Best directory submission services
A directory submission service fills in the forms of startup directories, launch sites and AI tool lists for you, then sends a report of what it submitted. We compared 17 of them on price, speed, proof and what they promise about Domain Rating. One of them is ours, and it's marked.
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Quick picks
Packages ran from $29 to $549, one-time, for 20 to 300 directories, delivered in anything from a day to a month.
- Largest package
- SaaSCity Superstorm, ours: 270 directories plus 30 extra sites for $299, up to 350 sites with the badge component, with a guaranteed increase in your Domain Rating.
- Cheapest
- Submitator, $29 for 30 directories by browser automation. Done by people: SubmitWell, $35 for 50.
- Fastest
- Submitator in 24 to 48 hours, SubmitSaaS in 48 hours and SubmitMatic in 2 business days.
- Most control
- ListingBott: you approve or decline each of its 100 picks. DirPilot lets you swap any directory and Submitator lets you choose from its list.
- Money behind a DR number
- SubmitWell, ListingBott and BoringLaunch's $549 Priority plan.
- Indexing checked for you
- DirPilot tells you at day 30 which listings Google has indexed.
- Refund tied to the count
- List My Site refunds each promised submission it misses, pro rata.
- Accounts handed over
- LaunchDirectories and myStartupTool send the logins, and SubmitWell the Gmail it submitted from.
- AI tools
- Free AI Directories, 300 AI directories for $199.
All 17 services compared
One-time prices from the smallest package to the largest, and what each package works out at per directory. Sort by price, directories, price per directory or delivery.
| Service | Price | Directories | Per directory | Delivery | DR promise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SaaSCity Our service | $99–$299 | 100–270 | $0.99–$1.19 | 14 days | Guaranteed increase |
| SubmitWell | $35–$99 | 50–200 | $0.50–$0.70 | 6–7 workdays | DR 10+ to 30+, or a refund |
| DirPilot | $99–$199 | 30–100+ | $1.99–$3.30 | 5–14 days | None |
| LaunchDirectories | $99–$199 | 30–100+ | $1.99–$3.30 | 4–6 workdays | None |
| List My Site | $169 | 100 | $1.69 | About 10 days | None |
| StartupSubmit | $99–$199 | 60–200+ | $1.00–$1.65 | 5–7 days | DR 20+, or 30 to 40 on Authority |
| Nick Launches | $99–$199 | 30–100+ | $1.99–$3.30 | Not stated | None |
| ScrollLaunch | $99–$199 | 30–100+ | $1.99–$3.30 | Not stated | None |
| myStartupTool | €149–€199 | 104–119 | €1.43–€1.67 | Not stated | None |
| SubmitSaaS | $60–$140 | 60–140+ | $1.00 | 48 hours | Up to DR 20, as a target |
| SubmitMatic | $60–$140 | 60–140+ | $1.00 | 2 workdays | Up to DR 20, as a target |
| Submitator | $29–$149 | 30–160 | $0.93–$0.97 | 24–48 hours | +15 DR on average, claimed |
| ListingBott | $299 | 100 | $2.99 | About a month | DR 15 in 2 months, or a refund |
| TinyLaunch | $279 | 110 | $2.54 | Not stated | None |
| BoringLaunch | $149–$549 | 50–100+ | $2.49–$2.98 | 7 days | DR 20+, or a refund ($549 plan) |
| Submit Juice | $197–$297 | 20–50 | $5.94–$9.85 | 5–7 days | DA 20+ (Moz, not Ahrefs) |
| Free AI Directories | $99–$199 | 80–300 | $0.66–$1.24 | From 48 hours | None, by policy |
Prices and counts are each service's own, read on October 13, 2026. A count sold as "60+" is taken at 60, so those services may come out a little cheaper per directory. No service, ours included, can make a directory accept a listing.
Cheap per directory isn't the same as good value: a list padded with dead or off-topic sites costs nothing extra and gives you nothing either. In July 2026 we checked 2,972 directory domains and cut 1,306 of them as dead, broken, link farms or not directories at all (the study).
Our service: SaaSCity directory submission
We sell one of the services on this page, so read this part with that in mind. Our row sits in the comparison tables with the same columns as everyone else's, and the list under the packages says where other services do better.
| Package | Directories | Extra sites | Delivery | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growth | 100 | 20 | 14 days | $99 |
| Storm | 150 | 30 | 14 days | $179 |
| Superstorm Limited offer | 270 | 30 | 14 days | $299 |
One-time prices. Storm and Superstorm orders are worked ahead of other waiting orders.
