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
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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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.
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…
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…
CSS Winner
csswinner.com
CSS Winner is a CSS gallery and web design awards site that picks Stars, Sites of the Day and Sites of the Month from paid submissions. Each accepted site gets a detail page, and the designer or…
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…
Good AI Tools
goodaitools.com
An AI tools directory with a large set of categories plus free-tools and latest-tools feeds. Makers sign in with Google to submit a tool.
LaunchIgniter
launchigniter.com
A weekly launch platform where products sit on the homepage for a week and compete for a top-3 Winner badge. Makers and early adopters browse and upvote new products. Paid launches get a permanent…
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…
FOSSHub
fosshub.com
FOSSHub is a download host and catalog for open-source and some freeware desktop software, known for serving installers without bundled adware. Projects that are accepted get a program page with…
Tech Startups
techstartups.com
A tech and startup news site with daily coverage of funding and technology, plus a startup directory that founders can add their company to. Readers are founders, investors and job seekers. The…
Crozdesk
crozdesk.com
A business software search engine that organises tens of thousands of SaaS products into several hundred categories, each scored with its own Crozscore and backed by user reviews and downloadable…
Niche Pursuits
nichepursuits.com
A long-running blog, newsletter and podcast about niche websites, SEO and online businesses. Its readers are site builders, affiliate marketers and bootstrapped founders. There's no directory or…
Empire Flippers
empireflippers.com
A curated marketplace and brokerage for profitable online businesses, including SaaS, content sites, e-commerce and apps, with vetting of every listing before it goes live. Serious buyers and…
WHTop
whtop.com
A large independent web hosting directory and review site, running since 2004, with tens of thousands of hosting brands, plans, coupons and user reviews. People comparing hosting providers use it…
AI Agents Directory
aiagentsdirectory.com
A marketplace and directory for AI agents, with comparisons, a landscape map, a leaderboard and agent news. Makers can publish their agent so buyers can find it by use case, pricing and integrations.
Smol Launch
smollaunch.com
A weekly launch platform for indie makers and bootstrapped founders where each week's launches are ranked by one public vote total. Its audience is other makers and early adopters. Every launch…
FileHorse
filehorse.com
A software download catalogue for Windows and Mac with reviews, version histories and screenshots. Desktop app developers can ask to have their program listed and tested, gaining a download page and…
European Alternatives
european-alternatives.eu
European Alternatives lists digital services and SaaS products from companies based in the EU, EEA, EFTA, DCFTA countries or the UK, grouped by category with labels for where each service is hosted…
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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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.