Startup directories: 62 sites and Product Hunt alternatives
A startup directory lists new companies for investors, press and early users. This page has 62 startup directories and launch platforms, including 22 Product Hunt alternatives, with a median DR of 56, checked on October 31, 2026.
The 22 launch platforms here are the Launch platform rows: Product Hunt, Fazier, PeerPush, Peerlist, BetaList and more. Filter by category to see only them. Many have a free queue and a paid way to skip it.
Keep launch expectations small
A launch listing gets you a short burst of attention and a permanent page. It will not carry your SEO on its own, so plan what comes after it.
62 sites · median DR 56 · 36 at DR 50 or higher · 7 confirmed free or free tier · 9 tested dofollow
The links that now do very little
People still search for these lists, so the rows are in the table and labeled. We are not recommending them for SEO. Read Google’s link spam policy.
Social bookmarking sites 17
Expect little or no SEO value. Google's policy names bookmark site links as an example of link spam when they are low quality. Pinterest and Flipboard can still send readers if your audience is there, so use them for reach, not for links.
Profile creation sites 21
A profile link shows a brand exists, and that is about all. Anyone can make one in a minute, so search engines have little reason to count it. Fill in the profiles you would really use, such as GitHub, and skip the bulk lists.
Article submission sites 15
The old article directories are going away: EzineArticles, GoArticles and HubPages all failed our check. Google's policy also covers links with optimized anchor text in articles distributed on other sites. Medium and DEV can reach readers, so write for them, not for the link.
We do not rank them by results because we have no data on outcomes. By DR, the top launch platforms in this list are Product Hunt, Fazier, PeerPush.
How many startup directories should I submit to?
There is no proven number. Start with the ones your customers or investors actually read, then work down by DR. The tracker in the table saves your progress in your browser.
Do directory backlinks still help SEO?
A few relevant listings can send visitors and confirm your brand exists. They rarely move rankings alone. Google's link spam policy names low-quality directory and bookmark site links as an example of spam, so quality matters more than count.
Is this list really free?
Yes. All 449 rows are on this page and in the CSV with no email and no sign-up. The optional updates box is only there if you want to hear when the list changes.
How do you know a link is dofollow?
Our script opened up to four listing pages per site and read the rel attribute on outbound links. 22 sites showed only followed links, 68 showed nofollow on some or all, and the rest could not be tested, often because the site blocks automated requests. Subreddits are marked nofollow by platform rule, not by test.
Where does the DR come from?
DR means Domain Rating, a 0 to 100 score for the strength of a site's link profile. We read it for each domain on October 31, 2026 from a third-party SEO data API. It describes the whole domain, not the page your listing would sit on, so a high DR does not mean your link will carry much weight.
Do you guarantee rankings if I submit to these?
No. Nobody can. Neither this list nor Outrank's services promise a ranking.
How we checked this, Oct 31, 2026
We started from the Outrank team’s list of 404 places to post a startup and added 110 well-known business, bookmarking, profile and article sites that keyword searches expect. A script then did the following on :
Opened every site with an honest bot name, 8 at a time, and removed the ones that failed, were parked or served spam. Discord invites were checked against Discord’s invite API.
Read the Domain Rating for each domain from the seo-traffic-authority data API. Domain Rating is a third-party estimate. Groups inside Reddit, Discord and LinkedIn show n/a, because the platform’s score says nothing about them.
Read each submit page for clear free or paid wording. We also read vendor pages by hand for the biggest sites. “Not checked” means we could not find a clear answer. We did not guess. Subreddits and bookmarking, profile and article sites show Free because the account is free. Prices change, so confirm before you pay.
Sampled up to 4 listing pages per listing site and read the rel attribute on outbound links. A site needs at least 3 links for a verdict. Sites can treat new listings differently, so treat this as a sample. “Effort” is the Outrank team’s estimate.
Sites that refuse automated requests stay marked “blocks checks”. We did not try to get around those blocks. Outbound links here are nofollow, and no site paid to be listed. We make Outrank, which sells the services above.
See the 37 sites we removed and why
Stripe Partner ProgramNot a directory: the sheet URL was a typo and the partner program is by application only
StartuptabsNow a gambling page
Mind the productENOTFOUND
ElphaECONNRESET
Firebase communityHTTP 404
Hackers Padredirects to nidhiconstruction.co.in
Launched!ENOTFOUND
Indie Londonredirects to ramenclub.com
KernalERR_SSL_SSL/TLS_ALERT_HANDSHAKE_FAILURE
Tech Startup Communityinvite expired
Makers HQinvite expired
Startup ChatENOTFOUND
Loqol Startup Communityinvite expired
Startup Indiainvite expired
Makerspaceinvite expired
StarticornENOTFOUND
ToolSaladHTTP 522
AffordHuntENOTFOUND
Microstartupsspam content
SaaS Geniusspam content
GPTEUNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY
AI Finderparked or for sale
The AI WarehouseERR_SSL_TLSV1_ALERT_INTERNAL_ERROR