Each submission is written for that directory's own fields, high-DR sites first, and nothing goes out as a bulk blast. When the work is done you get a report of every directory we submitted to, the status of each submission (submitted, live, rejected or already listed) and a screenshot of it, as PDF, Excel and CSV files plus the screenshots. Each package guarantees an increase in your site's Domain Rating, as Ahrefs measures it.
Every package comes with an optional badge component. Paste one strip of directory badges into your footer, and each badge we find on your site adds a directory to your order, up to 50 more.
You don't need a SaaSCity listing: a product name and a working site that says what the product does are enough. You get a full refund until work starts or if we can't complete the order, and a full or partial refund if the report is late.
Where other services do better
- You can't pick or approve the directories before we start. ListingBott, DirPilot and Submitator let you.
- The report gives a status and a screenshot for each submission, not a list of live listing URLs. LaunchDirectories, DirPilot and List My Site promise live links.
- Our guarantee names no DR figure. SubmitWell, ListingBott and BoringLaunch put money on a specific number.
- 14 days is slower than the 24 to 48 hours SubmitSaaS, SubmitMatic and Submitator quote.
One result we can show: bunny.directory went from DR 4 to DR 27 on Ahrefs four days after we submitted it. Every site moves at its own pace, which is why we guarantee an increase and not a number.
One-time payment. Full refund until work starts.
What you're paying for
You fill in one brief about your product: name, URL, tagline, description, logo, screenshots and category. The service enters it into the submission forms of startup directories, SaaS directories, launch platforms, AI tool lists and review sites, then reports which sites it submitted to, what happened on each and some proof, usually screenshots.
What you buy is the form-filling. By our count one directory takes about 12 minutes by hand: finding the real submit page, signing up and confirming an email, cutting your pitch to its limits, resizing the logo again and checking the site still exists. A hundred directories come to about 20 hours, a week of evenings.
Some things are outside any service's control, ours included: whether a directory approves your product, whether its link to you is dofollow and whether Google indexes the listing page. Directories decide on their own schedule, from minutes to months, and some charge for a listing a service submitted for free. ListingBott comes closest to promising an outcome, with 100 live listings and free replacements for removed ones.
Services that submit by hand
People fill in the forms. It's slower than automation and usually dearer per directory, and in exchange a person gets past captchas, email checks and fields a script fills in wrong. Four of these, LaunchDirectories, ScrollLaunch, DirPilot and Nick Launches, sell identical packages: 30+, 60+ and 100+ directories for $99, $149 and $199, and three of the four pages repeat the same "save 20+, 40+ and 70+ hours" lines. Compare those four on what each puts in writing about its report, its deadline and refunds.
SubmitWell
$35 for 50 directories, $59 for 100 or $99 for 200
Good for a first launch on a small budget, with a DR target and a refund behind it.
The cheapest service run by people that we found, at 70 cents a directory on Starter and 50 cents on Pro. Every card says "Guaranteed DR increase", from 0 to 10+ on Starter up to 0 to 30+ on Pro, and the refund policy lists a missed DR target among the standards it refunds in full for, alongside late delivery, missing submissions and a missing report, as long as you ask within 30 days of purchase. That makes it one of three services here that back a DR number with money. You also get the Gmail account it submitted from, so you can edit listings later. If you'd rather do the work, it sells the list alone as a CSV with each site's DR: $15 for 50 directories or $25 for 100.
- Delivery
- 6–7 workdays
- Report
- Submission URLs and screenshots, plus the Gmail login it used
- Refund
- In full within 30 days of purchase if it misses its standards, the DR target included
- Watch out
- At this price, ask for the list and count how many are startup and SaaS directories.
SubmitWell pricing, October 13DirPilot
$99 for 30+ directories, $149 for 60+ or $199 for 100+
Good if you want to approve the list yourself and see which listings Google indexed.
DirPilot sends you the directories it plans to use before it starts, and you can swap any of them out. A person submits each one with its own description and deals with the paid listings, captchas and follow-up emails. Economy sticks to medium-DR free directories; Business and First add paid ones, and the page puts the listing fees it covers at $111 and $213. The follow-up is what we haven't seen elsewhere. It checks that each listing is live and dofollow, tells you at day 30 which listing pages Google has indexed, and replaces a rejection with a directory of similar authority. A page Google never indexes passes nothing, so that report is worth having.
