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24 alternatives to Builtseen

The $1 influencer marketplace for indie builders

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

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    Discover what people are building in public

    2021 · buildinpublic.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, We’re a two‑person team (Anika & Zeeshaan) and we’ve spent the last 8 months building The Influencer AI: https://www.theinfluencer.ai What it does: Spin up a consistent AI persona from either a handful of trait sliders or ~10 photos of a real person (yourself, a model, a client). Use that same "AI influencer" to generate: - photos & virtual try‑ons - talking‑head video reels (image‑to‑video + voice) -ad creatives in any pose, setting or style. All assets come with full commercial rights. How it works under the hood: Frontend: Next.js 15 (static where possible) Backend /…

    2025 · workshop-scrappen.nl · its alternatives →

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    bipp’d▲322

    Build your audience by building in public

    2022 · bubble.io · its alternatives →

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    The Feed▲295

    Weekly newsletter on how founders build audiences of 100k+

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Get insights on your favorite creators, influencers, brands

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    I used to be just a blogger. Now I build internet products, still without code, using AI, design, and taste. I was building in public on X for last 2 months. And honestly, I got tired of how it became performative and started to feel fake. I shipped 2 products. Both failed to get any real traction. I kept sneaking into popular builders’ profiles, hoping to learn how they do it. One thing I kept seeing everywhere, product launch directories. I thought here is the scope. So I started building one. Same UI like the rest. Nothing special. Suddenly one day when it was half built, I realized…

    2025 · founderswall.com · its alternatives →

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    Accelerate your path to product-market fit

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    cutefolio▲142

    build portfolios that actually look cute.

    Mar 2026 · cutefol.io · its alternatives →

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    AI powered influencer search engine, just like Google

    2023 · usegrade.com · its alternatives →

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    As an angel investor in ~15 unicorns and a bunch of other startups, I spend a lot of time reviewing decks for founders as a favor. I love to help but I wish my time had even more impact. So I built Decks For Good, a website where founders can get feedback on their deck and fundraising process from a VC or exited founder in exchange for a $250 donation to charity. We put together a great group of advisors and we're ready to help you out! Sign up and let's do some good together.

    Feb 2026 · decksforgood.com · its alternatives →

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    Postel▲111

    Hey HN! We built Postel because posting consistently on X was taking way too much time and mental energy. With Postel you can: - get personalized post ideas in your voice - see how other creators would write your idea - turn YouTube/videos/articles/podcasts into short posts - repurpose your existing content & brand knowledge - browse thousands of viral tweets → draft, edit, and schedule posts Would love to hear what you think! Cheers!

    2025 · postel.app · its alternatives →

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    A daily leaderboard for maker launches. Submit your product, quote-tweet the launch post, and climb by real likes on X, not upvotes. Resets every day.

    Feb 2026 · makers.page · its alternatives →

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    Grow your follower count or your enemy gets your donation

    2023 · groworpay.com · its alternatives →

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    Measure your Instagram performance as a creator/influencer

    2021 · cden.co · its alternatives →

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    As a founder without an audience, building great products is no longer enough. It is difficult to find first paying users, grow, and discover where and how to reach them. You have to find the right people through the noise. As a founder who likes to break the rules, I discovered a method. I unlocked reaching 10.000+ real potential customers as low cost as $50 with 90% successful targeting. Solution: Twitter custom audience lists. This is the Holy Grail. you can turn it into a lead generating machine by using custom audience list. Twitter lets you use lists to target. But there is more…

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Just like Show HN, you showcase your projects with other builders, but your work actually lives forever in a portfolio-like profile. Plus lots of other features like for-you feed, curated collections of projects - private and public, followers and following, threaded posts for showcasing updates to your projects, collaborations and many more.

    Jun 2026 · kritive.com · its alternatives →

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    Mirr▲42

    Hi HN! I'm Tae, a solo developer from Seoul. I've been building Mirra for the past year. The problem: creating consistent social media content is a massive time sink for small businesses and creators. Writing posts, designing carousels, editing videos – it takes hours every week. Mirra lets you go from a raw idea to ready-to-publish content in minutes: - Type an idea or paste a URL → AI generates carousel slides, short-form video scripts, and captions - Supports Threads, Instagram, LinkedIn, YouTube Shorts, TikTok - Built-in scheduler to publish directly The core insight was that most…

    Apr 2026 · mirra.my · its alternatives →

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    1000+ Places To Promote Your Startup

    2022 · agarwaravi.gumroad.com · its alternatives →

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    Most people are not validating their ideas before start building it! I am a 5th time tech founder, gaming included and I built & managed startup accelerator programs. I know lot of things about early stage founders and their pains as I have been there. That is why I am building Foundera. It’s an AI-Native Accelerator for tech builders. Today the problem is; most of the AI coding tools opens with a chat and asking “type your idea and start building”. This is wrong! I want to reduce the time and money spent on ideas that nobody asked for. Try it at https://foundera.app and give me…

    Jul 2026 · foundera.app · its alternatives →

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    The indie maker directory built for enduring visibility"

    Jun 2026 · plugyourbuild.com · its alternatives →

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    We got inspired to create a landing page builder to help us test startup ideas. Our goal is to build tools to help you quickly validate a concept and engage with potential users. LampBuilder is a free and fast landing page generator that aims to become a go-to tool for kick starting new ideas. We plan to keep the landing page generator and custom domain hosting free forever. Future plans are to add more components, a code base download option, waitlist functionality, pre-order payments/subscriptions and to expand into a MVP product builder. It will be great to hear your feedback on what…

    2023 · lampbuilder.com · its alternatives →

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    Let your users stake on what to build next

    Jul 2026 · stakedriven.com · its alternatives →

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    Built this to solve the cold start problem for side projects. You browse/support posts from other creators across platforms (LinkedIn, Medium, Instagram, etc.), earn 1 credit to promote yours. Free, no ads budget needed. Just launched today – curious what HN thinks about the model.

    Nov 2025 · upvote.team · its alternatives →

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    Elev8or▲11

    Hi HN, We built Elev8or to solve a problem we kept seeing: brands run influencer marketing like spreadsheets, not like performance marketing. Elev8or is a creator marketing platform that helps brands discover creators, manage campaigns, collaborate, and track ROI in one system. Our goal is to make creator marketing structured, measurable, and scalable — similar to how paid ads platforms work. We’re early and would genuinely appreciate feedback from founders and builders here. Happy to answer technical, product, or strategy questions. Thanks!

    Nov 2025 · elev8or.io · its alternatives →

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