46 places to launch — pricing, audience and link rules. Last reviewed October 2026.
The default launch. A good day can bring a few thousand visitors, press pickup and a badge you can keep on your site. The catch is preparation: a hunter, a first-comment plan, a support group and a 12:01am PT start.
A launchpad with a strong domain and a real community. The free queue works; paying gets you a date you choose. A followed backlink needs a top placement or a paid tier, so read the rules before submitting.
A Product Hunt alternative with a free basic listing and paid tiers that add scheduling, homepage placement and a guaranteed followed link. The free tier requires a badge backlink on your site.
A monthly leaderboard with a maker-friendly tone. Free launches compete for the month; paid placement gets featured slots. Useful when you want a second wave of feedback rather than a huge spike.
A weekly launchpad inside a professional network for builders. The audience is technical and the launch is free; paid placements exist but are not required. A good fit for dev tools, APIs and design products.
No badges, no launch-day theatre. A plain Show HN post that explains what you built and why. If it lands, the traffic is enormous and the feedback is blunt. If it does not, it is gone in an hour.
Short cycles and a clean launch page. Free launches queue up; Premium skips the queue and guarantees a high-authority backlink. Top-three free launches also earn a badge and backlink.
A weekly leaderboard built specifically for developer tools. Domain rating is in the high 60s and the audience is technical. If your product is not for developers, this is not the room.
One of the oldest startup directories. The audience is explicitly looking for things they can try before everyone else. Better for a waitlist than a paid product launch.
A lightweight launch directory that publishes a daily selection. Free submissions are reviewed; paid options get a featured slot. Good as one more link in a launch-week push, not as the main event.
A long-running startup showcase with a free editorial review queue. The $99 upgrade only buys speed, not placement. Worth submitting for the permanent profile and the occasional newsletter pickup.
A wall of product pitches with upvotes and comments. The format rewards a clear one-liner and a real ask. Low effort, and a decent place to rehearse the pitch before a bigger launch.
A software directory built around alternatives and comparisons. Publishing a listing also puts you in front of people searching for a replacement for an incumbent. The comparison pages do the long-tail work.
The largest alternatives directory. A listing is free and can bring search traffic for years. The audience is not browsing for fun; they are trying to leave something else.
A directory for open-source projects with comparisons, mentions and trend pages. If your product has a public repository, this is a permanent, low-effort listing that developers actually use.
An open-source-first alternatives directory. The listing works best when your project is genuinely self-hostable and the comparison is honest. Good long-tail search surface.
The biggest task-based AI directory. Listings are indexed by the job someone wants done, so the copy matters more than the logo. Free submissions can take a while; paid gets reviewed sooner.
A large AI tools directory with categories and newsletter distribution. The free queue is competitive; paid placement shortens the wait and adds visibility. Only worth it if your product is unmistakably AI.
A high-volume AI directory with a large catalogue. Free listings are reviewed, paid options get featured placement and faster review. Another backlink and discovery surface for AI products.
A curated AI tool list run by Matt Wolfe. Submission is free but selection is editorial, so a clear use case and polished demo matter. A listing often comes with newsletter exposure.
An AI directory and newsletter that highlights new tools. Free submissions are reviewed; paid placement gets more prominent treatment. Useful for an AI product's first backlinks.
A simple startup directory with categories and search. Low effort and low traffic compared with the big platforms, but another durable link and another place for your launch to surface.
A curated startup resource directory. Listings are paid, so treat it as an SEO purchase rather than a launch. Worth considering once you know which keywords you are trying to own.
Not a launch platform, but a company profile is often the first thing a journalist or investor checks. Free to add and worth keeping current. Do not expect launch traffic from it.
A startup community used heavily by accelerators and grant programs. A profile is free and sometimes required for applications. Not a launch channel on its own.
The biggest B2B software review site. A listing is free, but the value comes from verified reviews. Worth claiming early so you can collect reviews from your first customers.
A Gartner-owned software directory with strong search visibility. Free listings are possible; paid placement drives the actual leads. The listing also appears across GetApp and Software Advice.
A SaaS comparison directory with category pages and alternatives. Free listings are possible, though visibility is limited without paid promotion. Another long-tail search surface.
A marketplace for lifetime deals. Acceptance is selective and the economics are not for everyone, but a campaign can bring a large batch of users and feedback quickly. Read the terms before applying.
A marketplace for side projects. If you are building in public, a listing can bring curious makers; if you are exiting a project, it is a place to find a buyer. Not a growth channel for a live SaaS.
A founder community, not a launch board. The products section and the forum reward a real story with numbers. Posting a launch link alone gets ignored; sharing what you learned does not.
One of the friendlier launch subreddits. Read the rules, post as a person rather than a brand, and answer every comment. A single good post can outperform a small directory.
A small subreddit focused on the business of indie products. Launch links are tolerated less than lessons. Share a number, a mistake or a teardown and the response is much better.
A huge subreddit for interesting websites. The bar is high and the audience is not forgiving of marketing. If your product is genuinely fun or surprising in five seconds, it can explode; otherwise skip it.
A small subreddit built for exactly one thing: finding people to test a product. Low traffic, high intent. Best used before launch to get usability feedback.
A large founder subreddit with strict self-promotion rules. A launch link usually gets removed; a detailed post about a decision or a metric can do well. Read the rules twice.
Not a launch button, a habit. The launch-day post works only if there is an audience already there. Build the list for weeks before the link matters; a thread with screenshots and a clear ask travels furthest.
Underrated for B2B launches. A plain post about the problem and what you built often outperforms a polished ad. Ask a question in the first line; LinkedIn rewards comments over clicks.
A developer blogging community with strong search visibility. A technical post that solves a problem and mentions the product at the end beats a launch announcement. Cross-post your own blog with a canonical link.
A developer blogging platform with a built-in community. Useful for launch-week writeups and evergreen technical posts. Like DEV, the post has to stand on its own before it mentions the product.
A publishing surface rather than a launch platform. A story about why you built the thing can travel further than the product page. Mirror it with a canonical link to your own blog so the SEO stays yours.
A large daily tech newsletter with multiple editions. Sponsorships are expensive and book out; the payoff is a concentrated burst of qualified traffic. Worth it only after the landing page converts.
A daily AI newsletter with a large, engaged readership. Sponsorship is a direct buy rather than a submission. Best for AI tools that already convert, since the traffic is expensive.
A weekly digest of the best Hacker News links. It picks up what already did well on HN, so the work is making the original post good. No direct submission button, but worth knowing about.
A publishing platform, not a directory. Starting a launch journal builds an audience you can email again next time. The first ten posts are the hard part; after that it compounds.
A smaller launch and startup discovery site. Effort is low and the listing persists. Treat it as part of a batch submission day rather than a standalone channel.
The platforms overlap on purpose. A good week is one big launch, a batch of permanent listings, and two or three communities where you actually answer people.
Launch on RebuplBefore the week
Claim the permanent profiles — directories, alternatives, company pages. They keep bringing search traffic after the spike is gone.
The main day
Pick one launch platform and give it everything: assets, first comment, a reason to click. Do not run three launch days at once.
The days after
Post the story, not the link. Show numbers, screenshots and what you learned in the communities that dislike ads.
The long tail
Submit to the AI, dev-tool or SaaS directories that match your category. Revisit the list quarterly; the platforms change.
A launch is not one post. It is a week of coordinated submissions: one primary launch, a batch of permanent directories, and a small number of communities where you can answer questions instead of dropping links. This directory is organised around that job.
Every platform is reviewed for pricing, audience, effort and link policy. We last checked the list in October 2026. Prices and submission rules change, so confirm them on the platform before paying.