- Delivery
- 5–14 days
- Report
- Live links checked for dofollow, and which pages Google indexed by day 30
- Refund
- Not on its pricing section, so ask
- Watch out
- Economy works out at $3.30 a directory, the same ladder three other services sell.
DirPilot pricing, October 13LaunchDirectories
$99 for 30+ directories, $149 for 60+ or $199 for 100+
Good if you want a report you can audit line by line, with the accounts handed over.
LaunchDirectories started as a searchable database of startup directories, with DR, traffic and link type for each, and the service picks from a vetted pool of 200+ of them for each product. It promises the fullest report in this guide: live links to the published listings, a screenshot of each submission and the logins for every account it creates. Every package also includes paid launches on some partner directories. The page claims 80 to 95% of manual submissions get accepted against 40 to 60% for automated tools, and DR gains of 15 to 25 points within 1 to 3 months for new sites. Both are its own figures.
- Delivery
- 4–6 workdays
- Report
- Live links, a screenshot of each submission and the logins it creates
- Refund
- None once work has started
- Watch out
- No refund after work starts, so ask for a sample report before you pay.
LaunchDirectories pricing, October 13List My Site
$169 for 100 directories, with a limited offer of 60 for $99
Good if you want to watch the work happen, with a refund tied to the count.
One package, paced at 7 to 10 submissions a day, so 100 directories take about 10 days. List My Site picks directories by your category, writes copy variations for each platform and shares a Google Sheet on day one that fills in with live links and screenshots as it goes. Its refund terms are the plainest in this group: if it misses the number of successful submissions in your plan, it refunds each missing one pro rata. The page shows client DR snapshots and says clients go from DR 0 to 20+ within 30 to 60 days, as a result it has seen rather than a guarantee.
- Delivery
- About 10 days
- Report
- A tracking sheet, live from day one, with links and screenshots
- Refund
- Pro rata for every promised submission it misses
- Watch out
- One package only, and the 60-for-$99 offer was marked limited.
List My Site pricing, October 13StartupSubmit
$99 for 60+ directories, $199 for 150+ or $199 for 200+
Good if you want the biggest written DR target for $199.
Two of StartupSubmit's three packages cost the same. Growth is $199 for 150+ directories with "DR 0-20+ guaranteed". Authority, also $199, gets 200+ directories, a "guaranteed DR increase to 30-40", "unlimited backlinks until target", a free Reddit post and an account manager, and the page itself points Growth buyers to it. Every listing gets a screenshot, the report comes in 5 to 7 days (3 to 7 on Authority), and if the submission count falls short it keeps working until the number is met. The service runs on startupsubmit.app; startupsubmit.com is a parked domain for sale.
- Delivery
- 5–7 days
- Report
- The backlink URLs and a screenshot of every listing
- Refund
- No refund terms on the page; it keeps working until the promised count is met
- Watch out
- DR 30 to 40 for $199 is a big promise. Ask how "unlimited backlinks until target" works and when it ends.
StartupSubmit pricing, October 13Nick Launches
$99 for 30+ directories, $149 for 60+ or $199 for 100+
Good if you are launching on Nick Launches anyway.
A launch directory with a submission service on the side. Its packages match DirPilot's line for line, struck prices included: 30+ medium-DR free directories for $99, 60+ high-DR free and paid ones for $149 and 100+ for $199. Submissions start within 48 hours of payment, and the report lists each one with its link and status. A product already listed on Nick Launches can add the service from its dashboard. We compared the two launch sites in SaaSCity vs Nick Launches.
- Delivery
- Not stated
- Report
- Every submission with its link and status
- Refund
- Not on the service page, so ask
- Watch out
- The page says when work starts (within 48 hours) but gives no delivery deadline.
Nick Launches pricing, October 13ScrollLaunch
$99 for 30+ directories, $149 for 60+ or $199 for 100+
Good if you launch on ScrollLaunch and want the submissions bundled in.
ScrollLaunch is a weekly launch board first. Its pricing page sells directory submission as an add-on, on the same $99, $149 and $199 ladder, done by hand, with a report of every live link. Its free catalog of 1,018+ directories ranked by DR is worth a look even if you never buy, and a Premium launch on its own board ($39) is always dofollow.
- Delivery
- Not stated
- Report
- Every live link
- Refund
- Not on its pricing page, so ask
- Watch out
- No delivery time or refund terms on the pricing page.
