It's free to compete, and free to win.

No card, no trial, no plan to pick. Every duel, vote, Founder Rating and ranking costs nothing, and your record starts with your first duel.

Free, for every founder

$0no card needed

Everything you need to compete, win and build a public record. There's no trial to run out and no plan to pick.

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Everything, including

A public founder profile and your own @username
Start, accept and apply to duels in all six formats
Vote on every live duel
Founder Rating, global rank and a place on the leaderboard
Every achievement, from First Blood to Champion
Startup pages for the startups you build
Apply to competitions, including SeedBattle
Share pages and cards for every result
Full analytics: vote share, winning margins, best categories and profile views

Competing, voting, ratings and rankings don't sit behind a paywall. Your record is earned in duels, and the only way to climb is to win them.

Paid extras, not on sale

Nothing here is for sale, and you don't need any of it to compete. These are the only paid extras planned, and none of them touches votes, results, ratings or ranks.

Official Duel
$19 per duel
Marks one of your duels as official. The badge shows wherever the duel appears. It never changes votes, results or ratings.
Never: count a vote twice or discount one
Not on sale
Featured Founder
$49 for 30 days
Featured placement in discovery for 30 days. Clearly labelled as featured and never affects rankings.
Never: move you up a leaderboard
Not on sale
Founder Pro
$19 per month
Deeper analytics on how your duels are won and lost, plus a Pro badge on your profile. It never affects ratings.
Never: boost your Founder Rating
Not on sale
Data Access
$19
Full company financials, CSV export of any search, unlimited results, and a verified tick. Thirty days.
Never: change votes or results
Not on sale

Data access — $19 for 30 days

The dataset behind the site: over 100,000 companies with founding and closing years, headcount, reported revenue, identifiers and corporate structure — searchable and exportable.

Paid in crypto, straight to our wallet. It does not renew itself — we email you before the 30 days are up, and access simply stops if you do nothing.

Every financial field on every company
CSV export of any filtered search
Unlimited search results
A verified tick on your profile

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Help keep this running

FounderDuels is built and paid for by one person. Duels, voting, ratings, the leaderboard and every company and founder page are free, and the plan is to keep them that way.

If the research or the directory has been useful to you, a donation covers the servers and the time. Any amount helps, nothing is expected, and nothing on the site changes either way — donating buys no ranking, no badge and no favour.

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You get a fresh address and a QR to scan. Check the network before sending — coins sent on the wrong network cannot be recovered. Donations are not refundable and are not a purchase.

Money never buys a result

Everything competitive is free and works the same for every founder. Votes found to be manipulation are removed, and every admin change to a result is written to an audit log.

Read the ranking methodology What money can and cannot buy

What each product includes, and what no product can change
	Free	Official Duel	Featured Founder	Founder Pro
Enter duels and apply to competitions	Included	Included	Included	Included
Vote in duels	Included	Included	Included	Included
Earn a Founder Rating, rank and achievements	Included	Included	Included	Included
Advanced analytics	Included	Included	Included	Included
Official badge on a duel	Not included	Included	Not included	Not included
Featured placement on discovery pages, always labelled	Not included	Not included	Included	Not included
Pro badge on your profile	Not included	Not included	Not included	Included
Changes votes, results, rating or rank	Never	Never	Never	Never

Pricing questions

Straight answers about what's free and what stays earned.

Is FounderDuels free?

Yes. Creating an account, entering and accepting duels, voting, your Founder Rating, the leaderboard, achievements, startup pages and competition applications are all free. There's no card to add and no trial that ends.

Can I pay to improve my Founder Rating or rank?

No. Your Founder Rating only moves when a rated duel is decided, and your rank only comes from that rating. No purchase touches votes, results, ratings, ranks or achievements.

Do I have to pay to enter a competition?

No. Applying to a FounderDuels competition, including SeedBattle, is free. Seeding comes from the organisers and Founder Rating, never from payment.

Is verification for sale?

No. Verification confirms who you are and what your startup is. It's free, never sold, and never affects ranking.

Will the paid extras change anything for free founders?

No. Nothing is for sale right now. If the extras listed on this page go on sale, they only add visibility or deeper stats. Duels, voting, ratings and rankings stay free and work the same for everyone.

Your first duel is free. So is your hundredth.

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