This is a list of directories where you can share your SaaS.
No fuss, just places that still welcome new stuff. Some are niche, some are general, all are worth a look. Handy if you’re tired of chasing Product Hunt votes and just want folks to see what you’ve built.
A few examples:
- Tekpon – A growing software marketplace with user reviews
- BetaList – Good for getting early feedback before a big launch
- Software Finder – A business software directory where buyers compare products, pricing and user reviews
Launching a SaaS can get weirdly political for something you built in your spare bedroom.
You finally get it working, put together a landing page, then find yourself asking someone you last spoke to in 2018 whether they'd mind giving it an upvote. Somewhere along the way, shipping software became running for head boy.
Product Hunt can be part of your launch, but you don't have to pin everything on it. There are other places to introduce your product, find early users and get discovered by people looking for the thing you've built.
The trick is choosing somewhere your potential customers might actually visit.
A launch platform or a software directory?
They're useful at different points.
Launch platforms introduce new products to people who enjoy discovering them. They're worth considering when you're looking for early feedback or your first users.
Software directories help people compare options, often because they already have a problem to solve. Your launch date matters less when someone just wants an invoicing tool that doesn't make them quietly resent being self-employed.
This list includes both. Pick the ones that suit your product and its stage, rather than treating every submission form as unfinished homework.
BetaList
BetaList focuses on upcoming and recently launched internet startups, with an audience of early adopters. That makes it a sensible place to consider when you need people to try something new and tell you where they've got stuck.
Submissions are reviewed, so give yours a clear explanation and a landing page that shows what the product does. BetaList also requires your own domain.
Getting listed: Use the startup submission form.
Cost: All submissions are now paid, with current prices shown during submission. BetaList says you'll receive a full refund if your startup isn't selected.
Go in with a specific next step for visitors, whether that's joining a waitlist or trying the product. Don't make interested people conduct an archaeological dig to find the signup button.
StartupBase
StartupBase lets you submit a product with a description, screenshots and maker details, and people can leave reviews and comments. It still has rankings and upvotes, so expect some familiar launch-platform behaviour.
I'd use it as another opportunity to explain what you've made and have a few useful conversations. Prepare screenshots that show the product doing something, then stick around to answer questions.
Getting listed: Start at the product submission page.
Cost: Its published launch guide lists a free option with a roughly four-to-six-week wait and a required website badge. The $39 Launch Now option offers faster scheduling and a guaranteed homepage feature.
If timing doesn't matter, the free route gives you somewhere to start without immediately reaching for your card.
AlternativeTo
People often know exactly what they're fed up with. They want something simpler, cheaper, more private or better suited to their work, and AlternativeTo is built around helping them explore those options.
For a founder, that's a useful way to think about your listing. Explain the actual difference. “Project management for freelance illustrators” tells someone considerably more than “the future of collaborative productivity”, which sounds like it was assembled during a meeting nobody wanted.
Getting listed: Create an account, verify your email and choose “Suggest new application” from the user menu. Submissions go through review. The submission instructions explain the process.
Choose relevant alternatives carefully. A passing resemblance to Notion doesn't mean your app belongs beside it.
Software Finder
Software Finder brings together software listings, pricing information, reviews and comparisons across categories including HR, accounting, CRM, healthcare and project management. It also offers free personalized advice to help buyers narrow down their choices.
I'd consider it particularly relevant for products with a clear business use case. Someone researching payroll software has a rather different mission from someone browsing shiny new apps over lunch.
Getting listed: Head to the vendor portal to create or claim your profile and add product details, screenshots and pricing.
Cost: A basic vendor profile is free. Paid services include advertising, premium placement and lead generation.
Make the listing useful enough to support a buying decision, with clear information about who it's for and what it costs.
Tekpon
Tekpon is a software marketplace with product listings, reviews and buying support. I'd put it on the shortlist for founders who can already show what their software does, who uses it and how much it costs.
It's also a paid option, so give it more thought than you would a quick directory submission between cups of tea.
Getting listed: Use Tekpon's Get Listed page and select the category that fits your software.
Cost: Tekpon currently advertises a $249 one-time listing fee. Its pricing page says free listings are no longer available.
Before paying, browse your category and look at the competing products. Decide how you'll measure whether the listing earns its keep, ideally through relevant enquiries, trials or customers.
Give people a reason to click
You don't need to spend the next fortnight submitting your SaaS to every directory with a functioning form.
Start with two or three that fit. Have a clear description, a few useful screenshots and a landing page that follows through on whatever your listing promises.
Be specific about the problem you solve. If your product helps small agencies chase unpaid invoices, say that. There's someone out there on their fourth “just following up” email who would love to hear about it.
Then pay attention to what happens after the click. Which listings bring people who sign up, try a feature, ask a useful question or become customers? Those are the places worth spending more time on.
You can always do a bigger launch later. For now, getting your product in front of a few people who actually need it is a perfectly respectable Tuesday.
Submission options and prices checked in September 2026. Check each platform's current terms before submitting.
