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
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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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Stripe App Marketplace
marketplace.stripe.com
Stripe's directory of apps that extend the Stripe Dashboard, from accounting and CRM syncs to analytics. Apps that pass Stripe's review are listed for Stripe businesses to install directly into…
Trello Power-Ups Directory
trello.com
Trello's directory of Power-Ups that add integrations and features to Trello boards. Public Power-Ups are tested by Trello's team on a real board before they go live in the directory for Trello users.
Unity Asset Store
assetstore.unity.com
Unity's marketplace of 3D models, tools, templates and extensions for Unity game developers. Publishers submit packages that are checked by the Asset Store team, and listings link out to the…
vivo V-Appstore
developer.vivo.com
V-Appstore is vivo's app store for its phones, managed through the vivo Developers global portal. Only businesses can register: you verify the company, create the app, upload it, pass review and…
Webflow Marketplace (Apps)
webflow.com
Webflow's marketplace of apps and integrations that designers and site owners connect to their Webflow projects. Each app has a detail page with a description, screenshots and a link to the…
The public repository behind the winget client, where each package is a YAML manifest submitted by pull request. An automated pipeline validates and tests the installer, a moderator reviews the…
Wix App Market
wix.com
The marketplace where Wix site owners find and install apps that integrate with their Wix sites and services. Listed apps get a page with features, pricing, reviews and links to the developer's own…
WooCommerce Marketplace
woocommerce.com
The official WooCommerce store for extensions, themes and business services that plug into WooCommerce shops. Vendors apply for a partner account, submit products for review, and once live get a…
WordPress.org Plugin Directory
wordpress.org
The official catalogue of free plugins that WordPress site owners can search and install straight from their dashboard. A listing gives a GPL-licensed plugin its own page with ratings, support forum…
WordPress.org Theme Directory
wordpress.org
The official home for free WordPress themes, searchable from inside every WordPress install as well as on the web. An approved theme gets a public page with a live preview, ratings and download…
Xero App Store
apps.xero.com
Xero's marketplace of apps that connect to its accounting software, browsed by small businesses and their accountants. App partners must be listed here and meet Xero's technical and security…
Xiaomi GetApps
global.app.mi.com
GetApps is Xiaomi's official app store for its devices, with a public web page for each app. Developers sign in with a Xiaomi account, create the app from its package name or Google Play link…
Zapier App Directory
zapier.com
Zapier's public directory of apps that can be connected in automated workflows, with a page per app showing supported triggers, actions and popular pairings. Getting a public integration listed puts…
Zendesk Marketplace
zendesk.com
Zendesk's directory of apps, integrations and themes for its support and sales products. Developers upload their app package through the Marketplace developer portal, where Zendesk reviews it before…
Zoom App Marketplace
marketplace.zoom.us
Zoom's catalogue of apps and integrations that users install into Zoom Meetings, Team Chat and other Zoom products. Public apps pass a two-phase review before being listed where Zoom users 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.
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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.