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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- 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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Landingfolio
landingfolio.com
A landing page inspiration gallery plus component and template library for designers. Approved pages appear as screenshots in the gallery with a link out to the live product.
Domain Rank App
domainrank.app
A curated AI product directory bundled with free domain-rating and SEO tools, a backlink database of directories, and a paid submission service. Makers list AI tools there for a followed link and a…
Up For Grabs
up-for-grabs.net
Up For Grabs is a long-running list of open-source projects that keep beginner-friendly tasks labeled for newcomers. It helps maintainers attract first-time contributors, and each listed project…
DevHunt
devhunt.org
A launchpad for developer tools, APIs, SDKs, libraries and open-source projects, built as a developer-focused alternative to Product Hunt. Voting and commenting require GitHub login, so the audience…
Microlaunch
microlaunch.net
A launch platform with a live leaderboard where makers can also publish deals and gather reviews. Browsed by founders and people looking for new tech products. Pro launches come with SEO-optimised…
AgentHunter
agenthunter.io
A directory of AI agents organised by industry and category, with news, a glossary and a weekly digest. The free plan gives a permanent agent profile, and paid plans add a followed link and higher…
EarlyHunt
earlyhunt.com
A weekly launch platform with an AI slant where projects go live on Monday morning UTC and compete for a week on the homepage. Visitors are early adopters and other makers following new AI projects…
selfh.st
selfh.st
selfh.st is a self-hosting publication with a weekly newsletter, blog and a large app directory of self-hosted software, companion apps and alternatives. Its directory refreshes every morning and…
Django Packages
djangopackages.org
Django Packages is a community directory of reusable Django apps and tools, with comparison grids that line packages up by features, activity and maturity. Listing a package gives it a page and a…
IndieHunt
indiehunt.io
A weekly launch competition for indie makers, mostly shipping AI products, with projects live on the homepage for seven days from Monday. Its browsers are makers and early users looking at new…
LinuxLinks
linuxlinks.com
LinuxLinks is an editorial site that reviews and rounds up free and open-source Linux software, with 'best of' lists and individual program write-ups. Suggested programs can end up featured in an…
Console
console.dev
An editorially reviewed newsletter and site highlighting a handful of interesting developer tools and betas each week. Being selected gets a short independent review sent to a developer audience; it…
Node Weekly
nodeweekly.com
A weekly Node.js newsletter from Cooperpress, spun off from JavaScript Weekly, covering Node releases, articles, packages and tools. It is read by back-end JavaScript developers. Useful npm packages…
Startup Ranking
startupranking.com
A global startup database that ranks companies by its own SR Score, overall and per country. Founders, investors and researchers use it to spot new and trending startups. A free profile includes a…
Web Design Clip
webdesignclip.com
Web Design Clip is a Japanese web design gallery that files sites by industry, layout, color and technology, with sections for Japanese, international, landing page and mobile designs. Recommended…
Barcelona & Catalonia Startup Hub
startupshub.catalonia.com
The Barcelona & Catalonia Startup Hub is the Catalan government's (Catalonia Trade & Investment) public directory of startups based in the region, with company profiles covering sector, funding and…
AI Tool Trek
aitooltrek.com
A multilingual AI tools directory with category browsing and an AI news section. Free listings are approved in exchange for a homepage link back, while paid lanes skip the queue and add featured…
KittyLaunch
kittylaunch.com
A launch site for indie makers where products get a permanent listing and a week on the homepage, alongside deals, streaks and reputation levels. Its visitors are makers and people hunting for indie…
Startup Estonia Ecosystem Database
startupestonia.ee
Startup Estonia is the government programme promoting Estonia's startup scene, and it runs a Dealroom-powered database of Estonian startups, investors and support organisations. Startups can create…
MCP Market
mcpmarket.com
A large marketplace of Model Context Protocol servers and agent skills that developers use to connect AI agents to services. Anyone can submit a GitHub repo for free and wait in a queue, or pay once…
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 directories100 directories
- Product launch platforms43 directories
- Plugin and template marketplaces42 directories
- Regional startup directories41 directories
- Developer tool directories32 directories
- Newsletters that feature tools29 directories
- Software review sites29 directories
- Startup directories29 directories
- Design directories25 directories
- SaaS directories24 directories
- Open-source directories12 directories
- General web directories10 directories
- Productivity app directories7 directories
- Browser extension directories5 directories
- Ecommerce directories5 directories
- Marketing tool directories5 directories
- Mobile app 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.