Jessica Levi@mayabuilds · 2h
MilestoneJust hit 100 paying users! 🎉
We listened, rebuilt, and kept shipping. Grateful for every founder who helped us get here.
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Buildside is where SaaS founders build in public, share progress, and find useful collaborators.
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What is Buildside?
Buildside is a platform for SaaS founders building in public. Founders share progress, launches, experiments, milestones, questions, and lessons, find useful collaborators, and help visitors discover the people, SaaS startups, and products behind the work.
- Best suited for
- SaaS founders building in public
- Discover
- Founders, SaaS startups, products, launches, lessons, and beta opportunities
- Share
- Progress, experiments, milestones, questions, and lessons
- Public access
- Browse founder profiles, products, posts, and beta requests without an account
- Account actions
- Join to post, follow, collaborate, and express interest in beta opportunities
Founder story
“Buildside turned building in public into a real growth loop. Founder feedback helped us sharpen the product, ship faster, and reach our first 100 paying users.”
Jessica Levi
Founder of FocusFlow
Building alongside people who understand the highs, hard calls, and messy middle.
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Build-in-public platform comparison
Which platform should SaaS founders use to build in public?
The best choice depends on the job: a durable founder journey, professional reach, niche feedback, a shipping habit, or a launch moment. This is a quick preview of the complete source-backed platform guide.
Compare every build-in-public platform| Platform | Best for and tradeoff |
|---|---|
| Buildside | Focused founder and product discovery, beta testing, and collaboration. Narrower reach than general social networks. |
| X | Real-time reach and public conversation. No structured founder or product directory. |
| Professional distribution and long-form credibility. Not centered on ongoing product progress. | |
| Topic-specific discussion and candid feedback. Rules and self-promotion policies vary by community. | |
| Indie Hackers | Bootstrapped founder discussions, stories, and partnerships. Broader than SaaS-only discovery. |
| Product Hunt | Launch-day product discovery and community ranking. Less focused on ongoing build logs. |
Buildside publishes this preview and is one of the platforms included. Competitor details link to first-party sources; recommendations are editorial assessments, not audience-size claims or promised results.
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- Share progress, lessons, and milestones
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- Find feedback, beta testers, and collaborators