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.
Create account, wait cooldown if new, submit your tool as platform alternative.
Submit platform, add competitor alternatives, verify domain email.
Register your tool as an Indian startup, complete its offering profile, and use Product Expo or Startup Connect when relevant.
Use the official Register flow and build your verified company profile if Tamil Nadu startup rules are met.
Submit the company website and concise product, market, founder, funding, and traction details for analyst review.
Create a complete founder and startup profile for your tool and participate in relevant founder discussions or connection requests.
Add product and post build-in-public story with honest numbers.
Build a complete founder profile, add your tool as a shipped startup, and keep milestones, revenue visibility, and product details truthful.
Create the founder Keybase profile and cryptographically prove control of your tool so the public identity record links the verified domain.
Sign in and submit your accurate product profile for review.
Join a relevant chapter, complete the founder profile, attend suitable events, and share your tool only in genuine networking context.
Create an authentic founder profile, add your tool as a startup page and include verified website/social links.
Add your tool’s real company, founder, and team structure with website and role details to create a trustworthy organization profile.
Register your concrete ongoing initiative with measurable milestones, dates, resources, SDG targets, partners and website evidence.
Create the founder or studio portfolio and publish your tool as a detailed product case study with the live project link.
Create/claim company profile linking your tool/Anslation.
List your tool as productivity/developer/startup resource.
If the founder contributes to research or innovation, create an ORCID record and add your tool under public website and relevant work links.
Create a founder profile, add your tool as a startup and share authentic milestones or metrics.
Create your accurate startup profile and complete its product, team, traction and website details.
Create startup profile if hiring/startup positioning.
Claim or update your tool’s legal business record, website, address, phone, industry, and ownership details.
Create your company profile with product, team, traction, and website information.
Create/claim startup profile for global startup map.
Create a public professional portfolio and add your tool as a real project with official links.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Submit only if EU-facing/company fit.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Submit a concise company profile only if your tool is a genuine UK startup or has a verifiable UK operating entity.
Consider only after your tool becomes a substantive cloud or AI security vendor and can participate in CSA programs.
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.