ScrollLaunch pricing, October 13myStartupTool
€149 for 104 directories, or €199 with 15 app directories added
Good if you want a login for every account, or you have a mobile app.
One of the older services, run from Cyprus and priced in euros: €149 for 104 directories, or €199 with 15 app-only directories added for mobile products. It guarantees manual submission, a screenshot and a login for each submission, and a full refund within 48 hours of purchase. A free account opens its directory list, 183 sites it says it updates monthly, so you can see where it submits before you pay.
- Delivery
- Not stated
- Report
- A screenshot and the login for each submission
- Refund
- In full within 48 hours of purchase
- Watch out
- No delivery time on the pricing page.
myStartupTool pricing, October 13Automated services
Software does most or all of the submitting, which is why these quote 24 to 48 hours and the lowest prices per directory. Automation is quickest on simple forms and slows down on captchas, account checks and editorial review. All three publish their directory list, so you can check it before you pay.
SubmitSaaS
$60 for 60+ directories, $100 for 100+ or $140 for 140+
Good for speed, with the whole directory list published before you pay.
SubmitSaaS is fast and open about where it submits: the homepage carries every directory it uses, with DR, type, pricing and link type, so you can check the mix first. Delivery is 48 hours, by "smart automation combined with human review", and paid directories aren't included. The cards say "Increase your Domain Rating up to DR 10" (15 and 20 on the bigger packages), and the FAQ is straight about what that means: "potential targets based on previous results". What it guarantees is the count, the 48 hours and a complete report. It also sets up an inbox for the directory mail and gives you access. We put it next to our service in SaaSCity vs SubmitSaaS.
- Delivery
- 48 hours
- Report
- A Google Sheet with screenshots, and an inbox you can open
- Refund
- Not on the page. The FAQ guarantees the count, the 48 hours and the report
- Watch out
- "Up to DR 20" is a target, and its own FAQ says so.
SubmitSaaS pricing, October 13SubmitMatic
$60 for 60+ directories, $100 for 100+ or $140 for 140+
Good if you want the SubmitSaaS offer from a fully automated pipeline.
SubmitMatic sells the same three packages as SubmitSaaS at the same prices, with the same "up to DR 10, 15, 20" lines and a near-identical directory table on its homepage, next to struck prices of $120, $200 and $280. The copy has AI doing the work: "Our AI automatically submits your product to 140+ curated directories". It quotes two business days where SubmitSaaS quotes 48 hours. Choose between the two on their sample reports.
- Delivery
- 2 workdays
- Report
- A Google Sheet with screenshots and status updates
- Refund
- Not on the page we read
- Watch out
- Check its list for directories that review every submission by hand.
SubmitMatic pricing, October 13Submitator
$29 for 30 directories, $49 for 60, $79 for 100 or $149 for all 160
Good for the lowest price, and for choosing every directory yourself.
The cheapest service here and the most hands-on. You set up the product in a dashboard, choose which of its directories to target and watch the submissions run. It is open about the method, custom browser automation, which is how it charges $29 for 30 directories and delivers in 24 to 48 hours. It also handles directories that ask for a badge on your site: you install one component and it places and maintains those badges. Every project gets a free daily DR chart, even before you pay. It advertises an average gain of 15 DR in 30 days, offers a 30-day refund policy and says its plans cover nine directories that charge for their better listing.
- Delivery
- 24–48 hours
- Report
- A live dashboard, plus a report with direct links and screenshots
- Refund
- 30-day refund policy
- Watch out
- The $149 plan is labeled an experiment, so read what it includes on the day.
Submitator pricing, October 13Premium and slower services
Higher prices, smaller lists or a slower schedule, sold on hand-picking, pacing or a DR or DA guarantee.
ListingBott
$299 for 100 listings, shown against $499
Good if you want a say on every directory, and a DR target with a refund for a new site.
ListingBott, from John Rush, is the premium option. After an onboarding form you pick a goal, Domain Rating or awareness, and it proposes 100 listings from a database it puts at 10,000+ directories, sites and forums. You approve or decline each one, and it skips sites you're already on. Submissions go out over about a month, up to five weeks, at a human pace, with weekly updates, and you own the listings. The FAQ guarantees "a Domain Rating (DR) increase from 0 to 15 within 2 months after the ListingBott report": if DR doesn't reach 15, it keeps working or refunds you. Sites already at DR 15 or more get no figure. Removed listings are replaced for free, to keep its promise of 100 live listings. The $299 sat next to a struck $499, under a countdown that read "ends in expired". Our ListingBott comparison goes row by row.
