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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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Directories
490
18 categories
Dofollow (verified)
272
of 421 with a checked link
Free to submit
385
free, or with a free plan
DR 50+
243
of 411 with a Domain Rating by Ahrefs

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.

Read the full method
  1. 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.

  2. 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”.

  3. 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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  • Macapp Supply

    macapp.supply

    Macapp Supply is a small, hand-curated shelf of well-designed native macOS apps, each with a cover image, gallery and write-up. Being picked puts your app alongside polished indie Mac software in…

    General directoriesFree + paidDofollowChecked
    DR24Unranked

  • AI Agents Live

    aiagentslive.com

    A directory of AI agents and agent builders with ratings, reviews, category and industry filters, plus a news section and a public API. Accepted agents get a profile with a 'Visit website' link and…

    AI toolsFreeDofollowChecked
    DR23Unranked

  • Marketer Tools

    marketertools.co

    A small curated directory of marketing software, filterable by category and price, with a companion newsletter about newly launched marketing tools. Accepted tools are added to the browseable…

    MarketingFree + paidDofollowChecked
    DR23Unranked

  • SaaSRow

    saasrow.com

    An indie software directory where makers paste a URL and the listing details are filled in automatically, with categories, tags and a developer CLI/API for submissions. It is aimed at founders…

    SaaSFree + paidDofollowChecked
    DR23Unranked

  • Aplicaciones.AI

    aplicaciones.ai

    A Spanish-language AI tools directory with coupons, reviews, a glossary and a mobile app, aimed at Spanish-speaking users. Listings are paid one-time packages that include a verified mark…

    AI toolsPaidDofollowChecked
    DR22Unranked

  • Indie App Catalog

    indieappcatalog.com

    A showcase of apps from independent developers for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision and Apple TV, with collections, a news section and a Mac filter. App Store apps are added by URL; apps…

    Mobile appsFreeDofollowChecked
    DR22Unranked

  • TerminalDock

    terminaldock.com

    A catalogue of terminal software: CLI utilities, TUI apps, emulators, shells, multiplexers, prompts and fonts, indexed by kind, language and platform. Listed tools get a page showing repo activity…

    Developer toolsFreeNofollowChecked
    DR22Unranked

  • ThatsMyAI

    thatsmy.ai

    An AI tools directory organised by category and by use case (students, recruiters, designers and more), with AI news and tutorials. Free listings can wait up to three months, while paid plans…

    AI toolsFree + paidNofollowChecked
    DR22Unranked

  • AI Tools List (aitoolsli.st)

    aitoolsli.st

    A small, human-written directory of around 90 AI tools across 25 categories, including alternatives pages. Makers pay a one-time fee and the editors research the product and write the listing…

    AI toolsPaidDofollowChecked
    DR21Unranked

  • AI-Hunter

    ai-hunter.io

    A WordPress-based AI tool aggregator listing 2,000+ tools, GPTs and prompt resources by category. You can submit for free or pay for a fast review or a homepage feature.

    AI toolsFree + paidDofollowChecked
    DR21Unranked

  • AIToolboard

    aitoolboard.com

    A UK-run directory of about 3,900 AI tools and agents aimed at business buyers, with comparisons and alternatives pages. Makers can choose a free, paid or premium listing.

    AI toolsFree + paidDofollowChecked
    DR20Unranked

  • BestAITo

    bestaito.com

    An aggregator of AI tools across categories such as art, audio, avatars, ecommerce and Shopify apps. Paid packages publish your tool quickly with a permanent listing and a link to your site.

