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Submit to AlternativeTo
A large crowd-sourced site where people recommend software alternatives across desktop, web and mobile platforms. Adding your app puts it on the 'alternatives to' pages of the products you compete with, where users like and comment on options.
alternativeto.net · Checked
AlternativeTo at a glance
- Pricing
- Free + paid options
- Free submission waits in a review backlog (the FAQ says often months); optional one-time $5 fee moves the app to the front of the queue (reviewed in about 1-2 business days)
- Link type
- Dofollow
- Listing https://alternativeto.net/software/sublime-text/about/ outbound 'Official Website' link to sublimetext.com has rel="noopener" (user-submitted links there are rel="noreferrer nofollow ugc", app-store links rel="nofollow noopener") — rendered via context.dev (checked 2026-09-23)
- Review
- Manual review
- Link back required
- No
- Account required
- Yes
- Domain Rating
- DR80
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs, checked Sep 24, 2026. A score of the whole site’s backlinks, not a Google metric.
- Tranco rank
- #16,443
- Research top-sites ranking. Lower is more popular.
- Who browses it
- Users looking for replacements for a specific app, across all platforms
- Last checked
How to submit to AlternativeTo
Open the AlternativeTo submission page
This is the page makers use to add a product.
Create an account
AlternativeTo asks you to sign up before you can submit.
Have your assets ready
Name, tagline, description, logo and screenshots. The checklist below covers what to prepare so you can fill the form in one go.
Fill in the form carefully
Pick the most specific category the form offers and write the description for the people who browse AlternativeTo (Users looking for replacements for a specific app, across all platforms), not for search engines.
Wait for review
A person reviews submissions, so it can take a while. Once it’s live, check the link on your listing points to the right page.
Tips for AlternativeTo
- Verify your email before you can suggest a new application
- Fill platforms, licence, descriptions and tags fully, since these drive which alternatives lists you appear on
- Thin wrappers around someone else's AI model, clones and region-locked apps are commonly declined
- Don't use your profile to advertise; the rules forbid it
From AlternativeTo’s own guidelines and pages, in our words.
What to prepare
The basics every directory asks for, plus what matters most for general web directories.
- Product name and a one-line tagline (about 60 characters)
- A short description (1–2 sentences) and a longer one (a short paragraph)
- Square logo, at least 256×256 px, PNG or SVG
- 2–3 screenshots at a consistent size
- The exact page you want the link to point to
- Pricing model (free, freemium or paid) and a contact email
- Consistent business name, URL and contact details (use them the same way everywhere)
- The most specific category the directory offers
- A plain description with no keyword stuffing
- A business address or country, if the form asks
Is AlternativeTo worth it?
Good for your SEO foundation
AlternativeTo reviews listings by hand and the listing link we inspected was followed. That combination is what makes a directory link worth having for a new site.
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs: 80 (very strong). That's the strength of links to the whole site, not a promise about what your listing passes on.
- Tranco rank #16,443: an established site, inside the top 100,000.
- A person reviews submissions, so expect a wait and a real quality bar.
- There’s a free option. Start free and only pay for upgrades if the traffic justifies it.
This verdict is worked out from the facts above with fixed rules (link type, review, price, Domain Rating by Ahrefs, Tranco rank), not paid for. The directory has no say in it.
Questions about AlternativeTo
Is AlternativeTo free?
There’s a free option, with paid upgrades. Pricing details: Free submission waits in a review backlog (the FAQ says often months); optional one-time $5 fee moves the app to the front of the queue (reviewed in about 1-2 business days). We checked on Sep 23, 2026.
Does AlternativeTo give a dofollow link?
Yes. The listing link we inspected was a followed (dofollow) link. Evidence: Listing https://alternativeto.net/software/sublime-text/about/ outbound 'Official Website' link to sublimetext.com has rel="noopener" (user-submitted links there are rel="noreferrer nofollow ugc", app-store links rel="nofollow noopener") — rendered via context.dev (checked 2026-09-23).
How do I submit to AlternativeTo?
Submit at https://alternativeto.net/manage-item/. You need an account first. A person reviews each submission before it goes live. Tip: Verify your email before you can suggest a new application.
Alternatives to AlternativeTo
All general web directoriesFree · DR 83 · Tranco #6,112
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Free + paid options · DR 80 · Tranco #337,784
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Sources
The pages we opened on Sep 23, 2026 to write this page.