head to head/Founder Communities

Indie Hackers vs Y Combinator Startup School

Neck and neck on boosts. Profiles, pricing and deals below.

Indie Hackers

Bootstrappers building in public, revenue and all

community boosts

0

pricing

Freemium · Free to join, optional IH+ subscription

what it is

Indie Hackers is where solo founders post their MRR, their churn and the month it all went sideways. Free to read and post, with an optional IH+ tier on top. The default first stop for anyone building without funding.

Y Combinator Startup School

YC's free curriculum and the biggest co-founder search

community boosts

0

pricing

Free

what it is

Startup School is Y Combinator's free online course on starting a company, wrapped around weekly progress tracking and a co-founder matching platform that has made over 100,000 matches. Less a room than an on-ramp: broad, free and unfiltered.