Replace FoundersPrime?
KINDA · weekend projectA personal spreadsheet or Markdown catalog of public startup deals is one-shottable. The hard part is continuously verifying cloud credits, SaaS discounts, grants, and accelerator eligibility · that curated database is the product, not the UI shell.
Build me a local startup-deals catalog to replace FoundersPrime. Requirements: - Node + Express + better-sqlite3, server-rendered pages with a little vanilla JS, no build step. - A deal has a name, vendor URL, category (cloud / SaaS / ads / grant / accelerator), amount or percent, expiry date, eligibility notes, tags, and a verified checkbox with a last-checked date. - List view with search, category and expiry filters, and an expiring-in-30-days section pinned to the top; a detail panel per deal. - Deals load from a deals.json file I maintain by hand, and edits in the UI write back to SQLite; export the whole catalog as JSON or CSV. - Binds to localhost only. No accounts, no telemetry. - Out of scope: scraping vendor pages, and anything that marks a deal live without me checking it · the verification labor is the part you are not replacing. - README: setup, the deals.json format, and how to add and verify deals by hand.
$ open in your agent (prompt prefilled, you press enter) or copy it raw
Founders pay to skip hours of hunting scattered vendor pages and expired promos. The subscription buys research time, trust, and a maintained catalog · a DIY list goes stale within weeks without continuous upkeep.
xweekly-verified deal freshness across hundreds of programs
xbreadth of cloud credits, SaaS discounts, grants, and accelerators in one place
xeligibility notes and search/filters polished for founders
xagent-friendly catalog APIs and ongoing research labor
xsomeone else chasing expired coupons so you do not
No mature prior art is listed for this record.
What does the FoundersPrime verdict mean?
The core job looks buildable, with meaningful gaps: weekly-verified deal freshness across hundreds of programs, breadth of cloud credits, SaaS discounts, grants, and accelerators in one place. Read the full tradeoff list before committing. This research record is not a hosted IVCIFY tool.
What price does this directory record show for FoundersPrime?
The directory records $4/month for Founder, checked 2026-08-03. Verify the source before making a purchase decision. This reference stays outside retail Stack Math unless current matched evidence supports the comparison.
What do I lose by replacing FoundersPrime?
Honestly: weekly-verified deal freshness across hundreds of programs; breadth of cloud credits, SaaS discounts, grants, and accelerators in one place; eligibility notes and search/filters polished for founders; agent-friendly catalog APIs and ongoing research labor; someone else chasing expired coupons so you do not. If any of those are load-bearing for you, keep paying.
Is there an open-source alternative to FoundersPrime?
This record does not list mature open-source prior art. The build prompt remains available as a research starting point.