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
- free, or with a free plan
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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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Good First Issue
goodfirstissue.dev
Good First Issue gathers beginner-friendly issues from popular open-source repositories, sorted by language, so newcomers can find a place to start contributing. A listed repo appears with its star…
CSS Nectar
cssnectar.com
CSS Nectar is a CSS gallery and web design awards site that features hand-picked websites and names nominees and winners. Accepted sites get a gallery page with a link to the live site and are also…
Made with Vue.js
madewithvuejs.com
Made with Vue.js is a hand-curated showcase of websites, apps, UI kits and developer tools built with Vue. Accepted projects get their own page and are announced on the site's X and Bluesky…
Ruby Weekly
rubyweekly.com
Cooperpress's first newsletter: a weekly roundup of Ruby and Rails news, articles, gems and tools, running since 2010. It's read by Ruby and Rails developers. New gems and tools are regularly…
Filepuma
filepuma.com
Filepuma is a software download catalog covering Windows, Mac, Android and web apps, with reviews and version histories. Developers can submit a program by PAD file or form, and each accepted title…
AIGC工具导航 (aigc.cn)
aigc.cn
A large Chinese generative-AI navigation portal covering writing, image, video, office, agents, developer platforms and AI news, courses and events. Developers can submit tools for free, subject to…
Web Designer News
webdesignernews.com
A curated news site for web designers and developers that collects articles on design, UX, web development and resources. Its readers are working designers and front-end developers. You submit an…
WebCatalog
webcatalog.io
A catalog of web apps and SaaS tools that people can install as desktop apps on Mac, Windows and Linux through the WebCatalog client, with category pages and alternatives lists. Desktop users browse…
AI With Me
aiwith.me
An AI tools directory with category filters, a blog and sponsored homepage slots. Free submissions are accepted but wait longer, while paid options list you within a day or two.
Admire The Web
admiretheweb.com
Admire The Web is a web design inspiration gallery with thousands of sites filed by category and color, plus a small newsletter. Accepted websites get a gallery page linking to the live site, which…
Elevate Greece
elevategreece.gov.gr
Elevate Greece is the Greek government's official startup platform and National Startup Registry. Startups that qualify apply during one of the yearly calls, and registered companies appear in a…
Kotlin Weekly
kotlinweekly.net
A Sunday newsletter with Kotlin articles, libraries and community news, including Kotlin Multiplatform. It's read by Kotlin and Android developers, and the site says it goes to about 22,900 of them…
AI Tools SME
aitoolssme.com
A hand-tested AI tools directory for small and medium-sized businesses, with around 300 tools, reviews and side-by-side comparisons. Paid packages place your tool in its list, comparisons or a full…
LaunchIt
launchit.fast
A small independent launchpad for early-stage startups where every product gets a permanent page with its story, screenshots, votes and reviews, organised into weekly and monthly leaderboards. Its…
No-Code Supply Co
nocodesupply.co
No-Code Supply Co is a hand-picked directory of no-code resources: inspiring websites, apps, utilities, components, templates and courses, with a large share of Webflow-built work. Community members…
Svelte Society
sveltesociety.dev
Svelte Society is the community hub for Svelte, with curated libraries, resources, recipes, videos, announcements and a weekly newsletter. Members can submit libraries and resources so they appear…
free-for.dev
free-for.dev
A community-maintained list of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS services with genuine free tiers for developers, mirrored on a website. Getting added exposes an infrastructure-oriented product to developers…
Firsto
firsto.co
A launch platform pitched as a fairer Product Hunt alternative, promising every launch gets visibility. Aimed at indie makers, developers and small startups. Each launch gets an indexed project…
AITopTools
aitoptools.com
A long-running AI tools directory with a top-100 list, new additions, free-tool filters, guides and a newsletter. Makers enter their URL, get an AI-generated listing draft to review, and pay once to…
HOVERSTAT.ES
hoverstat.es
HOVERSTAT.ES showcases alternative and experimental web design, picked for new approaches to design, interaction and content. Featured sites get a page with credits and a link, plus a social media…
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
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
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- 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
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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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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.