule public
- Submitting starts from a URL; the details fill in themselves
- The free plan needs its badge on your homepage
- Paid plans are monthly, and their link lasts while you pay
- The fewest brand searches here: 140 a month
- Free plan
- Verified: the Startup Fame badge on your homepage, a bot check, then review [1]
- Paid plans
- Highlight $19 a month, Spotlight $149 a month, no badge needed [1]
- Link
- Do-follow on every plan, live while the startup remains listed [1]
- Domain Rating, as stated
- DR 80+ [1]
- In a public catalog
- Dofollow, DR 77 (TinyLaunch's catalog) [5]
- Review checks
- Visible badge, an English version, a product that delivers on its claims, DR above zero [3]
- How review works
- Mostly automated, AI and verification bots [1]
- Spotlight
- 4 spots at the top of the homepage; 0 left on the read date [3]
- Sign-in
- Google or e-mail [4]
| Plan | Price | Unit | Review time | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free listing | Free | Verified, badge on your homepage | 7 days | A bot checks the badge; review checks an English version, the product's claims and a Domain Rating above zero | [1] |
| Paid listing | $19 | a month, Highlight | Under 30 seconds | No badge; recurring placement in Today's Highlights; cancel anytime | [1] |
| Spotlight | $149 | a month | Under 30 seconds | Homepage priority above other listings and an exclusive badge; 0 spots left on the read date | [1] |
Verified: free, with the badge
"Verified is free: add a Startup Fame badge to your homepage, then our verification bot checks it. After review and approval, your startup is listed with a do-follow backlink." Startup Fame explains the condition instead of hiding it: "Unlimited free do-follows weaken a directory's SEO value for everyone," so the free plan asks for the badge to keep the link scarce.
Its guide to the badge lists what the free review checks: "that the badge is visible, that the site has an English version, that the product delivers on what it claims, and that Domain Rating is above zero."
Highlight and Spotlight
Both paid plans "skip badge verification and publish instantly, with a premium badge and do-follow backlink." Highlight, $19 a month, adds recurring placement in Today's Highlights, refreshed daily, and can be cancelled anytime. Spotlight, $149 a month, adds permanent homepage priority above other listings and an exclusive badge; the guide puts it at four spots, and the pricing page showed none left on the read date.
The link
Every plan carries a do-follow link, and the FAQ is precise about how long: "Your do-follow listing link stays live while your startup remains listed (Verified after approval, or while a paid plan is active). We don't sell uncapped 'lifetime do-follows' that flood the domain with outbound links." The site states DR 80+; TinyLaunch's catalog, read on 2026-10-07, records it as dofollow at DR 77.
Review
"Most review is automated (AI + verification bots), so we don't need a large editorial team," which the FAQ gives as the reason for its prices. The Verified plan card shows 7 days, and the homepage FAQ says review can take several business days. Submitting starts from the website's URL: "Enter your website URL and our AI fills in the details."
Questions people ask
Is Startup Fame free?
Yes, the Verified plan: add the Startup Fame badge to your homepage, a bot checks it, and after review the startup is listed with a do-follow link.
Is the Startup Fame backlink permanent?
It stays live while the startup remains listed: on Verified after approval, on Highlight or Spotlight while the plan is active.
What do the paid plans cost?
Highlight is $19 a month and Spotlight $149 a month; both skip the badge and publish in under 30 seconds.
- We did not complete a listing for this review, so the 7-day review time is the site's own figure.
- Whether a Verified listing stays live after its badge is removed is not stated on the pages read.
- The Domain Rating figures are the site's claim and one catalog's; we did not measure them.
- Traffic was not read; the FAQ points to public analytics on Seline.
- [1]Startup Fame plans and pricing, with its FAQ Startup Fame, read 2026-10-10.
“Verified ... Free ... 7 days. Highlight ... $19/ month ... < 30 seconds. Spotlight ... $149/ month ... 0 spot left ... Verified is free: add a Startup Fame badge to your homepage, then our verification bot checks it.”
- [2]Startup Fame homepage questions Startup Fame, read 2026-10-10.
“Create a free account and add your startup in seconds. Enter your website URL and our AI fills in the details. ... Review can take several business days.”
- [3]Why free directory listings ask for a homepage badge Startup Fame, read 2026-10-10.
“On the free plan, review checks that the badge is visible, that the site has an English version, that the product delivers on what it claims, and that Domain Rating is above zero.”
- [4]
- [5]Startup Fame in TinyLaunch's public directory catalog TinyLaunch, read 2026-10-07.
“Startup Fame, startupfa.me, DR 77, Directory, dofollow”
Badge for Startup Fame’s own site
Certificate SU-124007, valid until 2027-10-10. Every badge links to it, so a reader can check the score is genuine. Eight looks on the badges page.
Shows Startup Fame’s current score, 67 of 100, fair. Dark card, for most pages. It links to certificate SU-124007, valid until 2027-10-10, and changes by itself when the review does.
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</a>Compared head to head
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