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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- 272
- of 421 with a checked link
- Free to submit
- 385
- 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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Notion Marketplace
notion.com
Notion's template marketplace, where creators publish free or paid templates under a creator profile. Useful for productivity products or services that can package a workflow as a Notion template…
Airtable Marketplace
airtable.com
Airtable's marketplace of extensions and integrations that add features to Airtable bases. Developers submit extension code and listing details for review; approved extensions get a listing page…
Amazon's store for Fire tablets and Fire TV, which run Fire OS, an Android-based system. Amazon announced it would end the Appstore for other Android phones on August 20, 2025, and its developer…
Android FOSS (GitHub list)
offa.github.io
A long-running GitHub list of free and open-source Android apps, grouped by category from ad blockers to VPNs. It is aimed at people who care about privacy and licences, and each entry links to the…
AppImageHub (appimage.github.io)
appimage.github.io
A community catalog of AppImages, the single-file Linux apps that run without installation, with more than 3,300 apps on the day we checked. It does not host files: each page describes the app and…
Apple App Store
apple.com
Apple's store for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV and Apple Watch apps, which is the main way to distribute software to Apple device users. Every app and update is checked by App Review, and listings…
Aptoide
en.aptoide.com
An independent Android app store with its own catalogue of apps and games. Each app has a public web page with a download button and developer details. Makers publish through Aptoide Connect, which…
Arch User Repository (AUR)
aur.archlinux.org
The community-driven repository of build scripts (PKGBUILDs) for Arch Linux users. Anyone with an AUR account can publish a package, which gets a page with its upstream URL, votes, popularity and…
Atlassian Marketplace
marketplace.atlassian.com
The app store for Jira, Confluence and other Atlassian products, where admins find add-ons for their instances. Listed apps get a page with pricing, reviews, hosting options and vendor details, and…
Awesome Mac
github.com
A very large GitHub list of macOS software sorted into categories, with icons marking open-source and free apps and Chinese, Japanese and Korean editions. A merged pull request puts your app in…
Awesome macOS Open Source Applications
github.com
A GitHub list of open-source macOS apps, about 710 apps in 49 categories according to its own badges, also published as a small website. Entries are added by editing a JSON file rather than the…
awesome-macOS
github.com
A curated GitHub list of macOS apps, command-line tools and setup guides, with symbols for open-source and free apps. Its contribution rules are stricter than most: no Electron apps, no AI-wrapper…
BigCommerce App Marketplace
bigcommerce.com
BigCommerce's directory of apps and integrations that merchants add to their stores. Partners build the listing in the Developer Portal, pay a review fee and go through an approval process before…
Bubble Plugin & Template Marketplace
bubble.io
Bubble's marketplace of plugins and app templates that no-code builders install into their Bubble apps. Approved plugins and templates are listed for all Bubble users, and sellers can charge for…
Canva Apps Marketplace
canva.com
The in-product marketplace where Canva users find apps that add content, AI tools and integrations to the editor. Public apps built on the Canva Apps SDK are reviewed by Canva before release to its…
Chocolatey Community Repository
community.chocolatey.org
The public package feed for Chocolatey, the Windows package manager, with thousands of community-maintained packages. Each package page shows install commands, version history and links to the…
Chrome Web Store
chromewebstore.google.com
Google's official store for Chrome extensions and themes. If your product has a browser extension, publishing here is how Chrome users install it, and the listing page shows ratings, screenshots and…
CodeX TechIndex
techindex.law.stanford.edu
A curated research database of several thousand legal technology companies maintained by Stanford's Center for Legal Informatics (CodeX), with category taxonomy and ecosystem statistics. Law firms…
Discord App Directory
discord.com
Discord's in-app and web directory of bots and apps that server owners and users can add. Verified apps that meet the discovery requirements can opt in to be searchable in the App Directory and App…
Divi Marketplace
elegantthemes.com
Elegant Themes' own store for products other developers build for its Divi theme and page builder: child themes, extensions (plugins that add or extend Divi modules) and layout packs. Divi users…
Firefox Add-ons (AMO)
addons.mozilla.org
Mozilla's official gallery of Firefox extensions and themes, used by Firefox users on desktop and Android to find add-ons. Listed add-ons get a page with ratings, screenshots, permissions and links…
Framer Marketplace
framer.com
Framer's community marketplace for website templates, plugins, components and vector sets, browsed by people building sites in Framer. Creators publish free or paid items and get a public creator…
Freshworks Marketplace
freshworks.com
The app marketplace for Freshdesk, Freshservice, Freshsales and other Freshworks products. Public free and paid apps are reviewed by Freshworks before listing; custom apps for a single customer skip…
Google Play Store
play.google.com
Google's official store for Android apps and games and the default install source on most Android phones. Developers publish through Play Console, and each listing shows ratings, screenshots…
Google Workspace Marketplace
workspace.google.com
Google's store for add-ons and apps that integrate with Gmail, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Calendar and Chat. Public listings show the developer, ratings, permissions and links to the developer site, and…
Tranco rank is a research top-sites ranking: lower means more popular. It isn’t a backlink metric. How we check each directory
Browse by category
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
Where to submit, by niche
All niche listsShortlists for one kind of product, audience or country, each with advice on what matters when you submit there.
AI products
Apps, extensions and plugins
By kind of software
By audience and stage
By link, price and review
By country and region
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.