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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- 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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Awesome Go
awesome-go.com
Awesome Go is the long-running curated list of Go frameworks, libraries and software, published on its own site from the GitHub list. Being accepted puts a Go package in the reference list many Go…
Startup Lithuania
startuplithuania.com
Startup Lithuania is the national agency promoting Lithuania's startup ecosystem, with news, open calls, accelerators and a Dealroom-powered startup database. Lithuanian startups ask to be added to…
No Code Founders
nocodefounders.com
A community and tools-and-deals directory for no-code and low-code founders, with blueprints, courses and a weekly newsletter. A paid listing adds a permanent tool page plus a short featured period…
Business-Software.com
business-software.com
A long-running business software directory with product reviews, research reports, white papers and a product finder covering ERP, CRM, accounting, HR and other back-office categories. IT and…
ctrlalt.cc
ctrlalt.cc
A small community site for discovering startup tools, seeing what other founders use and launching your own product. Browsed by indie founders looking for tools for specific startup tasks. Launches…
UX Design Weekly
uxdesignweekly.com
A weekly list of UX design articles, tools and resources curated by Kenny Chen. It is read by UX and product designers. The contact page asks readers to send links worth sharing.
OpenSourceAlternative.to
opensourcealternative.to
A directory that pairs self-hostable open source projects with the commercial products they can replace. Visitors browse by proprietary tool, category, language and licence; an accepted project gets…
BuildHop
buildhop.io
A startup discovery feed where visitors 'hop' between indie products without signing up, and products are ranked by real browsing activity. It is aimed at indie founders who want ongoing discovery…
LaunchBoard
launchboard.dev
A weekly launch site where approved products go live together each Monday and compete for upvotes and comments. It targets indie makers and SaaS founders. Paid launches get a permanent listing, a…
ListMySaaS
listmysaas.xyz
A founder-focused SaaS directory that publishes tool pages, featured launches and a blog of submission guides. It mostly serves indie founders looking for exposure and backlinks. Listing is free if…
SRE Weekly
sreweekly.com
A weekly newsletter of articles on site reliability, incident response, scalability and automation, plus notable outages. It's read by SREs and operations engineers. The editor takes article…
Toolradar
toolradar.com
A B2B software site built around pricing pages, user reviews, head-to-head comparisons, alternatives lists and 'best of' guides, with a vendor company directory and original pricing research. Buyers…
ToolDirectory.AI
tooldirectory.ai
An editor-reviewed directory of about 2,800 AI tools in 45 categories, with each listing dated and marked live or retired. Paid plans add a lifetime listing, a subscription listing or featured slots.
LemonLaunch
lemonlaunch.dev
A small launch board where makers list a tool and collect 'squeezes' (upvotes) to climb a ranked list. It is used by indie makers shipping small SaaS and utilities. Each tool gets its own page with…
Noonlaunch
noonlaunch.com
A weekly launch board where products join a queue, go live for the week and collect votes and comments, with weekly winners kept in a hall of fame. It says founders, operators and investors browse…
RubyFlow
rubyflow.com
A community linklog for Ruby and Rails where developers post their libraries, blog posts and tutorials as short write-ups. It's read by Ruby developers through the site and RSS. Anyone who signs in…
DealMirror
dealmirror.com
A lifetime-deal marketplace for SaaS tools, AI apps, WordPress plugins, courses and templates, sold at steep discounts to a subscriber base of small businesses and freelancers. Vendors submit a deal…
Launch Streak
launchstreak.dev
A gamified launch site where you launch a product once, then earn 'sparks' by showing up daily, and spend them on relaunches and promo slots. It is used by indie builders who launch small tools and…
StartUp Bahrain
startupbahrain.com
StartUp Bahrain is the national platform for Bahrain's startup ecosystem, run with founders, investors, corporates and government. Its ecosystem page lists local startups and enablers with links to…
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.