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.
Free, low effort, high priority. No account debris, no paid tier.
act-rules.github.io
alternativeto.net
cbinsights.com
contentauthenticity.org
cloudsecurityalliance.org
cyclonedx.org
Claim a builder profile and add your tool as a shipped project using its live public URL.
Use pretalx for your genuine community conference or submit relevant talks to events that use the platform.
Contribute a generalized privacy-by-design pattern derived from your tool experience, with problem, context, forces, and solution.
Submit a reusable open-source React component extracted from your tool with repository, demo, setup docs and screenshots.
Document your real implementation of a named RDA recommendation with challenge, measurable outcome, lessons, and supporting resources.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Build a legitimate Ring-device privacy/security integration, register, test, certify and publish it.
Create a defensive Studio plugin for script-secret scanning, permission review, or asset-safety checks.
Curate a public online-privacy topic page and add expert notes to a diverse mix of industry sources and your tool guides.
Create an account and submit your tool with a precise category, readable summary, official URL and evidence of a working product.
Create a developer portfolio and publish your original build story or project showcase.
Upload a useful original presentation on privacy, accessibility, or tool workflows with your natural reference.
Submit your tool if B2B/productivity categories fit.
Subscribe/respond to journalist requests.
Create your free business profile with product summary, logo, website, team, and genuine company updates.
Submit missing AI tool for database review.
Submit your 100-plus-word startup story for editorial consideration.
Submit your tool real use cases, pricing, product details and official links for verification.
Create your vendor account targeting Indian software buyers.
Submit your tool as productivity/software platform.
Pitch original your tool security research, a defensible dataset or timely threat analysis.
If a reciprocal badge fits the site policy, place it transparently on an appropriate page and email your official URL for independent review.
Submit your focused developer utility with repository, documentation and supported platforms.
Claim business profile for your tool.
Create vendor profile and collect authentic reviews.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Publish an original, useful privacy or digital-safety guide and mention your resource only when it directly supports the guidance.
Submit product once for launch/directory exposure.
Pitch your tool founder/product story.
Create a public privacy-tool research library with credible standards, papers, and references, including only genuinely relevant your tool documentation.
Use the Submit Tool flow with your tool URL, pricing, categories, original description and icon.
Submit a specific live AI-powered your tool route with a clear short and long description and its canonical URL.
Submit project for launch/blog/backlink if accepted.
Build an Automation 360 bot or package for your document, privacy, or evidence workflow and submit dependencies plus a working demonstration.
Submit online tool/resource.
Submit Indian founder/project spotlight.
Submit your tool as SaaS/AI/productivity platform.
Build a real Heroku add-on or qualifying open-source buildpack and progress it through the partner release stages.
Package your deployable self-hosted architecture for IBM Cloud, complete Partner Center onboarding, and request public catalog approval.
Package a supported OCI-hosted or deployable your tool edition, or a genuine Oracle integration, and create a documented publisher listing.
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.