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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.
The table is wider than the screen — swipe it sideways for cost, effort and the preparation notes.
| # | Impact (sorted) | Site — sort by this | Domain | Type | Cost | Effort — sort by this | Priority | Status | What to prepare | Rules / caveat | Checked | Actions |
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| 1 | 97 | Atlassian Marketplace | atlassian.com | Marketplaces and app stores | Free + paid tier | Quick | Do first | Live, conditional | Build a Forge-based your tool integration for Jira or Confluence, create a Marketplace Partner profile, and submit a compliant public listing. | New submissions must use supported cloud/Forge paths and meet security, privacy, legal, support, and active-maintenance requirements. | https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/marketplace/introduction-to-marketplace/ | Open Atlassian Marketplace submit page (new tab)Atlassian Marketplace details |
| 2 | 97 | RapidAPI | rapidapi.com | Marketplaces and app stores | Free + paid tier | Quick | Do first | Live, conditional | Publish a real, documented your tool API, complete its Hub listing with accurate website and terms URLs, and optionally offer a free usage tier. | Conditional on a stable production API with correct auth, documentation, monitoring, support, privacy, and functional endpoint tests. | https://docs.rapidapi.com/docs/what-is-rapidapi | Open RapidAPI submit page (new tab)RapidAPI details |
| 3 | 95 | FeaturedCustomers | featuredcustomers.com | Profiles and entities | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Do first | Live, conditional | Add the company, verify ownership, and supply genuine customer references, case studies, and brand assets. | Designed for B2B software and services; customer references must be genuine and the vendor must pass verification. | 2026-08-03 | Open FeaturedCustomers submit page (new tab)FeaturedCustomers details |
| 4 | 95 | Podbean | podbean.com | Other opportunities | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Do first | Live, conditional | Publish a real your tool episode and add contextual links to resources actually discussed in its show notes. | No keyword stuffing or shell podcast; some custom show and episode website fields require Unlimited Audio or higher. | 2026-08-04 | Open Podbean submit page (new tab)Podbean details |
| 5 | 95 | Shopify App Store | shopify.com | Marketplaces and app stores | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Do first | Live, conditional | Build a real Shopify-facing your tool utility, complete its public listing, test it on a development store, and submit it for App Store review. | Must integrate with Shopify, have a functional merchant UI, comply with data/privacy rules, and pass technical and listing review. | https://shopify.dev/docs/apps/launch/app-store-review | Open Shopify App Store submit page (new tab)Shopify App Store details |
| 6 | 83 | MCP.so | mcp.so | Other opportunities | Free + paid tier | Quick | High | Live, conditional | Submit a real public your tool MCP server repository with correct name, install steps and configuration details. | Free listing uses random placement and a nofollow link; only submit a working maintained MCP server. | 2026-08-04 | Open MCP.so submit page (new tab)MCP.so details |
| 7 | 81 | Apple Podcasts for Creators | podcasters.apple.com | Other opportunities | Free + paid tier | Moderate | High | Live, conditional | Submit a genuine your tool podcast RSS feed in Podcasts Connect and include the official show website in valid metadata. | Requires at least one episode, compliant RSS, artwork, content rights, technical validation, and Apple review. | 2026-08-05 | Open Apple Podcasts for Creators submit page (new tab)Apple Podcasts for Creators details |
| 8 | 81 | JetBrains Marketplace | plugins.jetbrains.com | Marketplaces and app stores | Free + paid tier | Moderate | High | Live, conditional | Build and upload a useful your tool IntelliJ-platform plugin with vendor, license, source, support and compatibility links. | Every plugin is reviewed and must pass compatibility, security and privacy checks; no promotional shell. | 2026-08-04 | Open JetBrains Marketplace submit page (new tab)JetBrains Marketplace details |
| 9 | 81 | Luma | luma.com | Other opportunities | Free + paid tier | Moderate | High | Live, conditional | Publish a real your tool webinar, demo or workshop with a contextual canonical link in its event details. | Event details and host identity must be genuine; do not create empty or duplicate promotional events. | 2026-08-05 | Open Luma submit page (new tab)Luma details |