    AI toolsPaidDofollowChecked
    DR19Unranked

  • The Design Tools

    thedesigntools.site

    The Design Tools is a hand-curated directory of several hundred tools for product, graphic and industrial designers and architects, organized by discipline and with drawbacks noted for each. Makers…

    DesignFree + paidMixedChecked
    DR19Unranked

  • designtools.fyi

    designtools.fyi

    designtools.fyi compares design tools by role and facet, such as prototyping, design systems and UI generation, and publishes design-tool news. Submitted tools are reviewed before they get a…

    DesignFreeDofollowChecked
    DR18Unranked

  • StartupKit

    startupkit.pro

    StartupKit is a bilingual Arabic and English founder toolkit for MENA startups that includes a public founder directory. Each free profile shows a Build Progress score, traction and asks, and can be…

    RegionalFree + paidUnverifiedChecked
    DR17Unranked

  • ToolsPedia

    toolspedia.io

    An AI tools directory of several thousand tools that also groups them by platform (browser extensions, mobile and desktop apps), with a newsletter of hand-picked tools. Listings are one-time paid…

    AI toolsPaidDofollowChecked
    DR16Unranked

  • GrowthJunkie

    growthjunkie.com

    A growth-marketing tools directory run by a growth hacking agency, organised by use case (CRO, lead generation, automation, content and more) with collections and a weekly newsletter. Tool pages…

    MarketingFree + paidDofollowChecked
    DR15Tranco#1,595,617

  • Best of AI

    bestofai.io

    A handpicked AI tools directory with 143 categories, pages for 200+ professions, a leaderboard and model and hardware sections, maintained alongside the best-of-ai awesome list on GitHub. Listing is…

    AI toolsFreeDofollowChecked
    DR15Unranked

  • NoCodeLib

    nocodelib.com

    A no-code and low-code tool library run by a Bubble development agency, with filters for categories and open source tools. Approved tools get a detail page with a direct link to the product.

    No-codeFreeDofollowChecked
    DR15Unranked

  • AI Tools List (aitoolslist.io)

    aitoolslist.io

    A long single-page list of AI tools grouped by use, promoted through its creator's TikTok, Instagram and Reddit accounts. Submitted tools are added if they fit the list's criteria.

    AI toolsFreeDofollowChecked
    DR14Unranked

  • AiMatch

    aimatch.pro

    An AI tools directory focused on matching buyers with tools by job, with comparisons, solution pages, packs and pricing and API details. New tools list through a one-time paid launch that includes a…

    AI toolsPaidDofollowChecked
    DR14Unranked

  • Toolkitly

    toolkitly.com

    An AI tools directory with tool update tracking, a prompt library, comparisons and sponsored posts. Tool listings are sold as one-time packages that include featuring in categories and search.

    AI toolsPaidMixedChecked
    DR14Unranked

  • AgentsIndex

    agentsindex.ai

    A Netherlands-based index of AI-native products: agents, agent frameworks, model providers and AI-first apps. Listings are written by an AI editorial pipeline from the product's own pages and…

    AI toolsFree + paidMixedChecked
    DR13Unranked

  • AiAgents.Directory

    aiagents.directory

    A directory of AI agents and agent frameworks run by the team behind TinyAI.Tools, organised into categories such as business automation, developer tools, digital workers and open source. Approved…

    AI toolsFree + paidDofollowChecked
    DR13Unranked

  • findSEOtools

    findseotools.com

    findSEOtools is a curated directory of SEO tools for SEOs and digital marketers, sorted into categories like technical SEO, backlinks, content, reporting and platform-specific SEO. Each tool gets a…

    MarketingFreeNofollowChecked
    DR12Unranked

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

DR leaderboard: the top 100 directories by Domain Rating

Browse by category

Each category page explains what that kind of directory is good for and what to prepare before you submit.

Where to submit, by niche

All niche lists

Shortlists for one kind of product, audience or country, each with advice on what matters when you submit there.

AI products

AI agents105GPTs and AI assistants101

Apps, extensions and plugins

Chrome extensions9Browser extensions11iOS apps10Android apps18Mac apps23Desktop software20WordPress plugins9Figma plugins9Templates and UI kits13SaaS integrations34

By kind of software

Open-source projects51Self-hosted software14Developer tools75APIs31No-code tools10B2B SaaS68Marketing tools34Design tools30Productivity tools11

By audience and stage

Indie hackers54Pre-launch startups31Newsletters that feature tools63Developer newsletters21B2B software review sites49Software alternatives sites24Startup databases43

By link, price and review

Free directories385Dofollow directories272Free dofollow directories217Directories with human review357

By country and region

Startups in Europe34Startups in Germany6Startups in Asia15

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.