How to submit to Altern
Free to submit after signing in with GitHub or Google; a person reviews each tool and only adds the ones they rate. The measured listing links out without nofollow.
Checked 1 October 2026. Free to submit ('No credit card required'); every listing is reviewed by a human and only tools they rate are added. Paid featured spots are mentioned, no price seen. Links on Altern’s public board are followed. Whether a free listing’s link is followed has not been measured yet. Queue: usually within a few days, stated.
- Free tier
- Free to submit ('No credit card required'); every listing is reviewed by a human and only tools they rate are added. Paid featured spots are mentioned, no price seen.
- Link to your site
- Followed on its public board — not yet measured on a free listing
- Link back required from your site
- Not that we saw
- Account
- Needed
- Human check / captcha
- Not checked
- Queue
- usually within a few days, stated
- Submitted by hand only
- No
- Last checked
- 1 Oct 2026 — we read the submit and pricing pages
Open Altern’s submit page · Directories change their terms without notice; check the date above.
Questions about Altern
- Is Altern free?
- Free to submit ('No credit card required'); every listing is reviewed by a human and only tools they rate are added. Paid featured spots are mentioned, no price seen.
- Is a Altern link dofollow?
- Links on Altern’s public board are followed. Whether a free listing’s link is followed has not been measured yet.
- How long does Altern take?
- usually within a few days, stated
- Do you need an account to submit to Altern?
- Yes.
- Does Altern ask for a link back from your site?
- Not that we saw.
Other directories we checked
- Add AI DirectoryFollowed on its public board — not yet measured on a free listing
- AgentHunterMarked nofollow
- AI Agents DirectoryNot measured yet
What “free” meant for 20 of them · Submitting to many? The Launch Kit has a playbook for each, for your own coding agent.