Backlink Directory

g2.com

Outranks nearly every vendor for its own comparison terms. Needs real reviews before the profile does anything.

news.ycombinator.com

One front-page hit outperforms a month of directory work. Entirely unpredictable and impossible to game.

prolaunch.net

Fixed Tuesday launch day plus a permanent, indexed project page with a dofollow link back to your site.

producthunt.com

The largest launch audience anywhere. Nofollow links, but the referral traffic and press pickup are unmatched.

alternativeto.net

Dominates 'alternatives to X' searches. Community-moderated, so a thin or promotional entry gets rejected.

awwwards.com

Juried web design awards. Expensive and genuinely competitive — only submit an exceptional site.

bensbites.co

Widely read daily AI newsletter covering new tools and products. Engaged audience of builders and buyers.

betalist.com

Curated pre-launch and early-stage products. Free submissions sit in a long queue; the listing is permanent.

capterra.com

Gartner-owned B2B directory with enormous category traffic. Vendor verification takes real effort.

crunchbase.com

The default company record investors, journalists, and buyers check. Nofollow, but effectively mandatory.

futurepedia.io

Large curated AI catalogue with real editorial review and a category structure that ranks well in search.

futuretools.io

Curated AI directory by Matt Wolfe with a large YouTube and newsletter audience behind the listings.

github.com

A merged pull request to a relevant awesome list is a dofollow link on one of the web's strongest domains.

indiehackers.com

A product page plus a genuine milestone post reaches the most engaged bootstrapper audience there is.

peerlist.io

Weekly launch competition on a fast-growing professional network for developers and designers.

saashub.com

Software comparison site whose alternative pages rank well. Free, dofollow, and reviewed by a human.

sidebar.io

Daily newsletter delivering the five best design and front-end links. Hard to get into, worth trying.

theresanaiforthat.com

The highest-traffic AI directory. Nofollow, but the referral volume justifies the submission on its own.

tldr.tech

Very large technical readership. A sponsorship, not a listing — judge it purely on click-through rate.

trustpilot.com

Ranks for 'is X legit' searches, which is exactly what cautious first-time buyers type before paying.

trustradius.com

B2B review platform with verified customer evaluations. Free vendor profile, strong search visibility.

uneed.best

Daily launch feed with an engaged maker audience and a genuinely fast paid track if you need a date.

auraplusplus.com

Daily launch platform with AI-generated launch stories, community upvotes, and dofollow backlinks.

betapage.co

Community-driven launch platform helping founders showcase new tech products to early adopters.

betterlaunch.co

Startup launch platform with curated product listings, homepage visibility, and dofollow backlinks.

buildlist.io

Curated SaaS and startup directory with AI pre-filled data, best-of lists, and dofollow backlinks.

console.dev

Free submission to a curated developer-tools newsletter with an accompanying permanent listing page.

cssdesignawards.com

Juried web design competition with daily, monthly, and annual awards. Strong domain, editorial review.

daily.dev

Personalised developer news feed with a large browser-extension user base. Content must be technical.

dang.ai

Growing AI tool directory with clean category pages and a dofollow link on the free listing tier.

densediscovery.com

Curated design and tools newsletter with an archive that stays online and indexed after each issue.

dev.to

Publish a genuine technical write-up, not an announcement. Nofollow, but the readers are the right ones.

devhunt.org

Weekly launch board run by Vercel for developer tools only. Small audience, exactly the right one.

direct2app.com

SaaS and AI tool directory with searchable product profiles, reviews, and permanent dofollow backlinks.

f6s.com

Founder network and startup database used for accelerator applications as much as for discovery.

fazier.com

Weekly launch board with a badge programme. Low friction, modest traffic, permanent dofollow listing.

firsto.co

Startup discovery and launch platform with permanent directory listings and in-depth SEO reviews.

foundrlist.com

Calm startup directory focused on steady product discovery, maker profiles, and organic SEO visibility.

getapp.com

Shares the Gartner review network with Capterra, so one vendor setup populates several properties.

godly.website

Tightly curated design inspiration. Rejection is the normal outcome unless the site is genuinely striking.

growthhackers.com

Growth marketing community where launch write-ups reach founders actively looking for new tools.

hackernewsletter.com

Weekly digest of the best Hacker News posts, reaching a technical audience that rarely clicks ads.

hackernoon.com

Editorially reviewed tech publication. Accepted posts carry dofollow links on an established domain.

hashnode.com

Developer blogging platform that lets you map a custom domain, so the canonical value stays with you.

huzzler.so

Software review platform and startup directory with community scoring and dofollow backlinks.

killerstartups.com

Long-running startup review site with real editorial coverage. Paid but includes a written profile.

land-book.com

Curated landing page gallery that designers actually browse for reference. Editorial selection.

launchigniter.com

Paid launch platform with instant homepage featuring, partner network distribution, and backlinks.

launchingnext.com

Long-running startup launch listing. Little traffic on its own, but an easy permanent indexed link.

launchpad.ms

Community product launchpad with upvoting, categories, and permanent dofollow project pages.