| 10 | 81 | Pabbly Connect Developer | pabbly.com | Marketplaces and app stores | Free + paid tier | Moderate | High | Live, conditional | Build a working your tool connector with useful triggers or actions and submit it for the Pabbly Connect integration catalog. | Requires REST API knowledge, a functioning integration and Pabbly best-practice review; do not create an empty listing. | 2026-08-05 | Open Pabbly Connect Developer submit page (new tab)Pabbly Connect Developer details |
| 11 | 78 | Guestio | guestio.com | Marketplaces and app stores | Free + paid tier | Involved | High | Live, conditional | Claim a free account, complete a credible founder guest profile, and pursue relevant podcast, newsletter, or blog interviews. | Earn mentions through real interviews; do not pay hosts for undisclosed editorial coverage or send bulk pitches. | 2026-08-05 | Open Guestio submit page (new tab)Guestio details |
| 12 | 78 | Podnews | podnews.net | PR and source platforms | Free + paid tier | Involved | High | Live, conditional | Email a genuinely newsworthy your tool podcast or audio-tool launch story with concise facts, human artwork, and release timing. | No paid guest posts or link insertions; coverage is selective and only relevant to podcasting or on-demand audio. | 2026-08-05 | Open Podnews submit page (new tab)Podnews details |
| 13 | 65 | Academia.edu | academia.edu | Profiles and entities | Free + paid tier | Quick | Medium | Live, conditional | Publish genuine authored your tool research and add matching project or supporting-material URLs in the paper metadata. | Use authentic authored literature or research; external links must support the paper, not act as unrelated promotion. | 2026-08-04 | Open Academia.edu submit page (new tab)Academia.edu details |
| 14 | 65 | Freelancer.com | freelancer.com | Design galleries | Free + paid tier | Quick | Medium | Live, conditional | Use an authentic maker profile to publish an your tool portfolio piece containing original images, article, code, video, or audio samples. | Use only when the person genuinely offers services; publish owned work and avoid profile keyword stuffing. | Official Freelancer.com portfolio and profile guidance checked 2026-08-07 | Open Freelancer.com submit page (new tab)Freelancer.com details |
| 15 | 65 | Packagecloud | packagecloud.io | Software directories | Free + paid tier | Quick | Medium | Live, conditional | Create a public your tool repository and distribute real signed DEB, RPM, npm, Maven, Helm or other supported packages with accurate metadata. | Repository must serve genuine packages; check current account limits before uploading and never create an empty profile solely for a link. | 2026-08-05 official packagecloud documentation and API | Open Packagecloud submit page (new tab)Packagecloud details |
| 16 | 65 | selfh.st/apps | selfh.st | Software directories | Free + paid tier | Quick | Medium | Live, conditional | Contact the curator with a maintained self-hostable your tool edition, repository, documentation and project website. | Requires a genuine self-hosted or companion application; paid placement should be clearly treated as sponsorship. | 2026-08-05 | Open selfh.st/apps submit page (new tab)selfh.st/apps details |
| 17 | 65 | SourceHut | sourcehut.org | Developer registries | Free + paid tier | Quick | Medium | Live, conditional | Host a useful open-source your tool SDK, CLI or example project with documentation and a canonical homepage link. | A real maintained open-source artifact is required; no empty promotional repository. | 2026-08-05 | Open SourceHut submit page (new tab)SourceHut details |
| 18 | 65 | Voice Tools Directory | voice-tools.com | Software directories | Free + paid tier | Quick | Medium | Live, conditional | Submit a maintained your tool voice/audio utility with licensing and a clear creator or voice-AI use case. | Voice relevance and active maintenance are mandatory; generic AI/toolbox submissions are excluded. | 2026-08-03 | Open Voice Tools Directory submit page (new tab)Voice Tools Directory details |
| 19 | 63 | AI Toolboard | aitoolboard.com | AI tool directories | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Medium | Live, conditional | Use the free reviewed tier for a real AI-powered tool, with a complete and accurate product profile. | Free listings require approval and may be reviewed after 12 months; paid tiers are sponsored visibility and must not be represented as independent endorsement. | 2026-08-03 | Open AI Toolboard submit page (new tab)AI Toolboard details |
| 20 | 63 | Buzzsprout | buzzsprout.com | Other opportunities | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Medium | Live, conditional | Launch a real your tool educational podcast, complete its public site, and cite relevant tools and sources in useful show notes. | Choose one primary host; publish original episodes and do not duplicate feeds solely to manufacture links. | 2026-08-05 | Open Buzzsprout submit page (new tab)Buzzsprout details |
