Alternatives

Products that do what Indie Idea lets your fans pitch you their ideas, and crowdfund them does

1. 1
   Indiegogo for Entrepreneurs▲436

   Raise money for your idea and find your first customers

   2017

2. 2
   Crowdfundly▲244

   Get donations, build memberships & sell digital creations

   2023

3. 3SA
   Start a small crowdfunding campaign to prove product demand▲100

   2018 · funduf.com

4. 4
   Indie Lottery▲344

   Win and increase your website traffic

   2022

5. 5
   Designbook▲88

   A new type of crowdfunding platform

   2015

6. 6IB
   Indiebackers – Back indie projects and earn rewards▲70

   Hi Hackernews! My name is Sokrates and today I am launching indiebackers.dev I started working on Indiebackers once I realized that a lot of people (including myself) do all the heavy lifting, such as - A brand and logotype - Buy a domain - Make a landing page - Deploy a website - Coding if necessary All that jazz all to validate an idea? Existing platforms today focus primarily on launching. Indiebackers focus on the shaping of the idea until it's a MVP and ready to launch. Why would anyone want to become a early bird or adopter? What do indiehackers get from early birds and what do they…

   2024 · indiebackers.dev

7. 7GT
   Guide to LLC Formation for Indie Makers▲28

   2019 · lawavocado.com

8. 8IC
   I created an alternative to Crowdfunding for devs, programmers etc.▲10

   2019 · crowdsourcer.io

9. 9
   Backer▲88

   Crowdfund new features for your favorite products

   2014

10. 10IM
    I made a site for hosting/selling indie games▲155

    2013 · itch.io

11. 11SC
    StoryFunded.com - Crowdfunding for Authors▲16

    2011 · storyfunded.com

12. 12RC
    Ransom: Crowdfund the release of your work▲5

    2021 · payransom.com

13. 13
    Born▲88

    Crowdfunding for Beautiful Creations

    2014

14. 14PT
    Pitch to a network of investors (demo day as a service)▲26

    2019 · investorintelligence.io

15. 15HA
    How a Startup Should Pitch to an Influencer▲9

    2015 · withoutbullshit.com

16. 16ST
    Shark Tank but you pitch your idea to indie hackers▲9

    Jul 2026 · indiesharktank.vercel.app

17. 17
    Fundlify Crowdfunding for Shopify▲69

    Crowdfunding sustainable on-demand production for Shopify

    2021

18. 18
    Wheelys Dreams▲91

    Crowdfunding for making dreams become real

    2016

19. 19
    Crowdstake▲76

    AI-powered marketing OS for founders

    Dec 2025

20. 20PI
    Pay It Forward – P2P Crowdfunding for African Entrepreneurs▲59

    2021 · zidisha.org

21. 21OS
    Open source crowdfunding platform▲12

    2017 · 200ok.ch

22. 22BA
    BackerBook - a gallery of self-hosted crowdfunding campaigns▲21

    2013 · backerbook.com

23. 23AC
    A crowdfunding platform to combat patent trolls▲12

    2016 · unpatent.co

24. 24EC
    Email collection form for indie makers and MVPs▲8

    2018 · tuemilio.com

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