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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Greasy Fork
greasyfork.org
A large community site for user scripts and user styles that run through managers like Tampermonkey, Violentmonkey and Stylus. Anyone with an account can post a script; it gets a page with…
There's An AI For That
theresanaiforthat.com
One of the biggest AI tool databases, tracking new tools, models and AI news daily for a very large audience. An accepted submission gets a permanent entry in the database, and makers can buy extra…
MacUpdate
macupdate.com
A long-running Mac software download site with app pages, version history, reviews and deals. Developers can submit new apps or updates, which are checked by the site's content team before going live.
Fonts In Use
fontsinuse.com
Fonts In Use is a public archive of real-world typography, indexed by typeface, format, industry and period, with examples contributed by the public and edited by staff. Designers and type foundries…
SoftwareSuggest
softwaresuggest.com
A business software review and recommendation site listing tens of thousands of products, with a strong presence in India. Buyers use it to compare options and request recommendations. Vendors get a…
Scoop (Extras bucket)
scoop.sh
A command-line installer for Windows that installs apps from community-maintained buckets. The Extras bucket takes manifests that do not meet the Main bucket’s criteria, which cover only well-known…
Peerlist Launchpad
peerlist.io
A weekly launchpad inside Peerlist, a professional network for developers and designers, where makers launch projects to get early users and feedback. The audience is Peerlist's community of…
PeerPush
peerpush.com
A product discovery platform that stores structured product data so both people and AI assistants can find listed tools. Builders use it for launches and community support. A listing gets a…
MajorGeeks
majorgeeks.com
A Windows software download site founded in 2001 that lists only programs its editors have researched, scanned and tested, with how-to guides and a forum alongside. Listings show the author, size…
Alternative.me
alternative.me
A Hamburg-based software alternatives database where registered users add apps and link them to comparable tools. People looking to replace a product browse its alternatives lists, reviews and pros…
Starter Story
starterstory.com
A publication (now part of HubSpot) that interviews founders about how they started, grew and run their businesses, as written case studies and videos. Readers are aspiring and current founders…
Uneed
uneed.best
A daily launch platform where makers schedule a launch day and compete on daily, weekly, monthly and yearly leaderboards. Its audience is largely indie founders and tool enthusiasts who check it…
ShowMeBest.ai
showmebest.ai
An AI tools directory with category pages, an AI-assisted search and a news section. Free listings get a basic page with limited visibility, while cheap paid plans add dofollow links, faster review…
Nick Launches
nicklaunches.com
A launch and discovery site for indie hackers and SaaS founders that runs a weekly board of new products next to a blog of tool reviews and guides. Visitors are builders and people looking for new…
Submit AI Tools
submitaitools.org
A directory built for makers to submit AI tools, with category pages and a recently-added feed. Each approved tool gets its own page with links to its site.
AppBrain
appbrain.com
An app data site that tracks rankings, ratings and installs for Google Play and shows trending, popular and top-rated lists to browsers. Its Featured Apps Program gives your app a homepage card on a…
PeerSpot
peerspot.com
An enterprise technology review site (formerly IT Central Station) built on validated, interview-style reviews and head-to-head product comparisons, with reviews syndicated into AWS and Google Cloud…
SaaSworthy
saasworthy.com
A SaaS discovery and review site that scores products within categories using its own SW Score and offers pricing and comparison pages. Business buyers use it to shortlist SaaS tools. Vendors manage…
SelectSoftware Reviews
selectsoftwarereviews.com
An HR and recruiting software review site from Cambridge, MA that publishes tested buyer guides for ATS, HRIS, payroll, EOR and employee engagement tools, plus a large HR newsletter and an advisory…
LawNext Directory
directory.lawnext.com
A legal technology directory from LawNext (Bob Ambrogi's legal tech media brand, powered by Justia) that organises products into legal-specific tech centers and categories alongside reviews and…
Software Finder
softwarefinder.com
A B2B software marketplace with reviews, pricing pages and comparisons across many categories, with particularly deep coverage of EMR and healthcare software. Business buyers use it to compare tools…
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.
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- Software review sites30 directories
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- Design directories25 directories
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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.