| 21 | 63 | Cargo | cargo.site | Other opportunities | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Medium | Live, conditional | Create an authentic your tool or founder design portfolio with substantive case studies and contextual links to shipped tools. | Use only real design/product work; public pages may be indexed, but do not create a thin backlink microsite. | 2026-08-04 | Open Cargo submit page (new tab)Cargo details |
| 22 | 63 | DevTool Center | devtool.center | Software directories | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Medium | Live, conditional | Submit a maintained your tool developer tool with concise description, pricing and relevant tags. | General consumer utilities are out of scope; documentation and active maintenance are required. | 2026-08-03 | Open DevTool Center submit page (new tab)DevTool Center details |
| 23 | 63 | Heyzine | heyzine.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Medium | Live, conditional | Convert an original your tool guide into a public flipbook and add contextual links or web embeds for cited tools and resources. | Public visibility must be enabled; avoid duplicate or sales-only PDFs and respect source copyrights. | 2026-08-05 | Open Heyzine submit page (new tab)Heyzine details |
| 24 | 63 | Jenkins Plugin Site | jenkins.io | Marketplaces and app stores | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Medium | Live, conditional | Build a secure Jenkins plugin that performs a real your tool CI, privacy, or accessibility workflow; host it through Jenkins project infrastructure and publish maintained releases and documentation. | Follow Jenkins security guidance, style, testing, hosting, repository-permission, artifact, documentation, release, compatibility, and governance requirements. All current update-center plugins appear on the public plugin site; do not create a link-only or unmaintained plugin. | 2026-08-03 | Open Jenkins Plugin Site submit page (new tab)Jenkins Plugin Site details |
| 25 | 63 | JetBrains Marketplace | jetbrains.com | Marketplaces and app stores | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Medium | Live, conditional | Package your tool developer/security utilities as a compatible JetBrains plugin and upload it. | Requires vendor agreement/profile, compatible signed plugin, metadata, and manual approval. | https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/marketplace/uploading-a-new-plugin.html | Open JetBrains Marketplace submit page (new tab)JetBrains Marketplace details |
| 26 | 63 | Meetup | meetup.com | Communities and forums | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Medium | Live, conditional | Run a genuine privacy, online-tools or accessibility community and reference your tool only where it supports the group or event. | Requires an active group and real events; Starter limits attendance and frequency, and organizer plans auto-renew. | 2026-08-05 | Open Meetup submit page (new tab)Meetup details |
| 27 | 63 | Polar | polar.sh | Profiles and entities | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Medium | Live, conditional | Create an your tool organization, set its official website, and publish a real free or paid digital product or subscription. | Use only when AltFTool has a legitimate digital product; business details, compliance and payout verification may be required. | 2026-08-05 | Open Polar submit page (new tab)Polar details |
| 28 | 63 | pretalx | pretalx.com | Other opportunities | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Medium | Live, conditional | Use pretalx for a genuine your tool community conference or submit relevant talks to events that use the platform. | Public pages require a real conference and accepted content; trial-only pages are not a backlink strategy. | 2026-08-05 | Open pretalx submit page (new tab)pretalx details |
| 29 | 63 | Ring App Store | developer.amazon.com | Marketplaces and app stores | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Medium | Live, conditional | Build a legitimate Ring-device privacy/security integration, register, test, certify and publish it. | Requires identity verification, a real Ring API integration, device/sandbox testing, security and privacy certification. | https://developer.amazon.com/docs/ring/get-started.html | Open Ring App Store submit page (new tab)Ring App Store details |
| 30 | 63 | SlideServe | slideserve.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Medium | Live, conditional | Upload a useful original presentation on privacy, accessibility, or tool workflows with a natural your tool reference. | Only publish content you own; use a complete educational deck, accurate metadata, and no keyword stuffing. | 2026-08-05 | Open SlideServe submit page (new tab)SlideServe details |
