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Startup Archive
Stop burning money keeping your startup online
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Stop burning money keeping your startup online
118 followers
Capture a visual snapshot of your startup before you shut it down. Embed it in your portfolio, and compare changes over time.
Hi! I've been running a few side-projects ("startups") for some time, even way after they stop receiving any traffic. This is costly and depending on the project it could be a few bucks a month, or a surprise bill after bot traffic, a DDoS attack, etc.
In my case it was StoryScapeAI.app (the domain was supposed to have expired already, but I forgot to disable auto-renewal 🤦). Last traffic was sometime in 2024, and I was still paying for an always-on database instance.
I had to shut it down (I didn't) to save some money, but I also wanted to showcase it on my personal site (portfolio), since it's a "recent" project and the first one with actual users and revenue.
That's why I built Startup Archive: to take one last snapshot before shutting it down and moving on to the next one.
You can easily embed your archived project on your site. It supports different frames, light and dark mode screenshots, and auto-scrolling.
Give it a try! You can archive one startup for free with the above discount code :)
Snippets AI
Every indie developer has that graveyard of side projects still silently burning hosting costs because shutting them down feels like admitting defeat — this reframes the shutdown as a proper archival moment instead. The embeddable portfolio snapshot is the key feature that makes this actionable rather than just sentimental. Would be great to see a "startup graveyard" public gallery where makers can share their archived projects and the lessons learned.
@svyat_dvoretski Hope this helps :)
This hits close. I know at least two founders who continue paying $50- $ 100/month in hosting for a project with no traffic because they haven't shut it down. Letting go of something you built is harder than it sounds. What does "archive" look like in practice? Is it a static snapshot of the site, or does it preserve any functionality? And what happens if you want to bring it back live — is the reverse process straightforward?
@aitubespark Yup. It's a static snapshot. Reversing would be nice :)
Man, I was just looking at your homepage, @abpxa_. The way you show those ghost server costs is too real. I’ve definitely paid for domains and databases I forgot were even running just because I didn't want to lose the work.
The interactive frame you built for the snapshots looks clean. Huge upvote for this!👏
AskUCP
That's actually a really cool idea. Everyone is taking their shot and showcasing what you learned building something, even if it didn't blow up is nice.