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.
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alternativeto.net
cbinsights.com
contentauthenticity.org
cloudsecurityalliance.org
cyclonedx.org
Submit your tool (or its blog/feed where required) under productivity, privacy or developer tools.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Upload your original useful guide, complete its metadata and include relevant citations or resource links.
Create your truthful /founder profile or content page and add the website link where allowed.
Submit beta feature/tool for tester community.
Create your free Bio Site and organize homepage, tool-category and social links for real visitors.
Share useful small-business/tool article.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Make mini landing page for your tool categories linking home/tools.
Add or claim your tool only if it has a genuine US business presence, then verify the website and business details.
Pitch your tool for software review/listing.
Look for submit/add listing and submit AI modules.
Pitch/list company/tool if category fits.
Pitch if EU/startup angle exists.
Create page and share in relevant groups if allowed.
Submit your tool as web app/tool collection.
Use the 'Submit your British startup' application only if your tool was genuinely founded in the UK.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Submit your tool (or its blog/feed where required) under productivity, privacy or developer tools.
Submit your tool (or its blog/feed where required) under productivity, privacy or developer tools.
Run your genuine privacy/security publication and add contextual links in original posts and About pages.
Share growth/SEO/tool story with useful details.
Submit your tool (or its blog/feed where required) under productivity, privacy or developer tools.
Pitch if there is funding/traction/product news.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Submit your tool with homepage URL, privacy-first positioning, logo, screenshots and accurate pricing.
Pitch only major developer/security story.
Submit your qualifying open research-software component and short software paper after it has mature public development history.
Create support page linking your tool.
Submit AI/tool listing or use as AI directory source.
Use the free launch route and earn visibility through a genuine product submission.
Submit your tool through the free queue with accurate product details and assets.
Submit product or use 140+ directory boost if quality is acceptable.
Submit your tool (or its blog/feed where required) under productivity, privacy or developer tools.
Post build updates with profile/site link.
Publish Edge version of extension.
Submit your tool AI utilities and choose free review or paid placement.
Create a free page only for your genuine local office or service area and add accurate story, categories, website, and contact data.
Register an actual neuroimaging privacy, quality-control, or data-processing tool through NITRC's resource workflow.
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.