Freemium startup directories: free listing, optional paid boost

Product Hunt

👍🏼

producthunt.com

No introduction needed

Startup Fame

👍🏼

startupfa.me

This is great. The submission process is 🥇 which will do all (and great) work based on your website url. Would have been nice with a few more screenshots for your startup.

Twelve Tools

👍🏼

twelve.tools

Directory built on badge exchange: embed their badge and the listing is free with a dofollow link, otherwise you pay. Fast approval. Added on authority and reputation; we have not run a submission through it yet.

Indie Hackers

👍🏼

indiehackers.com

You need to submit to this. Only allow two products for free 🤦🏼‍♂️ but it's a nice design and great community.

SaaSHub

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saashub.com

A great source you need to be on. Decent submit process.

Turbo0

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turbo0.com

Same badge-for-link model as Twelve Tools, with real page views. Quick approval. Added on authority; not yet submitted by us.

Peerlist

👍🏼

peerlist.io

A great extensive site with great LinkedIn import capabilities. The submit process is nice. Just in general a really well-designed site.

BetaList

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betalist.com

Only useful for new projects. Existing projects you want to include on this list is likely not accepted. But as a new product release it's great.

Uneed

👍🏼

uneed.best

A great PH alternative. Does a great job! The submission process is 😘. Queue time is currently three months which is a long time but acceptable.

LaunchIgniter

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launchigniter.com

Weekly launch board: products sit on the homepage for seven days and the top three get a badge. Free tier works, premium for placement. Can prefill from your site or Product Hunt. Added on authority; not yet submitted by us.

PeerPush

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peerpush.com

Cross-promotion launch network. Free listing joins a queue; $39 publishes instantly with a permanent link, more for promotion. No badge required. Added on authority; not yet submitted by us.

Smol Launch

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smollaunch.com

Weekly launches every Monday. Free submissions are capped at 50 a week and need their badge; premium skips both. Permanent listing with a link. Added on authority; not yet submitted by us.

StartupBase

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startupbase.io

Good site with good submission process. The free queue is a couple of months.

Tiny Startups

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tinystartups.com

Decent website with fine submission process. It's doing more upsale than GoDaddy but it is possible to do a free listing too, which is good. Queue time is less than a month. Unfortunately doesn't have a profile so if you submit multiple products or want to change details, it's a bit difficult to keep track.

Huzzler

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huzzler.so

A great site! Very easy submit process and nice ability to choose free or paid submission. Good job!

MicroLaunch

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microlaunch.net

I like this one. It has a queue for 2-3 months for free submissions. The process is pretty straight-forward though some information needs to be repeated when you're submitting multiple products.

TinyLaunch

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tinylaun.ch

Like it. Simple and great submission process though they have a 0.2 MB limit on the logo. Pretty odd. One-page though no screenshots can be uploaded. That would have been nice. The upsale process is nicely handled. Free submissions are less than a week in the future.

Idea Kiln

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ideakiln.com

Easy signup and good mix of fields for your listing. You're able to select slots for launch and only with an acceptable bit of nudging towards premium.

SoloPush

👍🏼

solopush.com

Decent design a easy submit process. Queue is a couple of months.

Startup Listing

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startuplist.ing

A new contender. A great design with a fine submission process. Would love ability to drag/drop icon/photos, though. Not pushing for buying premium listings, which is good. Queue time is undefined but probably fast because the site is very new.

findly.tools

🙂

findly.tools

Clean tool directory. Free with their badge on your site, or $9 to skip the badge. Very new, so the high DR is badge-driven. Added on authority; not yet submitted by us.

FoundrList

🙂

foundrlist.com

Startup directory with a free listing and a $49-a-week sponsored slot. Newer site, honest ranking pages. Added on authority; not yet submitted by us.

SaaSFame

🙂

saasfame.com

Generic SaaS directory with a dofollow link and a featured tier. Account required. Added on authority; not yet submitted by us.

Scroll Launch

🙂

scrolllaunch.com

Weekly leaderboard with an SEO-ready product page. Free tier gives a badge-gated backlink; premium makes it dofollow without the badge. Added on authority; not yet submitted by us.

EarlyHunt

🙂

earlyhunt.com

Weekly launch competition aimed at AI products, live every Monday. Free with their badge (nofollow); $19 one-time for a dofollow link and promotion. Added on authority; not yet submitted by us.

Open-Launch

😐

open-launch.com

Fine submission process with a queue time around three month. Pay to get in front of queue.

Dev Hunt

😐

devhunt.org

Only submitting developer tools. There is a ridiculous dropdown to choose the publishing period, where the free listing is set for one year in the future. But a fun twist in generating a video based off your description and screenshots. That works quite well.

Indie.Deals

😐

indie.deals

Requires a backlink to submit a product for free

Startups Lab

😐

startupslab.site

Like it. Design is simple and submission process is ok. Doesn't give an estimated queue period.

Find Your SaaS

😐

findyoursaas.com

Easy onboarding and submission process. Looks decent.

ProductBurst

😐

productburst.com

Looks pretty vibe-coded but the submission process is fine. Also queue is not (probably because it's not popular) that long.

SideProjectors

💩

sideprojectors.com

Social signin doesn't work!

Startup Stash

💩

startupstash.com

Only for dev tools and you need to go through a typeform to submit your product.

Startup Buffer

💩

startupbuffer.com

Looks like a baaad vibe-coded design. Some messed up cat is chasing your mouse-cursor 🤦🏼. Submission process is a one-pager which is fine. The queue is a couple of months.