Privacy
Last updated October 7, 2026.
StartupStead collects as little about visitors as it can. There are no accounts, no forms and no advertising, and the site sets no cookies.
Page counts
We count visits with Cloudflare Web Analytics, so we can see which articles are read. It uses no cookies and does not track you across sites or from one visit to the next. For each page view it records the page, the site that sent you, your browser and device type, and the country your connection comes from. We see only totals, never individual visitors. Cloudflare describes what it collects in its privacy policy.
The free tools
The calculators run entirely in your browser. Numbers you type into them are never sent to us.
If you email us, we keep your message and address so we can reply. We don't add you to a mailing list or share your address with anyone.
Hosting
The site is hosted by Cloudflare, which keeps standard server logs, such as IP addresses and the pages requested, to run the service and protect it from attacks.
Sites we link to
Sites we link to have their own privacy policies. If you follow an affiliate link, the destination site may set a cookie so that it can credit the referral. How we make money explains which links those are.
Changes
If this changes, for example when we add a newsletter, this page is updated first and its date moves. Questions about privacy can go to [email protected].