- Delivery
- About a month
- Report
- Weekly updates, a full report, and an updated one after indexing
- Refund
- "Full refund if you're not satisfied"
- Watch out
- About $3 a listing and a month of waiting: the slowest service here, and one of the dearest per directory.
ListingBott pricing, October 13TinyLaunch
$279 for 110 directories
Good if you launch on TinyLaunch and want one bill.
A launch board with a submission add-on: $279 one-time for 110 directories, which the pricing page says include SourceForge, GeekWire and G2, ending in a "comprehensive submission report". A Premium launch on the board itself costs $39 and comes with a guaranteed backlink. The page gives no delivery time, method or refund terms, and its only DR line is "grow your DR on autopilot", next to a customer quote about going from DR 7 to 30. At about $2.54 a directory it is one of the dearer options, so get those three things in writing before you pay.
- Delivery
- Not stated
- Report
- A "comprehensive submission report"
- Refund
- Not on its pricing page, so ask
- Watch out
- No delivery time, method or refund terms on the pricing page.
TinyLaunch pricing, October 13BoringLaunch
$149 for 50+ platforms, $249 for 100+, or $549 for 50 to 60 on Priority
Good if you want your money back when DR 20 isn't reached, and can spend $549.
BoringLaunch sells weekly slots. Basic is $149 for 50+ platforms in 7 days, Not Boring $249 for 100+, and Priority $549 for 50 to 60 high-quality platforms, with work starting within 24 hours. When we checked, this week's and next week's spots on the two cheaper plans were sold out, so you reserve a later week. Priority carries the plainest money-back DR promise we found: a full refund if your Domain Rating doesn't reach 20+ within 30 days of submission. Not Boring promises a "guaranteed SEO improvement" in 30 days without saying how it is measured. Both lists were marked as updated 38 days earlier.
- Delivery
- 7 days
- Report
- A detailed submission report
- Refund
- Money back on Priority if DR doesn't reach 20+
- Watch out
- The cheaper plans can be booked out for weeks.
BoringLaunch pricing, October 13Submit Juice
$197 for 20 directories, $297 for 50, and $197 more to pass 100
Good for a small hand-picked list that reaches media and communities too.
Submit Juice costs the most per directory. Classic is $197 for a curated list of 20 directories and websites, Premium $297 for 50, and another $197 takes you past 100. The list can include media outlets and subreddits, submissions are spread over a week, and an Airtable tracks each one with links to the live listings. Add-ons sell press release distribution ($293) and launch graphics ($298). Its guarantee is on Moz's Domain Authority, a different score from Ahrefs' Domain Rating: "DA 20+ Guarantee" on Classic, "Expect a DA of ~20" on Premium. Its terms count the service delivered "once proof of submission is provided", and the FAQ says it can guarantee submissions, not listings. Its list of 152+ directories is free.
- Delivery
- 5–7 days
- Report
- An Airtable of every submission, with links to live listings
- Refund
- Counts as delivered once proof of submission is provided
- Watch out
- About $10 a directory on Classic, and the guarantee is in Moz DA, so check which score your goal is in.
Submit Juice pricing, October 13For AI tools
AI products have their own directory circuit, from There's An AI For That to hundreds of small tool lists. General services cover part of it: our list, for one, mixes AI tool directories in with the SaaS ones.
Free AI Directories
$99 for 80 AI directories, $149 for 200 or $199 for 300
Good for an AI tool that wants the AI directory circuit covered in depth.
If your product is an AI tool, this is the specialist. It submits by hand to AI directories only: 80 for $99 within 48 to 72 hours, 200 for $149 in 4 business days or 300 for $199 in 6. Its list of 450+ AI directories is free to browse, with DR and link type, and it lists your tool in its own directory with a dofollow link at no cost. Its FAQ takes the opposite line to the DR guarantors: "We don't make specific DR promises. Anyone guaranteeing an exact number is overselling." It guarantees the submissions and a full report, and promises to make it right or refund you if it falls short.
- Delivery
- From 48 hours
- Report
- A spreadsheet of every directory and its status, with screenshots
- Refund
- "Make it right or refund you" if it falls short on submissions
- Watch out
- AI directories only, so a product that isn't built around AI gets little from it.
