Startup Archive
Stop burning money keeping your startup online
132 followers
Stop burning money keeping your startup online
132 followers
Capture a visual snapshot of your startup before you shut it down. Embed it in your portfolio, and compare changes over time.
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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 :)
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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 :)
Ha, I literally have a project sitting in docker compose down on my server for months because I can't bring myself to delete it. Still paying for the disk space. The portfolio embed is what makes this more than just a screenshot tool — it's actually a reason to finally pull the plug. Can it capture multiple pages or just the landing page? Some of my dead projects had cool inner pages that I'd want to show off too.
@vibewrench It works for up to 5 extra pages. Give it a try!
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!👏
@taimur_haider1 Glad you like it 🤠!
Thanks for the support <3
@abpxa_ No worries! One thing I noticed: You show the Ghost Server problem perfectly, but your Sign Up button is a bit shy.
You're stopping people from losing money, but the page feels like a maybe instead of a must. I have a 2-sentence fix to make the savings hit harder.
Where can I send you a 60-second video of the fix?
Shadow
Trying it out gives this error - Please complete the security check.
I'm not sure where exactly to do security check
@shubham16180 hmm it's Cloudflare's Turnstile captcha; automatic most of the times.
Nice one! I will share it with a few builders. Everyone wants to keep their projects visible somehow, and indeed, sometimes this might not be worth the cost if they are only consuming resources.
Congrats on the product and the launch 🔥
@andreitudor14 Yup, we've all been there :)
Thanks for the support <3