SaaS and mobile app directories, in short
SaaS directories expect a product someone can pay for today: live pricing, a working trial, and a page that explains what the thing does. A waitlist will usually be rejected, or worse, accepted and then ignored.
What counts as a SaaS directory
A SaaS directory indexes subscription software by category, and usually by price, integrations and target company size as well. The audience is people comparing three or four options with a budget already approved, which makes these pages worth more per visitor than almost anything else on this list. B2B directories in particular are read by buyers, not browsers.
What separates a real SaaS directory from a list is whether it maintains the entries. Pricing changes, products get acquired, features move between tiers. A directory that has not touched its entries in two years will happily take your submission and then bury it under a hundred dead listings.
By the numbers
These 13 directories have a median rating of DR 71. The strongest is Product Hunt at DR 91, the weakest at DR 32. 8 of them accept a submission for nothing, and 1 charge for every listing. 6 pass a dofollow link.
That is 13 points above the median for the full list of 175 directories, which sits at DR 58. By band that is 3 rated 80 or above, 4 rated 60 to 79, 4 rated 40 to 59 and 2 rated below 40. 5 of them have no traffic estimate at all, which usually means too little to measure rather than none.
What a listing actually gets you
App directories will not move your store ranking, which is driven by installs, retention and reviews. What they do is create indexable web pages about an app that is otherwise invisible to search engines, which is the single biggest discovery problem mobile products have.
They also reach the people who research on a laptop and install later, a larger group than most app teams expect, and one that store optimisation cannot touch at all.
Submitting without wasting the evening
Submit the store link, not a landing page, and check which stores the directory covers before you start: several accept iOS only. Screenshots from the store listing usually transfer over, so get those right in the store first and the directory work becomes copy and paste. Include the size, the minimum OS version and whether there is a free tier, because those are the three filters app directories most often expose.
Common mistakes
Submitting before anyone can sign up is the big one, and it is the reason most SaaS rejections happen. After that: hiding pricing, which gets you filtered out of every comparison page the directory builds; using a description written for investors rather than users; and ignoring the category field, which is what determines whether your listing ever appears on a page anyone reads.
Where to start
By audience size, the biggest here are Product Hunt, AlternativeTo and TrustMRR, led by 4.84M visits a month. The highest-rated one you can use without paying is Product Hunt at DR 91. 6 approve quickly, AlternativeTo, SaaSHub and Dofollow Tools among them.
Questions people ask
How many are there, and what do they cost?
13 directories match on this page. 8 take a submission for nothing, 4 run a free tier with paid upgrades, and 1 charge for every listing.
Which should I submit to first?
By rating, Product Hunt (DR 91), AlternativeTo (DR 81) and SaaSHub (DR 80). 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.
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.
What is an app directory?
A curated index of mobile applications, usually linking to the App Store or Play Store and organised by platform and category. Most carry store screenshots and a short description rather than a full review.
Why are there so few app directories here?
Because most of the larger directories assume a web product with a visitable URL. Anything that only exists behind a store link is out of scope for them, which leaves a much shorter list than the main table suggests.
Do app directories help with App Store ranking?
Not directly. Store ranking responds to installs and retention. What a directory gives you is a web page about your app that search engines can index, which is where most of an app's discoverable surface area otherwise does not exist.
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.