How to submit to startuups
Free launch requires visiting 5 of 10 other startups and gives a dofollow link only for a Top 3 finish or with their badge. Premium is $5 one-time per launch.
Checked 1 October 2026. Free launch ($0) in one of 25 weekly slots, but it 'Requires visiting 5 of 10 startups'; the dofollow link comes only 'if Top 3 or badge'. Premium is $5 one-time per launch (guaranteed dofollow, no community step). Nobody has measured whether a startuups listing’s link is followed yet, so we don’t say. Queue: Weekly; launches go live Monday 8:00 AM UTC, schedule up to 4 weeks ahead.
- Free tier
- Free launch ($0) in one of 25 weekly slots, but it 'Requires visiting 5 of 10 startups'; the dofollow link comes only 'if Top 3 or badge'. Premium is $5 one-time per launch (guaranteed dofollow, no community step).
- Link to your site
- Not measured yet
- Link back required from your site
- Not that we saw
- Account
- Needed
- Human check / captcha
- Not checked
- Queue
- Weekly; launches go live Monday 8:00 AM UTC, schedule up to 4 weeks ahead
- Submitted by hand only
- No
- Last checked
- 1 Oct 2026 — we read the submit and pricing pages
Open startuups’s submit page · Directories change their terms without notice; check the date above.
Questions about startuups
- Is startuups free?
- Free launch ($0) in one of 25 weekly slots, but it 'Requires visiting 5 of 10 startups'; the dofollow link comes only 'if Top 3 or badge'. Premium is $5 one-time per launch (guaranteed dofollow, no community step).
- Is a startuups link dofollow?
- Nobody has measured whether a startuups listing’s link is followed yet, so we don’t say.
- How long does startuups take?
- Weekly; launches go live Monday 8:00 AM UTC, schedule up to 4 weeks ahead
- Do you need an account to submit to startuups?
- Yes.
- Does startuups ask for a link back from your site?
- Not that we saw.
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
What “free” meant for 20 of them · Submitting to many? The Launch Kit has a playbook for each, for your own coding agent.