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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
DR 50+
215
of 372 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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All 447 directories

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  • AICashMaker

    aicashmaker.com

    A site about making money with AI that combines a tools directory with side-hustle guides, automations and a marketplace for prompt packs and courses. Tool makers can list free, bring their own…

    AI toolsFree + paidUnverifiedChecked
    DR6Unranked

  • AICentralResources

    aicentralresources.com

    An editorially reviewed AI tools directory with role-based solution pages, tool comparisons and a newsletter. Free listings get a public page with a plain domain mention, while a monthly featured…

    AI toolsFree + paidNofollowChecked
    DR6Unranked

  • Intelligent Tools

    intelligenttools.co

    A hand-reviewed directory of several hundred AI tools that also tracks each tool's real pricing from vendor pages. Free listings get a basic profile; a monthly featured plan adds a verified badge…

    AI toolsFree + paidDofollowChecked
    DR6Unranked

  • Usetools.Design

    usetools.design

    Usetools.Design is a curated collection of more than a thousand design tools and resources, from icon sets to UX tools and website builders, with a 'Tools of the Month' newsletter. Listings are paid…

    DesignPaidDofollowChecked
    DR6Unranked

  • Agents.NET

    agents.net

    A young, developer-oriented directory and registry of AI agents across platforms (GPTs, LangChain, AutoGen and commercial agents), with view counts and ratings on each profile. Listing is free with…

    AI toolsFreeDofollowChecked
    DR5Unranked

  • FreshStart

    freshstart.pk

    FreshStart is a Pakistani online PR site for startups that keeps a simple startup directory listing each company with a one-line category and a link to its website. Founders apply with a short form…

    RegionalFreeNofollowChecked
    DR5Unranked

  • StartupDatabase.ph

    startupdatabase.ph

    StartupDatabase.ph is a curated directory of Filipino startups, products and ecosystem organisations, with launches, jobs, events and ecosystem reports. Founders submit their startup for approval…

    RegionalFreeDofollowChecked
    DR5Unranked

  • Add AI Directory

    addaidirectory.com

    An editorially run catalogue of AI agents, grouped into categories like sales, SEO, audio and agent tooling, with filters for pricing model and open or closed source. Each accepted agent gets its…

    AI toolsFreeDofollowChecked
    DR4Unranked

  • AI Tool List (aitoollist.org)

    aitoollist.org

    A small awesome-list style AI tools site whose content is generated from a public GitHub repository, grouped into chat, image, audio, productivity, writing and finance. Tools are added by opening a…

    AI toolsFreeDofollowChecked
    DR4Unranked

  • AI Tools Directory (aitools-directory.com)

    aitools-directory.com

    A WordPress-based directory of around 1,600 AI tools with comparisons, 'best of' roundups and reviews across content, coding, CRM and media categories. Tool owners can submit for free through a…

    AI toolsFree + paidDofollowChecked
    DR4Unranked

  • Startup Indonesia

    startupindonesia.id

    Startup Indonesia is a data platform for Indonesia's startup and investor ecosystem, with searchable startup and investor profiles plus programs and insights. Companies register through an online…

    RegionalFreeDofollowChecked
    DR4Unranked

  • DezignHunt

    dezignhunt.com

    DezignHunt is a design tools directory and launch platform with close to two thousand resources across AI tools, icons, typography, UX tools and more. Every launch is paid and reviewed, and gets a…

    DesignPaidDofollowChecked
    DR3Unranked

  • Muru-ku

    muru-ku.com

    Muru-ku is a Malaysian startup data platform run by the accelerator and VC 1337 Ventures, listing startups alongside investors, grants, events and jobs. Registered users add a listing so their…

    RegionalFreeDofollowChecked
    DR3Unranked

  • devtools.directory

    devtools.directory

    devtools.directory is an open, wiki-style directory of developer tools, languages, libraries, stacks and learning resources, with all data stored as YAML in a public GitHub repo. Adding a tool…

    Developer toolsFreeDofollowChecked
    DR2Unranked

  • Les IA

    les-ia.fr

    A French-language AI directory and comparison site that sorts tools by category and says its team tests them. Makers can submit for free with a reciprocal link, pay a small one-off fee for a…

    AI toolsFree + paidNofollowChecked
    DR2Unranked

  • Startup Index

    startup-index.ch

    Startup Index (Startup Verzeichnis) is a Swiss directory of young companies searchable by canton and service, published in German, English, French and Italian. Companies up to five years old…

    RegionalPaidDofollowChecked
    DR2Unranked

  • All Mac Apps

    allmacapps.com

    All Mac Apps is a category-based directory of macOS software with short descriptions and links to each app's site and App Store page. Submitting only takes an email, app name and website.

    General directoriesFreeNofollowChecked
    DR1Unranked

  • Creator Stack

    creatorstack.io

    Creator Stack lists the tools and services content creators use to grow an audience, run their business and get paid, grouped into categories and platform-specific collections such as YouTube or…

    MarketingFreeDofollowChecked
    DR1Unranked

  • HyzenPro

    hyzenpro.com

    A curated AI tools directory of a couple of hundred tools with categories, model comparisons, a guided tool-finder quiz and a blog, translated into many languages. Submissions go through an…

    AI toolsFreeDofollowChecked
    DR1Unranked

  • PakStartups

    pakstartups.org

    PakStartups is a Pakistani startup registry that pairs a curated national directory with co-founder matching, a knowledge vault and an active founder community. Signed-in founders submit their…

    RegionalFreeUnverifiedChecked
    DR1Unranked

  • SuperPublic

    superpublic.org

    An indie-only launch site that ranks the last 24 hours of launches and keeps big brands out. Only bootstrapped, pre-seed or angel-funded products can launch, and founders are verified through domain…

    Product launch platformsFreeDofollowChecked
    DR1Unranked

  • UK Startup Hub

    ukstartuphub.com

    UK Startup Hub is a free knowledge base for UK founders that keeps lists of startups, scaleups, funding options, jobs and events, with a sister Scottish Startup Hub. Founders submit their startup…

    RegionalFreeUnverifiedChecked
    DR1Unranked

  • AI Tools Map

    aitoolsmap.net

    A multilingual AI tools directory and comparison site (English, French, German, Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, Spanish) grouped into categories like productivity, coding, image and video. Submissions…

    AI toolsFreeDofollowChecked
    DR0Unranked

  • Awesome Self-Hosted Apps

    awesomeselfhosted.app

    Awesome Self-Hosted Apps is an editor-reviewed directory of open-source, source-available and freeware apps you can run on your own server, showing license, repository health and install details…

    Open sourceFreeDofollowChecked
    DR0Unranked

  • Catálogo IA

    catalogo-ia.com

    A Spanish-first AI tools catalogue, also available in French, Italian and Portuguese, covering categories from chatbots and coding to agent skills. Tool makers can submit for free with a short form.

    AI toolsFreeDofollowChecked
    DR0Unranked

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 agents104GPTs and AI assistants100

Apps, extensions and plugins

Browser extensions7iOS apps6Android apps6Mac apps15Desktop software14Figma plugins9Templates and UI kits14SaaS integrations45

By kind of software

Open-source projects45Self-hosted software12Developer tools71APIs32No-code tools10B2B SaaS67Marketing tools34Design tools30Productivity tools11

By audience and stage

Indie hackers54Pre-launch startups31Newsletters that feature tools63Developer newsletters21B2B software review sites48Software alternatives sites24Startup databases43

By link, price and review

Free directories347Dofollow directories251Free dofollow directories199Directories with human review322

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.