How to submit to StartupBase
Free: a standard queue with no badge, or a priority queue with their badge on your site, after upvoting 3 launches and leaving a comment. $39 launches at once.
The steps, the form and the traps on one page.
Checked 6 November 2026. Free launch in the standard free queue, no badge ('No badge? Join the standard free queue'); their badge on your site moves you to the priority free queue. Before either: upvote 3 launches and leave 1 comment. $39 Launch now: no badge, dofollow, date of your choice.
A followed link comes only with a paid option. Queue: free: standard queue without a badge, priority queue with it (~4-5 weeks seen 26 Sept, 1,600 queued 5 Oct); next day at $39.
- Free tier
- Free launch in the standard free queue, no badge ('No badge? Join the standard free queue'); their badge on your site moves you to the priority free queue. Before either: upvote 3 launches and leave 1 comment. $39 Launch now: no badge, dofollow, date of your choice.
- Link to your site
- The followed link is sold separately
- Link back required from your site
- Not that we saw
- Account
- Needed
- Human check / captcha
- None seen
- Queue
- free: standard queue without a badge, priority queue with it (~4-5 weeks seen 26 Sept, 1,600 queued 5 Oct); next day at $39
- Submitted by hand only
- No
- Last checked
- 6 Nov 2026 — we read the submit and pricing pages
Is StartupBase 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. StartupBase’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 StartupBase
- Is StartupBase free?
- Free launch in the standard free queue, no badge ('No badge? Join the standard free queue'); their badge on your site moves you to the priority free queue. Before either: upvote 3 launches and leave 1 comment. $39 Launch now: no badge, dofollow, date of your choice.
- Is a StartupBase link dofollow?
- A followed link comes only with a paid option.
- How long does StartupBase take?
- StartupBase’s queue: free: standard queue without a badge, priority queue with it (~4-5 weeks seen 26 Sept, 1,600 queued 5 Oct); next day at $39.
- Do you need an account to submit to StartupBase?
- Yes, you need an account before you can submit to StartupBase.
- Does StartupBase ask for a link back from your site?
- Not that we saw: nothing on StartupBase’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.