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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- 347
- 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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EdTech Impact
edtechimpact.com
A UK-based review and evaluation platform for education technology where teachers and school leaders compare products by category and read independent feedback from other schools. Providers can…
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…
React Status
react.statuscode.com
A weekly Cooperpress newsletter about React and React Native, with articles, releases and component libraries. It is read by React developers. New React tools and libraries are regularly featured.
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…
PyCoder's Weekly
pycoders.com
A free weekly email with Python news, articles, tutorials and new projects. It is read by Python developers. They take link suggestions for projects, articles and events, though not every one is used.
Frontend Focus
frontendfoc.us
A weekly Cooperpress newsletter about HTML, CSS, browsers and the wider web platform. It's written for web developers and designers. Front-end tools, CSS utilities and browser-related projects…
Launching Next
launchingnext.com
A long-running site that publishes a handful of new startups each day with a short write-up. Readers are startup enthusiasts, founders and people looking for business ideas. Accepted submissions get…
SeekTool.ai
seektool.ai
A curated AI tools directory with category pages and monthly traffic rankings, pitched as a showcase for startups building vertical AI apps. Paid plans cover single submissions, unlimited…
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…
Golang Weekly
golangweekly.com
A weekly Cooperpress newsletter for Go developers with language news, articles, and new open-source packages and tools. Its readers write Go for servers, CLIs and infrastructure. New Go libraries…
ScotlandIS
scotlandis.com
ScotlandIS is the trade body for Scotland's digital technology industry, with clusters, events, an industry survey and a member directory. Tech startups join through a start-up membership, which…
StartUp Beat
startupbeat.com
A startup news site that publishes funding news, advice and 'Startup Pitches' profiles of young companies. It's read by founders, investors and people following new startups. Getting featured goes…
awesome-selfhosted
awesome-selfhosted.net
The best-known curated list of free software network services and web apps that can be self-hosted, published as a website and GitHub list. Inclusion puts a project in front of the self-hosting…
AI Agent Store
aiagentstore.ai
A large AI agent marketplace that also lists AI automation agencies, starter kits and model pricing comparisons, with a newsletter and matching service for buyers. Makers start a listing by entering…
STARTUP DB
startup-db.com
STARTUP DB is a Japanese database of startups and venture companies run by for Startups, covering funding rounds, investors and company details for tens of thousands of Japanese firms. Profiles are…
Best of JS
bestofjs.org
Best of JS tracks the most popular open-source projects for the web platform and Node.js, ranking them by daily GitHub star trends and tags. A tracked project appears in trend rankings and yearly…
SaaS AI Tools
saasaitools.com
A directory of generative AI and SaaS tools run by the team behind the SaaS Gems newsletter. Makers create a free account to add a listing and can pay extra for a featured spot.
Legaltech Hub
legaltechnologyhub.com
A legal technology directory and market-intelligence site used by law firms, in-house legal teams, consultants and investors to research and shortlist legal software. Vendors can create a free basic…
Swiss Startup Association
swissstartupassociation.ch
The Swiss Startup Association is a founder-led association that lobbies for Swiss startups and runs events, perks and an investor list for members. Startup members get a company profile listed and…
VentureRadar
ventureradar.com
A London-based company discovery database that ranks startups and emerging companies by sector, used by corporate innovation teams, investors and consultants to scout technology partners. Companies…
Terminal Trove
terminaltrove.com
A curated showcase of command-line and terminal UI tools with install instructions per platform, a 'tool of the week' and a newsletter. Accepted tools get a detailed page with previews, features and…
Appvizer
appvizer.com
A European B2B software comparison site and magazine, strong in France and owned by Softonic, with software sheets, reviews and category comparisons in several languages. Professionals and SMBs use…
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
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.
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By kind of software
By audience and stage
By link, price and review
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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.