A maintained list of 1,432 directories, launch platforms, registries and marketplaces that accept product submissions. 1,134 of them are free or have a free tier, and 192 are quick wins — free, low effort, and worth doing first. Every row shows cost, effort and priority, and links straight to the submission page.
Publish your real privacy, redaction, or local-AI demo Space and add your canonical URL in its README/metadata.
Host your genuine privacy/tool workshop or webinar; add your tool in the organizer website field and useful event description.
Publish an original interactive notebook showing transparent your tool benchmark, privacy, performance, or tool-usage data and cite your relevant pages.
Create clean founder/product profile linking your tool.
Publish genuine authored your tool research and add matching project or supporting-material URLs in the paper metadata.
Create visual link hub for your tool categories.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Create support profile with your tool link.
Offer free your tool cheatsheet/template linking site.
Build one your tool profile with a short description and curated links to the most useful tool pages.
Create public resource hub: best free tools by use case.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Behind the list
Every row here starts as a line in a sheet, gets normalised into one of 15 groups, scored for cost, effort and impact, and written up with the steps to actually submit. The floor below represents that pipeline.
Open the sheet viewAn illustration of the AltF Backlinks floor: opportunities sourced at the back, vetted for cost and effort by the engineering pod, written up for outreach by the design pod, then tracked to placement along a line.
One-shot launches where timing and preparation decide the outcome.
Fast-growing listings specifically for AI-powered tools.
Extension, plugin and integration stores. Real review processes, real distribution.
Startup listings, beta lists and founder media.
General tool and software catalogues with real search traffic.
B2B review sites. Slow to approve, strong once live.
Package, image and docs hosting that carries real authority.
Showcases judged on craft. A good screenshot matters more than copy.
Write once, link back. Editorial standards vary widely.
Get quoted or distribute a release. Slower, higher ceiling.
Company and local listings. Unglamorous, consistently indexed.
Owned pages you control: company, founder, knowledge-panel entities.
Answer real questions. Never drop a bare link.
Brand surface and referral traffic more than link equity.
Everything that does not fit the buckets above.