Work · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites.

1. 1
   YC Companies Map▲180

   A map of YC companies around the world. Discover YC startups by city, batch, and industry. Powered by FoundersAround.

   2025 · yc.foundersaround.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   YC World▲396

   Explore Y Combinator companies by country

   2017 · world.ycombinator.com · its alternatives →

3. 3MO
   Map of YC Startups▲104

   Hey Everybody! Hope you had a merry christmas Today I had a bit of fun with Claude. Started by scraping YC's startups list, then ran them through OpenAI's embedding service, then UMAP'd the embedding to reduce the dimension to just two coordinates and then just forced Claude to write React that would compile to visualize that. I had fun and I think it's interesting, so take a look! Also note that you won't be able to zoom on mobile (found about this Plotly limitation way too late). If there's interest I can fix this issue by changing plotting libs tomorrow :) Merry christmas

   2024 · yc-map.vercel.app · its alternatives →

4. 4
   The Y Combinator Database▲866

   The definitive database of YC companies with all the metrics

   2017 · ycdb.co · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Y Combinator Companies▲454

   Interactive list of all 1000+ YC companies

   2016 · ycombinator.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Y Combinator Database 2.0▲604

   Everything you ever wanted to know about YC companies

   2018 · ycdb.co · its alternatives →

7. 7
   YC Library▲810

   The new hub for YC's startup videos, essays, podcasts & more

   2023 · ycombinator.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Y Combinator Co-founder Matching▲642

   YC’s free online platform to help you find your co-founder

   2021 · ycombinator.com · its alternatives →

9. 9IW
   I wrote a guidebook on everything I know about applying to Y Combinator▲177

   2012 · guidetoyc.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    FoundersAround▲445

    Well, when I moved to another country (UK) I felt super lost. Who were the founders living here? What do they do? I ended up going to a Google coworking space over there and met some cool people. Now, I'm back in my home country, after 8 years abroad, and again, I don't know who are the founders living close to me that I could potentially meet. That's why I decided to build FoundersAround.com A simple map where founders can pin themselves. Meet other founders living nearby. Check in when travelling and meet founders over there.

    2025 · foundersaround.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    ExploreYC▲565

    Open-source API for Y Combinator & a16z company data

    Jul 2026 · exploreyc.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Starwatcher.ai▲39

    Try it: We mapped 2,970 Y Combinator companies in 3D by product similarity - 57% of YC's entire portfolio since 2005. Jump right in and explore: pan/zoom around, click for detailed profiles, explore clusters. No signup required, works best on desktop. Why Sometimes it's hard to grasp the bigger picture and see the forest for the trees. This map gives an overall representation of the whole space - companies, clusters, and outliers (companies that don't have obvious similar counterparts). For example, there are three companies supporting innovation labs. Also it's fun to see how LegalTech…

    2025 · starwatcher.ai · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Y Combinator Startups▲159

    An Interactive Database

    2014 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Apply to YC (Y Combinator)▲386

    Curated collection of resources for founders applying to YC.

    2017 · its alternatives →

15. 15IT
    I travelled cross-country to Startup School only using YC apps▲38

    2012 · backspac.es · its alternatives →

16. 16
    YC Startup Map – A Map Visualization of the YC Startup Directory▲15

    Explore the YC Startup Directory through a map visualization

    2025 · ycstartupmap.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    YC Directory▲397

    Discover YC companies

    2020 · ycombinator.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Macro▲269

    Stories from the Y Combinator world

    2015 · its alternatives →

19. 19YS
    YC's startup advice, organized and searchable▲161

    2020 · ycadvice.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Mapped▲160

    Learn from more advanced founders super fast

    2020 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    YC has it▲219

    Describe your problem, get the YC startup that solves it

    Jul 2026 · ychasit.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Startup School Live 2022▲175

    Learn how to start a startup, with help from Y Combinator

    2022 · startupschool.org · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Mapped In Israel▲155

    An Interactive map of the Israeli startup community

    2014 · mappedinisrael.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    WorldMap.lolfrom $5/mo▲197

    Put your startup on the map. Literally.

    Aug 2026 · worldmap.lol · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →