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Startup directories: 489 places to submit (2026), checked one by one

A startup directory is a site that lists new products so people can find them. This list has 489 startup, SaaS and AI directories where you can submit yours. 384 are free to submit to, and 271 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 $79, one-time.

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Directories
489
18 categories
Dofollow (verified)
271
of 420 with a checked link
Free to submit
384
free, or with a free plan
DR 50+
242
of 410 with a Domain Rating by Ahrefs

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.

Read the full method
  1. 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.

  2. 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”.

  3. 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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All 489 directories

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  • ThemeForest (Envato Market)

    themeforest.net

    Envato's marketplace for website themes and templates, covering WordPress, Shopify, HTML, CMS and more. Authors apply, upload items for review, and approved items are sold to a large global customer…

    MarketplacesFreeNofollowChecked
    DR94Tranco#1,037

  • itch.io

    itch.io

    A games-first marketplace where anyone with a free account can upload a project, tag each file by platform and get a customisable page. Android builds are uploaded as APK files, and the Android…

    MarketplacesFreeNofollowChecked
    DR92Unranked

  • Hacker News (Show HN)

    news.ycombinator.com

    Show HN is the section of Hacker News for sharing something you built that people can try out and discuss. The audience is developers, founders and technically minded readers who give blunt…

    Product launch platformsFreeMixedChecked
    DR91Tranco#2,207

  • Crunchbase

    crunchbase.com

    A large database of private companies with funding, people and investor data, plus AI-driven predictions for paid users. Investors, sales teams and journalists use it to research startups. Adding…

    StartupsPrice not publishedUnverifiedChecked
    DR91Tranco#3,231

  • DEV Community (dev.to)

    dev.to

    An open publishing platform and community where developers post articles, tutorials and project write-ups that show up in tag feeds and the main feed. Makers use it to tell the build story behind a…

    Developer toolsFreeMixedChecked
    DR91Tranco#3,788

  • G2

    g2.com

    A large B2B software review marketplace where buyers compare products using verified user reviews and category grids. Business software buyers use it to shortlist vendors. A profile lets you collect…

    Review sitesFree + paidUnverifiedChecked
    DR91Tranco#4,171

  • Product Hunt

    producthunt.com

    The best-known daily launch leaderboard for new tech products, where makers post a product and the community upvotes and comments over a 24-hour cycle. Browsed by early adopters, founders, investors…

    Product launch platformsFreeUGC (nofollow)Checked
    DR91Tranco#4,480

  • Capterra

    capterra.com

    A long-running business software directory with verified user reviews and category comparisons, now under G2 Digital Markets. Small and mid-sized businesses use it to research and shortlist…

    Review sitesPrice not publishedUnverifiedChecked
    DR91Tranco#5,902

  • CodeCanyon (Envato Market)

    codecanyon.net

    Envato's marketplace for code: WordPress plugins, PHP scripts, mobile app templates, JavaScript and more. Developers become Envato authors, and each item passes a quality review before it is sold to…

    MarketplacesFreeNofollowChecked
    DR91Tranco#6,159

  • Homebrew

    brew.sh

    The dominant package manager for macOS (and Linux), with a public index of formulae and casks at formulae.brew.sh. Getting into homebrew/core or homebrew/cask makes a tool installable with a single…

    MarketplacesFreeNofollowChecked
    DR90Tranco#6,488

  • WPBeginner Solution Center

    wpbeginner.com

    A catalogue from WPBeginner, a large WordPress tutorial site, where each plugin, theme, hosting plan or service gets its own page with an editor's review and visitor reviews. Site owners use it to…

    MarketplacesFreeNofollowChecked
    DR90Unranked

  • Awwwards

    awwwards.com

    Awwwards is a web design awards and inspiration site where a jury scores submitted websites and picks Sites of the Day and Month. Submissions cost money but can put a site in front of a large…

    DesignPaidMixedChecked
    DR89Tranco#11,526

  • Wellfound

    wellfound.com

    The startup hiring platform formerly known as AngelList Talent, with company profiles, job listings and salary and equity data for venture-backed and early-stage companies. Candidates, and many…

    StartupsFree + paidUnverifiedChecked
    DR87Tranco#16,332

  • Software Advice

    softwareadvice.com

    A software research site that combines category reviews and comparisons with a free advice service for buyers. It is organised around verticals such as construction, medical, legal, manufacturing…

