Free SaaS directories, in short
Free almost never means free of conditions. Expect to be asked for a badge in your footer, a link back from your site, or a longer wait than the paying submissions. Read the submission page before you start typing.
Free directory submission sites, defined
A free directory submission site accepts your listing without payment. That is the whole definition, and it hides a lot: free almost always carries a condition. The three most common are a badge or return link on your own site, a review queue that paid submissions skip, and a nofollow link where paying would make it dofollow.
None of those conditions are unreasonable. Directories cost money to run and moderate, and asking for a link back is a fair trade for a page that sends you visitors. The mistake is discovering the condition after you have written the listing rather than before.
By the numbers
These 15 directories have a median rating of DR 73. The strongest is Product Hunt at DR 91, the weakest at DR 20. 6 pass a dofollow link.
That is 15 points above the median for the full list of 175 directories, which sits at DR 58. By band that is 6 rated 80 or above, 5 rated 60 to 79, 3 rated 40 to 59 and 1 rated below 40. 1 of them have no traffic estimate at all, which usually means too little to measure rather than none.
What a listing actually gets you
A listing on a maintained SaaS directory gives you a comparison page you do not control but do benefit from, and those pages rank for exactly the queries a buyer types near the end of their decision. It also gives you a citation that review sites, analyst pages and language models pick up when they assemble software shortlists.
The secondary value is diagnostic. Directories that let visitors compare you against competitors will show you, often for the first time, how your pricing actually reads next to theirs. Several founders change their pricing page after seeing it in that context.
Submitting without wasting the evening
Have the boring things ready before you submit: a pricing page with real numbers, a trial or demo that works without a sales call, and a one-line description that survives being read out of context. Most SaaS directories copy your meta description straight into the listing, so fix that first and half the work is already done. Prepare a square logo on a transparent background and one screenshot of the product doing its job, not a dashboard full of placeholder data.
Common mistakes
Agreeing to a badge requirement and then never adding the badge, which gets the listing quietly removed a month later. Submitting to every free directory in one sitting because they are free, which is the exact pattern that makes a link profile look manufactured. And skipping the categories field, which is what decides whether anyone ever sees the entry.
Where to start
By audience size, the biggest here are Product Hunt, AlternativeTo and F6S, led by 4.84M visits a month. 4 approve quickly, Indie Hackers, AlternativeTo and SaaSHub among them.
Questions people ask
How many are there, and what do they cost?
15 directories match on this page. 15 take a submission for nothing, 0 run a free tier with paid upgrades, and 0 charge for every listing.
Which should I submit to first?
By rating, Product Hunt (DR 91), F6S (DR 83) and Fazier (DR 83). By audience, Product Hunt is the largest at 4.84M visits a month. Relevance beats both: a directory that actually covers what you built will do more than a stronger one that does not.
Where can I submit my website for free?
The table above lists every free option we track, sorted so you can start with the strongest. The free tier on the larger launch platforms is usually worth more than any number of small free-only directories.
Are online directories free?
Many are, and many more run a free tier alongside paid upgrades. What you usually give up on the free path is speed and placement, not the listing itself.
Is a free listing worth less than a paid one?
Not inherently. Several of the highest-rated sites here take free submissions. Paying typically buys position and a faster queue rather than a fundamentally better link.
What is a SaaS directory?
An index of subscription software, organised so a buyer can compare several options against each other. Most include pricing, categories and integrations; the better ones add verified reviews and keep the entries current.
Are SaaS directories worth it for B2B?
Usually more than for consumer tools. B2B buyers research through comparison pages, and a directory listing puts you in that comparison at the point where the decision is being made rather than at the top of the funnel.
Do I need reviews before submitting?
No, but a listing with no reviews on a directory that shows them will sit below ones that have them. If the directory supports reviews, line up three or four customers to leave one in the week after your listing goes live.
Every figure quoted above is read off the table on this page, so it moves as the list does. Domain rating and traffic are third-party estimates captured in September 2026: useful for ordering a shortlist, not precise figures.