How to submit to AlternativeTo
Free, but you need an account with a verified email, and the form sits in the user menu. The free queue holds several thousand apps and can take a very long time; a paid priority review is offered. Tracking tags are not allowed on the website link.
The steps, the form and the traps on one page.
Checked 21 October 2026. Free. Listed as an alternative to an existing product.
An AlternativeTo listing’s link to your site is marked nofollow. Queue: several thousand apps in the free queue, many not reviewed for a long time; a paid priority review takes 1-2 business days.
- Free tier
- Free. Listed as an alternative to an existing product.
- Link to your site
- Marked nofollow
- Link back required from your site
- Not that we saw
- Account
- Needed
- Human check / captcha
- Not checked
- Queue
- several thousand apps in the free queue, many not reviewed for a long time; a paid priority review takes 1-2 business days
- Submitted by hand only
- No
- Last checked
- 21 Oct 2026 — we read the submit and pricing pages
Is AlternativeTo in your launch plan?
It lists any product for free. Add it, or make a plan with the directories that come before it.
Or let your agent submit it. AlternativeTo’s playbook is in the Launch Kit: you sign in once, then your agent fills the form. Your coding agent (for example Claude Code) works in your own browser. One-time, 14-day refund.
Questions about AlternativeTo
- Is AlternativeTo free?
- Free. Listed as an alternative to an existing product.
- Is an AlternativeTo link dofollow?
- An AlternativeTo listing’s link to your site is marked nofollow.
- How long does AlternativeTo take?
- AlternativeTo’s queue: several thousand apps in the free queue, many not reviewed for a long time; a paid priority review takes 1-2 business days.
- Do you need an account to submit to AlternativeTo?
- Yes, you need an account before you can submit to AlternativeTo.
- Does AlternativeTo ask for a link back from your site?
- Not that we saw: nothing on AlternativeTo’s submit path asked for one.
Other directories we checked
- 10015 ToolsNot measured yet
- 10 WordsNo link to your site
- 600.toolsFollowed on its public board — not yet measured on a free listing
Submitting to many? The Launch Kit has a playbook for each, for your own coding agent.
Grade your landing page before you submit it anywhere.
Free. No card.