Free AI Directories pricing, October 13Not taking orders
Three services that still come up in founder threads and older comparisons couldn't take an order when we checked on October 13, 2026.
| Service | Status | What we saw |
|---|---|---|
| GetMoreBacklinks | Orders paused | Its pricing read "New orders are currently unavailable", as it did when we checked in June and on October 5. The plans list $379 to $779 for 100 to 200 submissions, 14 working days and a report with proof screenshots, under a "67% OFF" label. See the notice |
| AutoSaaSLaunch | Site down | A Chrome extension, $29 for life in June 2026, that filled in 18 directories' forms from your own accounts. The site didn't load on October 5 or October 13. |
| 300aidirectories | Closed | It sold submission of AI tools to 300+ AI directories. The site now reads "Site closed. This website is no longer available." |
What "guaranteed DR" means on each site
Ten of the 17 services put a Domain Rating or Domain Authority figure on their pages, and five call it a guarantee. This is what each one says, and what stands behind it.
| Service | What the page says | Backed by |
|---|---|---|
| SaaSCity Our service | A guaranteed increase in your site's DR, as Ahrefs measures it | Our Terms, section 5.4.3 |
| SubmitWell | "Guaranteed DR increase": 0 to 10+, 20+ or 30+, by package | A full refund, if you ask within 30 days of purchase |
| ListingBott | DR 0 to 15 within 2 months of its report | More work, or a refund. No figure for sites already at DR 15+ |
| BoringLaunch | Priority ($549): DR 20+ within 30 days of submission | 100% money back |
| StartupSubmit | "DR 0-20+ guaranteed" on Growth, a DR increase "to 30-40" on Authority | On Authority, "unlimited backlinks until target" |
| Submit Juice | "DA 20+ Guarantee" on Classic, a Moz score | Not stated on the pricing card |
| SubmitSaaS, SubmitMatic | "Increase your Domain Rating up to DR 10 / 15 / 20" | Nothing: the SubmitSaaS FAQ calls them potential targets |
| Submitator | "+15 avg DR / 30 days" | Nothing: it is an average. The 30-day refund policy applies |
| List My Site, LaunchDirectories | Client gains: DR 0 to 20+ in 30 to 60 days, and 15 to 25 points in 1 to 3 months | Nothing: these are results they report |
| Free AI Directories | "We don't make specific DR promises" | A guarantee on the submissions instead |
Domain Rating is Ahrefs' score for the strength of a site's backlinks, on a 100-point scale relative to every other site in its index. Google doesn't use it. Ahrefs says a linking site splits its rating among all the domains it links to, so one listing on a directory that links to 20,000 products moves your number very little. A new site gets its first points from a handful of linking domains with some authority, which a directory package can supply, and that is why most of the numeric guarantees here apply to sites starting from zero. Higher up the scale each point takes more, and none of these guarantees says anything about rankings or traffic.
Read any DR guarantee for four things: the tool it is measured in (Ahrefs DR and Moz DA are different scores), the starting point, the deadline and the remedy, whether that is money back, more work or nothing. ListingBott spells out all four. Several others print a number with nothing beside it.
Ours guarantees an increase in your site's Domain Rating, as Ahrefs measures it, and names no figure. Every site moves at its own pace. If you need a specific number with money behind it, SubmitWell, ListingBott and BoringLaunch's Priority plan are the ones that write one down.
Before you pay
Send these questions before checkout. A good service answers each in a line or two.
Which directories, exactly?
Counts like "200+ directories" are easy to fill with sites nobody visits, so ask for the list or a sample with DR and link type. SubmitSaaS, SubmitMatic and Submitator publish their whole list, DirPilot and ListingBott show you yours before they start, and our service page shows a sample. If you're already on some directories, ask whether they skip those: ListingBott and Free AI Directories say they do.
Are generic web directories in the mix?
Google's spam policies give "low-quality directory or bookmark site links" as an example of link spam. A startup directory people browse describes your product to people looking for one. A general link directory is the kind of link that policy has in mind.
Who fills in the forms?
A person, a browser script or a model. Any of the three can work, and the answer tells you how they deal with captchas, email confirmations and directories that review every submission.
What does the report show?
Most services count the job done once the submissions are made and documented, ours included, because nobody controls approvals. That makes the report the thing you pay for, so ask for a sample and check there's a screenshot or a link on every row.
What happens when a directory says no?
DirPilot replaces rejected directories and ListingBott replaces removed listings. Others, ours included, record the rejection in the report.
