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 a complete founder and startup profile for your tool and participate in relevant founder discussions or connection requests.
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.
Apply only if the legal entity behind your tool meets DPIIT eligibility, innovation, age, and turnover conditions.
Submit accurate company, founder and product details so your tool can be evaluated for Harmonic's startup database.
Submit your tool with a domain-matching email and accurate startup-use case.
Create a substantive privacy, security, or accessibility lesson using your tool exercises and propose it through the Incubator.
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.