Directory database · last checked Nov 7, 2026
Best startup directories (2026): 490 places to submit your startup, checked one by one
A startup directory is a site that lists new products so people can find them. This list has 490 startup, SaaS and AI directories where you can submit yours. 385 are free to submit to, and 272 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.
To use it, filter by price, link type, review process or category, then open a row for its submit page and our notes. Not sure which ones fit? The startup directory finder scores your description against every directory here. Or we submit by hand: 30+ directories from $49, one-time.
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- 385
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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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StartupList Africa
startuplist.africa
StartupList Africa is a data platform covering African startups, investors, funding rounds and founders, with country and industry rankings. Founders can submit a new company or claim and correct an…
Ukrainian Tech Ecosystem Overview
uatechecosystem.com
Ukrainian Tech Ecosystem Overview is a database of Ukrainian IT product and service companies, with their websites, industries, size and city, plus investors and ecosystem news. Companies add…
Brick Launch
bricklaun.ch
A small 'wall' of newly shipped tools where each listing is a brick with its own page. It's used by indie makers who want a quick listing and a link. The submission form is on the home page and the…
ExtensionHub
extensionhub.io
A showcase and marketplace for Chrome extensions: each extension gets a page with its description, user count, rating and links to its Web Store page and website, and developers get public profiles…
MacNative
macnative.io
A hand-picked directory of Mac apps that are native or compiled to a native binary, sorted into categories such as developer tools, productivity, utilities and writing. Each listing gets a page with…
Made with Svelte
madewithsvelte.com
Made with Svelte is a curated gallery of projects, components, templates and tools built with Svelte, run by the same small team behind the Vue and React showcases. Approved submissions get a…
The AI Library
theailibrary.co
A UK-run AI tools library with a gamified launchpad, leaderboard, prompts and AI events, backed by large social followings on X, Instagram and TikTok. Free listings wait in a queue; premium packages…
DevSuite
devsuite.co
A curated directory of developer tools and services grouped into categories, collections and tags, from the maker of OpenAlternative. Each accepted tool gets a detail page with a link to its site.
Good Design Tools
gooddesign.tools
A curated collection of 400+ tools and resources for digital designers, grouped into categories like AI, icons, mockups, typography and UI kits. Tools appear as cards linking directly to the product…
startuups
startuups.com
A weekly launch platform for SaaS products, indie tools and early-stage startups, with a fresh batch going live every Monday. It is browsed by makers and early adopters. Weekly top products get a…
StartUp ScaleUp
startupscaleup.com.au
StartUp ScaleUp is an Australian startup news site with a company directory that gives premium placement to paying members. A membership gets a full directory profile plus publication of your press…
Awesome Shadcn/ui
awesome-shadcn-ui.com
Awesome Shadcn/ui is a directory of boilerplates, component libraries, themes, tools and apps built around shadcn/ui, with a newsletter the site says reaches 15,000+ members. A free listing adds…
CybersecTools
cybersectools.com
A large directory and comparison platform for cybersecurity products, covering thousands of tools across security operations, application security, identity, data protection and network security…
AISO Tools
aisotools.com
An AI tools directory with a few thousand listings across 27 categories, positioned around being cited by AI assistants. Free listings are hand-reviewed quickly and get a permanent nofollow link; a…
EverFeatured
everfeatured.com
A curated product showcase where each accepted product gets a long-form feature article written by the site's team. Submissions are judged on design, usefulness and technical innovation, and there…
NavTools AI
navtools.ai
An AI tools navigation site that ranks tools by visits and growth alongside category browsing. Free listings are reviewed slowly; paid tiers buy fast review and homepage featuring.
RomanianStartups.com
romanianstartups.com
RomanianStartups.com is a long-running directory of Romanian tech startups along with their founders, accelerators, events and coworking spaces. Registered users add a startup profile with category…
Top AI Tools
topaitools.com
An AI tools directory paired with ChatGPT prompt collections, how-to guides and an AI crash course. Paid listings get a tool profile with features, use cases and category placement.
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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Each category page explains what that kind of directory is good for and what to prepare before you submit.
- AI tool directories101 directories
- Plugin and template marketplaces52 directories
- Product launch platforms43 directories
- Regional startup directories41 directories
- Developer tool directories31 directories
- Software review sites30 directories
- Newsletters that feature tools29 directories
- Startup directories29 directories
- Design directories25 directories
- SaaS directories24 directories
- Mobile app directories21 directories
- General web directories17 directories
- Open-source directories14 directories
- Browser extension directories10 directories
- Ecommerce directories7 directories
- Productivity app directories7 directories
- Marketing tool directories5 directories
- No-code directories4 directories so far
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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.