| 31 | 63 | ToolShelf | toolshelf.dev | Software directories | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Medium | Live, conditional | Submit a focused your tool developer utility with repository, documentation and supported platforms. | Best for maintained developer tools; quality review and GitHub activity signals apply. | 2026-08-03 | Open ToolShelf submit page (new tab)ToolShelf details |
| 32 | 60 | PodMatch | podmatch.com | Marketplaces and app stores | Free + paid tier | Involved | Medium | Live, conditional | Create a founder/privacy-tool expert profile, add your tool website and pitch only genuinely relevant podcast interviews. | Profiles and interviews must be authentic; avoid mass pitching, unrelated outreach or a link-only persona. | 2026-08-05 | Open PodMatch submit page (new tab)PodMatch details |
| 33 | 60 | RadioGuestList.com | radioguestlist.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Involved | Medium | Live, conditional | Join the free guest-request emails and pitch only relevant shows with a useful privacy, security, accessibility, or tooling angle. | A subscription itself is not a backlink; a link may result only from a genuine accepted interview and show notes. | 2026-08-05 | Open RadioGuestList.com submit page (new tab)RadioGuestList.com details |
| 34 | 60 | Yumpu | yumpu.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Involved | Medium | Live, conditional | Publish an original your tool guide or annual privacy report and add useful contextual website links through the Hotspot Editor. | Use substantial original content, not a thin promotional PDF; keep links editorially relevant. | 2026-08-05 | Open Yumpu submit page (new tab)Yumpu details |
| 35 | 45 | Nexus Spring of Code | nsoc.in | Other opportunities | Free + paid tier | Quick | Later | Live, conditional | Register as a maintainer and submit a real your tool open-source project with contributor-ready issues. | Time-bound program; requires active mentoring, issue curation and production-quality tasks. | 2026-08-03 | Open Nexus Spring of Code submit page (new tab)Nexus Spring of Code details |
| 36 | 45 | Publuu | publuu.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Quick | Later | Live, conditional | Convert an original your tool guide into a public flipbook and add useful external-resource hotspots where relevant. | A permanent listing may require payment; publish owned, substantial content and avoid duplicate thin PDFs. | 2026-08-04 | Open Publuu submit page (new tab)Publuu details |
| 37 | 45 | Rawkode Academy | rawkode.academy | Design galleries | Free + paid tier | Quick | Later | Live, conditional | Pitch a maintained open-source your tool component for a technical live demo and Q&A. | Requires a real open-source project and maintainer availability; not a directory link drop. | 2026-08-03 | Open Rawkode Academy submit page (new tab)Rawkode Academy details |
| 38 | 43 | Ghost | ghost.org | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Later | Live, conditional | Run a genuine your tool privacy/security publication and add contextual links in original posts and About pages. | Requires sustained original publishing; self-hosted pages are on your own domain, not a third-party backlink. | 2026-08-03 | Open Ghost submit page (new tab)Ghost details |
| 39 | 43 | Software for Progress Foundation | softwareforprogress.org | Software directories | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Later | Live, conditional | Submit an open-source your tool accessibility, education or digital-security component for foundation review. | Mission alignment, public code, team details and an impact roadmap are required. | 2026-08-03 | Open Software for Progress Foundation submit page (new tab)Software for Progress Foundation details |
| 40 | 43 | SoundCloud | soundcloud.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Later | Live, conditional | Create a genuine audio profile, add the website link and publish useful demo or education tracks. | Account must contain owned audio; external destinations and descriptions are moderated. | 2026-08-03 | Open SoundCloud submit page (new tab)SoundCloud details |
| 41 | 43 | Spotify for Creators | spotify.com | Publishing platforms | Free + paid tier | Moderate | Later | Live, conditional | Publish an original tool/privacy show and place contextual your tool links in HTTPS show notes. | Requires real original episodes; copied, low-content or impersonating shows are prohibited. | 2026-08-03 | Open Spotify for Creators submit page (new tab)Spotify for Creators details |
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.