Founder and advisor discovery · Pricing guide
Premium costs $29 a month after a 30-day trial, and CoFoundersLab does not publish an annual price. Stay on the free plan until you have tested its limits, and do not start the trial until you have found the cancel control. Premium is worth paying for only if you need to message many people in one month. [1] [2] [7]
Add Omnitwine as a preferred source on Google| Plan | Per month (monthly) | Per month (annual) | What you get | Is it worth it? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CoFoundersLab Free | $0 | $0 | Search, direct messages and video chat, all labelled 'Limited' with no numbers | Yes, as a test. Find its limit in your first week, before you pay anything.[1] |
| CoFoundersLab Premium | $29 | Not on the official page; two guides say $299 | Unlimited search, direct messages and video chat, Who Viewed My Profile, Recommended Candidates, Member Spotlight, after a 30-day trial | Only once the free limit stops you. Start the trial only after you have found the cancel control, because the card is charged when the trial ends.[1] [2] [7] |
| CoFoundersLab Learn, all-access | $15 | Not listed | All-access to the learning centre, which features 14 courses, one of them free, and charges $99 for each of the others | Cheaper than one $99 course only if you use it for less than about 6.6 months. The same site lists Premium at $29, so check the price at checkout.[5] [1] |
| Foundinity Plus (rival) | $15, or $5 a week | Not listed | Free start with 5 likes a week and 3 active matches, as a guide describes it | Only if the free start's 5 likes a week suit you. The price comes from a third-party guide, so confirm it on the site.[9] |
| YC Co-Founder Matching (rival) | Free | Free | Free, no equity; profiles are shown only to approved members | Apply if you can. Y Combinator does not explain how members are approved.[11] |
| Omnitwine | Free | Free | AI connections to members on the other side who fit what you need, each with a reason; a member directory for signed-in members, listing every member's name, email and LinkedIn | Nothing to pay. You tell its AI what you're looking for, and both of you decide whether to connect.[6] [16] [17] |
For a founder testing the directory, yes. The free plan lets you search and message, but CoFoundersLab labels both 'Limited' and does not say how many messages you get. You can find the cap yourself in a week: message five members you have chosen and see whether the limit appears before the fifth. [1] [8]
The free plan is a directory, not a match. The homepage promises a partner 'based on interests, skills and location', but no criteria are listed, and reviewers from 2024 to 2026 report connection requests that go unanswered. Free works for a search you run yourself. Premium only helps if you already know who you want to reach. [4] [8] [12]
If you do pay, the arithmetic is simple. Premium at $29 a month comes to $348 over 12 months. A guide's $299 annual figure would save $49, or 14%, but the official page does not show it. Pay monthly until you can see an annual price on CoFoundersLab's own page or checkout screen. [1] [7] [10]
CoFoundersLab's Premium page lists $29 a month and a 30-day free trial, and the Terms agree. The Terms also say your card is charged automatically at the start of each billing period after the trial. You agree to that when you sign up. [1] [2]
Two details conflict and matter at checkout. StartupGeek says the trial is 14 days, against 30 on the official page. Two guides say Premium costs $299 a year, while the official page shows no annual figure. Read the trial length and any annual price on the checkout screen before you enter your card. [10] [7]
The date of your first charge depends on when you start. If the trial is 30 days and you start on 5 November, the first $29 charge falls around 5 December. Put that date in your calendar on the day you sign up, with a reminder a week before it. [2]
The Terms set no general refund policy. Direct-debit payers, the Terms say, claim from their bank under the bank's own agreement. That makes the first charge the one you are least able to undo once it has cleared. [2]
One guide reports a '100% Money Back Guarantee' badge on the Premium page. CoFoundersLab's own pages do not show it, and the Terms do not explain it. Ask for any refund promise in writing before you pay. [7] [1]
Refund complaints follow the same gap. Reviews on Trustpilot and SmartCustomer from October 2023 to September 2025 describe refunds that were refused or approved and never paid. Read the complaints page before you decide how much of your budget to risk on the trial. [12] [15]
The Terms say to cancel before the renewal date to stop further charges. They refer to a 'cancellation and refund process', but that process is not on the Terms page. The Contact page offers a support form with four categories (Account Issue, Billing Issue, Abuse Case and Feedback) and no cancel or refund option. [2] [3]
No cancel steps appear on the pages above. Find the control inside your account before the trial starts, save a screenshot of it, and note the date you cancelled. Reviewers who never found that route describe charges that continued for weeks or months, and some stopped payment with their bank. [13] [14]
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