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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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…
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.
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…
Pocket Gamer
pocketgamer.com
A news and review site for mobile and handheld games that covers iPhone, iPad and Android releases alongside hardware reviews. Its Contact Us page tells developers how to reach the team: one email…
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…
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…
StartupBase
startupbase.io
A daily launch site where products get a launch day on the homepage plus a permanent listing, topic pages and newsletter exposure. Its visitors are founders and people looking for new tools. Premium…
Dofollow.Tools
dofollow.tools
A directory of AI tools and SaaS products built around giving listed products a dofollow link. Browsed by creators and small businesses looking for tools, and by makers after backlinks. Paid…
TinyLaunch
tinylaunch.com
A small-product launch platform where products rotate on the homepage for several days and compete for top-3 badges. Mostly browsed by indie hackers and other makers. Winners and paid launches get a…
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…
Futurepedia
futurepedia.io
A large AI tools directory with its own newsletter, YouTube channel and courses, aimed at professionals using AI at work. A paid listing gets a tool page, and the higher tier adds an enhanced page…
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…
MCP.so
mcp.so
A large marketplace of Model Context Protocol servers, clients, skills and AI agents, used heavily by developers. You submit your project from its repository URL, and a paid option publishes it…
SoftwareReviews
softwarereviews.com
The software review arm of Info-Tech Research Group, publishing detailed user-satisfaction reports, category quadrants and vendor awards for enterprise software. IT leaders who follow Info-Tech…
Acquire.com
acquire.com
A startup acquisition marketplace (formerly MicroAcquire) where founders list SaaS and other online businesses for sale to a large pool of vetted buyers. Acquirers, search funds and investors browse…
Startup Fast
startupfa.st
A daily launch board and startup directory where products launch at 8:00 AM UTC and climb a daily ranking through community votes. It presents itself as an open-source Product Hunt alternative…
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.
- AI tool directories101 directories
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- 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
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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.