    Review sitesPrice not publishedUnverifiedChecked
    DR87Tranco#18,024

  • FinancesOnline

    financesonline.com

    A large B2B and SaaS review site that publishes editorial reviews, comparisons, alternatives pages and pricing breakdowns across hundreds of software categories. Business buyers land on it from…

    Review sitesPaidUnverifiedChecked
    DR87Tranco#18,519

  • Softonic

    en.softonic.com

    A large software download site covering Windows, Mac, Android, iPhone and web apps. Developers publish and manage listings themselves in its free Publishing Center, which also lets them claim a…

    General directoriesFreeUnverifiedChecked
    DR86Unranked

  • Laravel News

    laravel-news.com

    A Laravel and PHP news site with a weekly newsletter and a community link feed where developers share packages, tutorials and tools. It is read by Laravel developers. Links shared in the feed show…

    NewslettersFreeDofollowChecked
    DR85Tranco#5,278

  • F-Droid

    f-droid.org

    A catalogue of free and open-source Android apps that F-Droid builds from source itself. It is popular with privacy-minded Android users, and each app page lists license, anti-features, and links to…

    Mobile appsFreeDofollowChecked
    DR85Tranco#13,620

  • TrustRadius

    trustradius.com

    A B2B software review platform that focuses on detailed, verified reviews and sells intent data and leads to vendors. Enterprise and mid-market tech buyers use it for research. A free product…

    Review sitesFree + paidDofollowChecked
    DR85Tranco#26,267

  • GetApp

    getapp.com

    A business software discovery site with reviews, comparisons and category lists aimed at small businesses. Buyers use it to compare apps before purchasing. Vendors are routed to G2's listing form to…

    Review sitesPrice not publishedUnverifiedChecked
    DR85Tranco#31,644

  • Snap Store (Snapcraft)

    snapcraft.io

    Canonical's store for snap packages, used on Ubuntu and other Linux distributions to install desktop apps, CLI tools and services. Store pages show publisher, screenshots and contact links, and a…

    MarketplacesFreeDofollowChecked
    DR84Tranco#2,489

  • Startup Fame

    startupfa.me

    A reviewed startup directory that deliberately limits free dofollow listings by requiring a homepage badge. Founders and makers browse it for new startups and use it for a quality backlink. Listings…

    StartupsFree + paidDofollowChecked
    DR84Tranco#210,487

  • Fazier

    fazier.com

    A daily product launch site for startups and indie tools with upvotes, reviews and a leaderboard. Visitors are mostly makers and early adopters discovering new software. A launch gives you a listing…

    Product launch platformsFree + paidMixedChecked
    DR84Tranco#224,088

  • Uptodown

    en.uptodown.com

    A large alternative app store and download site for Android, Windows and Mac. Its Developers Console lets any maker publish and distribute software, with app pages that also rank in web search.

    General directoriesFreeDofollowChecked
    DR83Tranco#6,112

  • Flathub

    flathub.org

    The main app store for Flatpak packages, used by many Linux distributions to install desktop apps. Submissions are made as GitHub pull requests and checked by reviewers; accepted apps get a store…

    MarketplacesFreeDofollowChecked
    DR83Tranco#10,977

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

DR leaderboard: the top 100 directories by Domain Rating

Browse by category

Each category page explains what that kind of directory is good for and what to prepare before you submit.

Where to submit, by niche

All niche lists

Shortlists for one kind of product, audience or country, each with advice on what matters when you submit there.

AI products

AI agents105GPTs and AI assistants101

Apps, extensions and plugins

Chrome extensions9Browser extensions11iOS apps10Android apps18Mac apps23Desktop software20WordPress plugins9Figma plugins9Templates and UI kits13SaaS integrations34

By kind of software

Open-source projects51Self-hosted software14Developer tools75APIs31No-code tools10B2B SaaS67Marketing tools34Design tools30Productivity tools11

By audience and stage

Indie hackers54Pre-launch startups31Newsletters that feature tools63Developer newsletters21B2B software review sites48Software alternatives sites24Startup databases43

By link, price and review

Free directories384Dofollow directories271Free dofollow directories216Directories with human review357

By country and region

Startups in Europe34Startups in Germany6Startups in Asia15

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.