What exactly is guaranteed?
"DR 20 guaranteed" means little unless the page also says what happens when DR doesn't get there. Get the metric, the starting point, the deadline and the remedy in writing: a refund, more work, a date. A guarantee without all four is a target.
Does it promise rankings or AI mentions?
Walk away if it does. Nobody can promise a ranking, an AI Overview or a ChatGPT mention from directory listings. Listings add pages that describe your product; what search engines and AI tools do with them is up to them.
When do I get my money back?
Before work starts is the usual answer, and LaunchDirectories stops there. SubmitWell and Submitator give you 30 days, List My Site refunds missed submissions pro rata, and we refund a late report.
Will it still be around next month?
GetMoreBacklinks has had new orders paused since June, 300aidirectories now shows "Site closed" and AutoSaaSLaunch didn't load on two checks. Pay by card, keep the receipt and look for recent customer posts before you pay a small service.
Whose email and accounts are used?
Directories send confirmation mail and some create accounts you'll want later to edit your listings. SubmitSaaS and SubmitMatic set up an inbox and give you access, SubmitWell hands over the Gmail it used, and LaunchDirectories and myStartupTool send the logins.
A service, or do it yourself?
Doing it yourself costs time instead of money. At about 12 minutes a directory, 50 directories take about 10 hours of forms and 100 about 20. Our $99 package for 100 directories costs less than your time if an hour of your evening is worth more than about $5.
If you go DIY, start with the sites no service does well, because they need an account you'll keep, a launch day or replies to comments: Product Hunt, Hacker News, G2, Capterra, AlternativeTo, SaaSHub, BetaList and Crunchbase. Our review of each says what it costs and whether its link is followed.
Then work down a list ranked by DR. Ours are free: the best SaaS directories, the free dofollow directories and a step-by-step guide to submitting, with a tracker to keep count. A service earns its fee on the long tail after that, the hundred or more smaller directories where the work is the same form again and again.
SaaSCity itself is a DR 70 directory, and a listing on it takes two minutes. It carries a dofollow link, free with our badge on your site or $19.99 with Quick Pass.
A service makes sense if
- You'd rather spend 20 hours on the product than on forms
- You are launching now and want the long tail covered within days
- You will read the report and follow up on the big directories yourself
Do it yourself if
- You have more evenings than money
- Your site doesn't yet say clearly what the product does
- You expect rankings or traffic from directories alone
What happens after you pay
- Days 1 to 30
The submissions
From 24 hours with Submitator to about a month with ListingBott. The report comes at the end, and some services share a live sheet from day one.
- Weeks 1 to 8
The approvals
Directories review on their own schedule. Some publish at once, some take weeks, some never answer and some reply offering a paid fast track. SubmitWell's FAQ puts approvals at "instant to several weeks", and ListingBott says most listings are published and indexed within 2 months.
- Weeks 2 to 12
Ahrefs and Google catch up
Ahrefs counts a new link once it crawls the page, and DR moves when enough new linking domains are counted. Google indexes listing pages when it chooses, which is what DirPilot checks at day 30. bunny.directory moved from DR 4 to 27 four days after our submissions; other sites take months.
- After that
Check what worked
Look up your DR with a free checker, watch referral traffic in your analytics and search site:thedirectory.com yourproduct to see which listings Google has indexed. Update the big listings when your pricing or positioning changes.
Do directory submissions still help SEO?
Some, if the directories are real. A listing on a startup or SaaS directory is a page about your product on a site search engines already crawl. It can get a new domain discovered faster, it adds a mention with your name, URL and description, and the stronger directories pass a followed link. A few still send visitors who are shopping for a tool, Product Hunt, G2 and the big AI tool lists among them.
Directories won't rank a page on their own. Google's spam policies name low-quality directory links as link spam, Domain Rating isn't a Google metric, and a hundred listings don't replace a product page that answers a search well. Treat a package as groundwork (discovery, mentions and a first set of links) and build on it with content and real coverage.
ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews draw on the open web, and directory listings are part of it. Being described the same way on many sites makes it easier for them to say what your product is. Nobody can promise a mention, and we don't.
FAQ
What is a directory submission service?
A service that submits your product to online directories for you: startup and SaaS directories, launch platforms, AI tool lists and review sites. You fill in one brief, it fills in each directory's form and sends a report of every submission. The 17 services taking orders on October 13, 2026 charged $29 to $549 one-time.
How much does a directory submission service cost?
