Startups Leaderboards

Can you make $1,000?

INTEREST SCORE 1,029
DISCUSSIONS 75
ENGAGEMENT 0.07
LAUNCHED Aug 2024
TYPE B2B
Developer Tools Side Project Remote Work

Noto

Create a Notion-style avatar with 120+ mix-and-match items

INTEREST SCORE 715
DISCUSSIONS 157
ENGAGEMENT 0.22
LAUNCHED Sep 2021
TYPE B2C
Design Tools Sketch Side Project

Comparing Startups Leaderboards to Noto means looking past marketing into data. Both target Side Project users. Their community reception tells different stories.

Category Overlap

CategoryStartups LeaderboardsNoto
Design Tools - Yes
Developer Tools Yes -
Remote Work Yes -
Side Project Yes Yes
Sketch - Yes

What the Community Said

On Startups Leaderboards

Hey PH, long time no see (5 months) I think it's fair to say we are building tiny startups from Thailand because we got inspired from Pieter Levels? So I built a game for entrepreneurs β€” Introducing IndiePage Startup Leaderboards πŸ† 1. Connect your Stripe account(s) 2. Climb the leaderboards 3. Get f...

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Cool project, will you also add paddle as a payment provider? Anyways, good luck, love what you’re doing Marc

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This is really touching the real product hunt soul.

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On Noto

Thanks for your great work Felix. Just FYI, I made an open-source library based on your works so that other developers can use it easily https://github.com/miqilin21/react-notion-avatar

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If I purchase the assets from the site, can I use them commercially? For example, modifying it slightly and use it as the main character design for the app service.

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The quality of the illustrations nonwithstanding, one should only purchase this if they have either Figma or Sketch. Although the author provides PNG and SVG files, these are standalone files and not layered. So if the buyer uses other vector software, they have to arrange these into groups and laye...

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The Numbers

Startups Leaderboards leads on raw interest score. Noto leads on engagement ratio. That split is worth paying attention to. Startups Leaderboards attracted more initial eyeballs, but Noto's audience engaged deeper. For most buyers, engagement ratio is the better signal.

These products share 1 categories: Side Project. Moderate overlap suggests they target related but distinct use cases.

Startups Leaderboards is also tagged in Developer Tools, Remote Work, which Noto isn't. That suggests Startups Leaderboards positions itself more broadly or targets an adjacent audience.

Noto has unique category tags in Design Tools, Sketch. Different positioning can mean a different buyer profile, even within the same space.

Launch Context

Startups Leaderboards launched Aug 2024. Noto launched Sep 2021. Noto is the veteran here. Startups Leaderboards entered later, with the benefit of watching what worked and what didn't in the category.

Which One Fits You

Pick Startups Leaderboards if you want the product with the larger community behind it; you prefer newer tools with fresher tech; you need something that also covers Developer Tools.

Pick Noto if community size matters less to you than engagement depth; sustained discussion and active users are your priority; you value stability and a longer track record; you need something that also covers Design Tools.

What Each Product Does

Startups Leaderboards: Showcase all your startups on a single page with IndiePage to compete with other solo developers and climb the leaderboard!

Noto: With this illustrations pack, you can create your own Notion-style avatar. No design skills are required. There are 120+ items to mix and match, including hairstyles, eyes, and many facial expressions. You can create more than a million possible combinations.

Other Products in This Space

These products also compete in the Side Project category:

No-Code Exits β€” Real stories of people making money with no-code (Interest: 669, Engagement: 0.38)

Dead Acquire β€” Sell your pre-revenue & dead side projects within 30 days (Interest: 391, Engagement: 0.18)

Dollo β€” 300+ mix-and-match components to create your own avatar (Interest: 358, Engagement: 0.22)

Vokab β€” Learn German with each tab you open (Interest: 351, Engagement: 0.20)

Clarity β€” Lightning fast YouTube notes (Interest: 311, Engagement: 0.62)

Project Plan Generator β€” Turn your project into an actionable plan (Interest: 309, Engagement: 0.30)

Frequently Asked Questions

Generally, yes. Engagement ratio is hard to fake. A product can generate artificial interest, but sustained discussion threads require people who actually used the product and had something to say about it.

Automatically. We compare products that share at least one category and have similar interest scores. Products too far apart in traction don't make for useful comparisons.

No. Interest is launch-day attention. Engagement ratio is a better quality signal. The product with more discussions per interest point usually has stronger product-market fit.

How directly these products compete. Three or more shared categories means they're going after the same user. One shared category means they approach the space from different angles. Zero overlap and they probably shouldn't be compared.

Comparisons are generated automatically when two products have enough data overlap. If the pair you want isn't here, the products might be in different categories or too far apart in engagement.

Either the product didn't meet our engagement threshold, or it doesn't share enough category tags with the other product to generate a meaningful comparison. We'd rather show no comparison than a misleading one.

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