lobste.rs

Invite-only and strict about self-promotion. Small, technical, and unusually high-quality traffic.

microlaunch.net

Launch platform aimed squarely at micro-SaaS and solo founders, with a daily and monthly leaderboard.

minimal.gallery

Curated gallery of minimal website designs. Niche but well-regarded among designers and founders.

nicklaunches.com

Maker-focused product discovery platform with manual listing reviews and permanent dofollow backlinks.

onepagelove.com

Long-running single-page design showcase with a strong domain and a real editorial standard.

open-launch.com

Open-source launch directory with daily community upvotes, winner badges, and dofollow backlinks.

openalternative.co

Open-source alternatives to proprietary tools. Only relevant if your project is genuinely open source.

opentools.ai

Free AI tool directory with a searchable catalogue and no paid queue-jumping, which keeps quality even.

peerpush.com

AI-ready product discovery platform and startup directory optimised for search engines and LLM crawlers.

pitchwall.co

Daily product launch platform for SaaS and AI startups to gain initial users and community feedback.

reddit.com

Genuinely receptive to launches if you have posting history. Read the rules before you post, not after.

saaslandingpage.com

Gallery of SaaS landing pages specifically, which makes the visitors far better qualified than a general one.

saasworthy.com

Category rankings and comparison pages for B2B software, with a reviewed free listing tier.

shipstry.com

Weekly ship registry for maker-built products with community voting, priority queues, and backlinks.

sideprojectors.com

Marketplace and community for side projects. Active audience of makers browsing for ideas and acquisitions.

softwareadvice.com

The third Gartner property. Worth claiming once you are already through Capterra's vendor process.

softwaresuggest.com

B2B software marketplace with strong category rankings. Expect a sales call after you submit.

sourceforge.net

Legacy software platform with strong domain authority. Free project profile with a dofollow link.

startupfa.me

Fast-approving launch directory for indie products, with a badge programme and a permanent listing.

startupspotlight.co

Curated micro-startup directory with categorised discovery, founder data, and dofollow backlinks.

startupstash.com

Long-established resource directory with genuine search visibility. Paid-only, and priced accordingly.

startupbase.io

Community-driven startup index with upvoting. Free, fast to approve, and the listing stays indexed.

startupdirectory.net

Curated startup catalogue with categorised profiles, homepage spotlights, and dofollow backlinks.

stellarlaunch.org

Scheduled startup launch platform with review articles, featured placement, and dofollow backlinks.

toolify.ai

High-volume AI directory with strong category pages and a dofollow link on the free listing tier.

topai.tools

Daily-updated AI listing with decent search visibility on task-shaped queries rather than category terms.

trylaunch.ai

Community launchpad for AI tools and SaaS apps with maker toolkits and dofollow project listings.

webspot.app

Web app directory optimising startup listings for search engines and AI assistants. Quick approval.

wip.co

Paid maker community built around public todo streaks. The product page is a side benefit of membership.

1000.tools

Growing tool directory with daily launches and category browsing. Quick submit, dofollow listing.

aiscout.net

Straightforward AI catalogue. Modest traffic, quick approval, permanent dofollow listing on the free tier.

aitoolhunt.com

Broad AI index organised by use case. Worth the ten minutes; not worth paying for a featured slot.

aitooltracker.com

Daily-updated AI tool tracker. Simple submission, quick review, permanent dofollow listing page.

insidr.ai

Paid-only AI listing with a review write-up attached. Judge it on referral traffic, not on the link alone.

kern.al

Early-stage community where founders share ideas and validate concepts. Good for pre-launch feedback.

lapa.ninja

Free landing page gallery with a large archive. Lower bar than Land-book, correspondingly lower signal.

launched.io

Maker discovery platform where founders showcase new startups, gain exposure, and gather early feedback.

launchhunt.in

Daily launch board for indie products. Small audience, fast listing, permanent dofollow page.

getmakerlog.com

Public build-log community. The product profile is minor; the accountability is the actual draw.

postyourstartup.co

Indie founder directory showcasing side projects, fresh startups, and SaaS products to early adopters.

refind.com

Link curation service that resurfaces good articles. Submit your best content, not your homepage.

saasaitools.com

Narrower than most AI directories — SaaS products specifically — which makes the traffic better qualified.

showwcase.com

Developer network for building portfolios and showcasing tech stacks. Dofollow profile links.

snapmunk.com

Startup and tech news platform accepting product features and submissions. Decent domain age.

stackshare.io

Tech stack directory. Useful for developer-tool positioning; traffic has declined over recent years.

startupbuffer.com

Simple startup submission site. Low signal on its own — include it only in a batch, never on its own.

startupranking.com

Country and category leaderboards for startups. Little referral traffic, but a quick permanent link.

tinystartups.com

Weekly showcase and newsletter for small products. Modest reach, friendly audience, quick approval.

turbo0.com

Indie product directory with fast approval. Batch it with the other easy dofollow listings.

twelve.tools

Submits your tool to a rotating set of directories as well as listing it. Convenient, low individual signal.