Directory database · last checked Sep 24, 2026
Where to submit your startup (2026): what’s free, what’s dofollow, checked one by one
447 startup, SaaS and AI directories. 347 are free to submit to, and 251 gave a dofollow link when we inspected a live listing. We opened each one’s own submit and pricing pages, so you know the price, the link and the review process before you spend an afternoon on forms.
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- Directories
- 447
- 18 categories
- Dofollow (verified)
- 251
- of 387 with a checked link
- Free to submit
- 347
- free, or with a free plan
Method
How we check every directory
Every row below comes from a visit to that directory’s own site. Where we couldn’t verify something, the row says so.
- Step 1
We open their own pages
Homepage, submit page, pricing and guidelines, on the date shown on each row. Prices and rules come only from there, and each directory’s page lists the pages we opened.
- Step 2
We read a live listing’s link
We find a product that’s already listed and read the rel attribute on its outbound link. No rel means dofollow; nofollow, ugc or sponsored pass little or no ranking value. No listing to inspect means “Unverified”.
- Step 3
We add DR and popularity
DR is Domain Rating by Ahrefs, pulled from Ahrefs’ free API: a 0–100 score of the site’s backlinks. Tranco, a research top-sites ranking, adds popularity: lower is more visited. Neither is a Google metric.
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Hacker News (Show HN)
news.ycombinator.com
Show HN is the section of Hacker News for sharing something you built that people can try out and discuss. The audience is developers, founders and technically minded readers who give blunt…
Crunchbase
crunchbase.com
A large database of private companies with funding, people and investor data, plus AI-driven predictions for paid users. Investors, sales teams and journalists use it to research startups. Adding…
DEV Community (dev.to)
dev.to
An open publishing platform and community where developers post articles, tutorials and project write-ups that show up in tag feeds and the main feed. Makers use it to tell the build story behind a…
G2
g2.com
A large B2B software review marketplace where buyers compare products using verified user reviews and category grids. Business software buyers use it to shortlist vendors. A profile lets you collect…
Product Hunt
producthunt.com
The best-known daily launch leaderboard for new tech products, where makers post a product and the community upvotes and comments over a 24-hour cycle. Browsed by early adopters, founders, investors…
Capterra
capterra.com
A long-running business software directory with verified user reviews and category comparisons, now under G2 Digital Markets. Small and mid-sized businesses use it to research and shortlist…
Software Advice
softwareadvice.com
A software research site that combines category reviews and comparisons with a free advice service for buyers. It is organised around verticals such as construction, medical, legal, manufacturing…
FinancesOnline
financesonline.com
A large B2B and SaaS review site that publishes editorial reviews, comparisons, alternatives pages and pricing breakdowns across hundreds of software categories. Business buyers land on it from…
Laravel News
laravel-news.com
A Laravel and PHP news site with a weekly newsletter and a community link feed where developers share packages, tutorials and tools. It is read by Laravel developers. Links shared in the feed show…
TrustRadius
trustradius.com
A B2B software review platform that focuses on detailed, verified reviews and sells intent data and leads to vendors. Enterprise and mid-market tech buyers use it for research. A free product…
GetApp
getapp.com
A business software discovery site with reviews, comparisons and category lists aimed at small businesses. Buyers use it to compare apps before purchasing. Vendors are routed to G2's listing form to…
Startup Fame
startupfa.me
A reviewed startup directory that deliberately limits free dofollow listings by requiring a homepage badge. Founders and makers browse it for new startups and use it for a quality backlink. Listings…
Uptodown
en.uptodown.com
A large alternative app store and download site for Android, Windows and Mac. Its Developers Console lets any maker publish and distribute software, with app pages that also rank in web search.
Hashnode
hashnode.com
A blogging platform for developers: you get your own publication (on a hashnode.dev subdomain, or a custom domain on Pro) and posts also surface in Hashnode's shared feed. It suits technical…
eLearning Industry
elearningindustry.com
A large eLearning publication with software directories for LMS, authoring tools, AI tools, content providers and related categories, including verified reviews and top lists. L&D teams and training…
Fazier
fazier.com
A daily product launch site for startups and indie tools with upvotes, reviews and a leaderboard. Visitors are mostly makers and early adopters discovering new software. A launch gives you a listing…
OMR Reviews
omr.com
A German B2B software and agency review platform run by the OMR marketing media group, with verified user reviews and category rankings aimed squarely at the DACH market. Business buyers in Germany…
Twelve Tools
twelve.tools
A tools directory that highlights twelve picks each day and keeps a categorised catalogue of software. It's browsed by people looking for SaaS and web tools across many categories. Listings get a…
Oh Canada Tech Directory (DMZ)
dmz.torontomu.ca
The Oh Canada Tech Directory is run by DMZ, the Toronto Metropolitan University incubator, to help buyers find and buy from Canadian tech companies. Companies with their own software product apply…
Raycast Store
raycast.com
The extension store for the Raycast launcher on Mac, with extensions published through a public GitHub repository. Shipping an integration puts your product inside a popular productivity tool, with…
DR is Domain Rating by Ahrefs: a 0–100 score of a site’s backlinks, higher is stronger. It isn’t a Google metric. Tranco rank is a research top-sites ranking: lower means more popular. How we check each directory
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How we check each directory
What “checked” means
We opened the directory’s own pages (homepage, submit page, pricing, FAQ or guidelines) on the date shown and recorded what they said. Each directory page lists the exact pages we opened. Summaries and tips are written in our own words. If we couldn’t confirm something, the page says so instead of guessing.
How link types are verified
Where we could, we opened a live listing and inspected the outbound link to the listed product: no rel attribute means followed (dofollow), rel="nofollow", "ugc" or "sponsored" means it passes little or no ranking value. When we couldn’t find a listing to inspect, the link type is marked “Unverified”. Directories can change this at any time, so check your own listing once it’s live.
What DR is
DR is Domain Rating by Ahrefs: Ahrefs’ 0–100, logarithmic score of how strong a site’s backlink profile is compared with every other site Ahrefs crawls. We fetch it from Ahrefs’ free API for each directory’s own domain and refresh it regularly; the directory page shows when. It measures links, not visitors or relevance, and it isn’t a Google ranking factor. Directories hosted on a shared platform (a GitHub list, a subreddit, a Medium or Notion page) show no DR, because the platform’s number says nothing about that one list.
What the Tranco rank is
Tranco is a top-sites ranking made for research. It combines several public top-sites lists over 30 days, which makes it harder to manipulate than any single list. Lower is more popular: #1,000 is far more visited than #500,000. It’s a rough popularity signal, not a backlink metric. “Unranked” means we have no rank for that site.
Pricing
Prices come only from the directory’s own site on the day we checked. We don’t take prices from other lists. Prices change, so confirm on the submit page before you pay.
Why some pages are thinner
Some directories publish very little about how they work. A directory page is only offered to search engines when it has a real summary (120+ characters) and at least 2 verified facts such as link type, pricing details, tips or a Tranco rank. The rest stay visible here but aren’t indexed.
We don’t sell placement
Directories don’t pay to be listed or ranked here. The default order is by Tranco rank, then name; you can also sort by highest DR.