On October 13, 2026, from $29 (Submitator, 30 directories) to $549 (BoringLaunch Priority), one-time. Most sell three packages between $60 and $300, about $0.50 to $3.30 a directory, and small hand-picked lists run up to about $10 a directory. Ours costs $99, $179 or $299 for 100, 150 or 270 directories.
Are directory submission services worth it?
For a founder whose time is worth more than about $5 an hour, usually yes: 100 directories by hand is about 20 hours of forms. They are worth less when the list is padded with dead or generic directories, or when you expect rankings from them. Ask for the list and a sample report before paying.
Which directory submission service is best for SaaS?
It depends on what you value. For a large package with a screenshot of every submission and a guaranteed DR increase, our own service at SaaSCity. For the lowest price, Submitator or SubmitWell. For speed, SubmitSaaS or Submitator. To approve every directory, ListingBott or DirPilot. For AI tools only, Free AI Directories.
What is the cheapest directory submission service?
Submitator, at $29 for 30 directories by browser automation, in October 2026. The cheapest run by people is SubmitWell at $35 for 50. Per directory, SubmitWell's $99 package for 200 directories, 50 cents each, was the lowest we found.
Which directory submission service is the fastest?
Submitator (24 to 48 hours), SubmitSaaS (48 hours) and SubmitMatic (2 business days), all automated or mostly automated. Manual services take 4 to 14 days, and ListingBott spreads its work over about a month on purpose.
Is manual or automated directory submission better?
Manual services get past captchas, email checks and editorial forms and write copy for each directory; they cost more and take days. Automated ones are fast and cheap and work best on simple forms. Either way, judge the directory list and the report, since those decide what you get.
Can a directory submission service guarantee a DR increase?
Several do, in different ways. SubmitWell refunds if DR doesn't reach its package target, asked within 30 days. ListingBott guarantees DR 15 within two months for sites starting at 0, or more work or a refund. BoringLaunch refunds its $549 plan if DR doesn't reach 20+ in 30 days. Ours guarantees your DR goes up, as Ahrefs measures it, without a number. No service can guarantee rankings or traffic.
Do directory submissions help with ChatGPT and AI search?
They add pages that describe your product on sites AI tools can read, which helps those tools say what it is. No service can promise a mention in ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google's AI Overviews.
Should I submit to Product Hunt myself?
Yes. Product Hunt, Hacker News, G2, Capterra and similar sites need an account you'll keep, a launch day or replies to comments, and they are worth doing with care. Use a service for the long tail of smaller directories.
Is SubmitSaaS the same as SubmitMatic?
They sell the same packages at the same prices, $60, $100 and $140 for 60+, 100+ and 140+ directories, with the same DR lines and similar directory tables. SubmitSaaS describes automation plus human review in 48 hours; SubmitMatic describes AI submission in 2 business days. Compare their sample reports.
Do I need a SaaSCity listing to use your service?
No. Give us the product's name and site, and we work from the site. If the product is listed on SaaSCity, the listing is the brief.
How long until directory submissions show results?
Submissions take from a day to a month, depending on the service. Approvals take days to weeks, and Ahrefs and Google catch up over the weeks after. Give it one to three months before you judge referral traffic and DR.
Rather not fill in the forms?
100 to 270 directories, one-time, from $99. You get a report with a screenshot of every submission within 14 days, each package guarantees an increase in your Domain Rating, and you get a full refund until work starts.
How we checked
We read each service's pricing page, FAQ and refund terms in one sitting and saved a screenshot of its prices. Our own details come from our packages and Terms. Last checked on . Prices and terms change, so check the service's own site before you pay.
- SubmitWell: pricing and FAQ
- SubmitWell: refund policy
- DirPilot: directory submission service
- LaunchDirectories: submission service and FAQ
- List My Site: pricing and FAQ
- StartupSubmit: plans
- Nick Launches: directory submission service
- ScrollLaunch: pricing
- myStartupTool: pricing
- SubmitSaaS: pricing, directory list and FAQ
- SubmitMatic: pricing and directory list
- Submitator: plans and directory list
- ListingBott: offer and FAQ
- TinyLaunch: pricing
- BoringLaunch: pricing
- Submit Juice: pricing and FAQ
- Free AI Directories: plans and FAQ
- GetMoreBacklinks: plans (orders paused)
- 300aidirectories (closed)
- Google Search Central: spam policies, link spam
- Ahrefs: what is Domain Rating (DR)