Best SaaS directories to submit to in 2026

Still the biggest launch day you can have, and the one journalists and newsletter writers watch. The link is nofollow, so go for the traffic and the credibility, and only once you have people lined up to show up on the day.

Post it as a Show HN. A good one can send more qualified visitors in a day than a month of directories. The crowd is blunt and the link is nofollow; the attention is worth it anyway.

The best-run of the newer launch platforms. The free slot gets you listed; the paid tiers buy a better launch day, not a better link.

A Product Hunt alternative with far less competition on any given day. The free listing asks for a link back to Fazier; paying buys launch-day visibility, not a better link.

Links from a domain this strong usually cost money. Here the free route asks for their badge on your site instead. Approval is manual but quick.

One launch a day, so your slot is actually seen. Free, and about five minutes of work.

The free launch wants their badge and only gets a dofollow link if you finish in the top three. The cheap paid tiers get a permanent dofollow link and skip the badge.

An indie maker network that other founders really do browse. The free route asks for a badge back.

One form puts you on Twelve Tools and a set of smaller sister directories. The main listing is the one that counts; the smaller ones vary.

Small, indie-run, and somebody actually reads the submissions. A good second launch in the week after Product Hunt.

Built for products that are not public yet, with an audience of early adopters signing up to test things. Every submission is paid now, refunded if they don't pick you. A product with real traction looks out of place here.

A small startup showcase. Low effort, and the listing is permanent.

A long-running startup index. Free, and the listing gets indexed.

The review site B2B buyers open before they book a demo. The link on your profile is nofollow, so this is about buyers, not SEO. Reviews have to come from real customers, so before revenue an empty profile does little.

On page one for endless "best [category] software" searches. Product pages don't link to your site at all; the Visit Website button is pay-per-click. One vendor account also covers GetApp and Software Advice, and reviews are shared across all three.

Same network as Capterra: one vendor account, one more listing. Do them together.

The third site in the Capterra network, built around lead generation. It comes with the same vendor account.

B2B reviews with a strict verification bar, which is why buyers believe them. Worth it once you have customers who will write one; the link itself does nothing for SEO.

The category pages are thin. Worth one submission, not ongoing effort.

A smaller software marketplace with a quick approval loop.

Free to list, but the "awards" they email you about afterwards are a paid upsell. Submit, don't pay.

Free listing, followed by a sales team that follows up hard. Budget an unsubscribe.

Category rankings that pick up long-tail search. Fine to be on, not worth chasing.

Consumer-leaning reviews. Only worth it if you sell to consumers.

A trust badge, not a backlink, and the free tier is deliberately limited. Skip it unless reviews are part of how you sell.

Its alternatives and comparison pages rank. Verify your listing (free, with a company email) to get the followed link; unverified listings are nofollow. You add it once and it keeps working.

Ranks for "[competitor] alternatives" better than you ever will. No link equity, but the visitors are the highest-intent on this page: people already shopping for a replacement. Only useful if a well-known tool maps to what you do.

Community-ranked "best tool for X" lists that hold their rankings for years.

A clean, fast-moving tool directory with decent browse traffic. The link stays dofollow for as long as their badge stays on your site.

A gallery of SaaS websites, used by people looking for design inspiration. Worth it if your site looks good.

Reasonably trafficked, but listing is paid. Only worth it if the category page you would sit on already ranks.

Priced like a link buy, so judge it as one.

A weekly launch board for developer tools only. If engineers are your buyers, this is the launch day that matters more than Product Hunt.

Where engineering teams list the tools in their stack. Useful if you sell to developers.

Old, and still one of the strongest domains that will link to you for free. It only makes sense if you ship something people download or self-host; the audience skews IT and ops.

An index of libraries and dev tools that compares projects side by side. It indexes new listings fast.

Curated open-source alternatives to paid SaaS. If your product is open source, the audience is as well matched as it gets. Free listings are nofollow; the Premium tier gets a followed link. Closed-source products have no angle here.

A strong link, but only if you write something real. A thin launch post does more harm than no post.

Developer-first profiles with a project link. Good for getting in front of developers, not for your DR.

A product page here is read by exactly the people who buy indie tools. The value comes from posting milestones and taking part; a drive-by listing gets ignored.

The company record investors and journalists check first. The free tier is thin. Claim it anyway.

A founder network with a free company profile, mostly useful for accelerator and deal discovery.

Formerly AngelList Talent. Worth a profile if you are hiring.

A marketplace for side projects, and the only site here where somebody might buy the whole thing.