SaaS and AI directories list

How we checked

On 17 and 18 October 2026 we went through every directory on this page ourselves, starting from public "where to submit" lists on GitHub, the badges that launched products display on their own sites, and directories that link to each other. For each one we loaded the homepage and the submit page, read the pricing and the rules for the free tier, and noted whether the form sits behind a login. We did not pay for anything, solve CAPTCHAs on anyone's behalf or use any data the sites don't publish.

We left out sites that were dead or parked, sites behind a Cloudflare or bot challenge we couldn't load, pages that turned out not to be directories, link sellers and networks of near-identical sites run by one operator, adult, gambling and crypto niches, and anything where the free path or the account rule wasn't clear. Of more than 2,500 domains we screened, 303 made the cut.

What the columns mean

• Category: what the site mostly lists. Launch boards run daily or weekly launches; SaaS and AI directories are permanent listings; MCP / agents covers MCP server registries and AI agent directories.
• Cost: Free means a free listing with no strings beyond the form. Free with badge means the free tier needs their badge or a link on your site. Freemium means a free tier exists but the useful part (a dofollow link, a reasonable queue) is paid. Paid means we found no free path.
• Account: whether you have to sign up (email, Google, GitHub) before you can submit.
• Link: dofollow or nofollow only where we saw it on a live listing or the site states it. Everything else is unknown.
• Notes: queue length, extra conditions and anything the site states about itself. Domain Rating figures are marked "site states", because they come from the directory, not from us.

Two honest caveats

A badge is a reciprocal link. You link to them so they link to you, and many verify it automatically and drop the listing if it disappears. Ten badges in a footer is a pattern search engines know well, so pick the few directories you actually care about. And some "free" paths end at a checkout page: we flag the ones where that happened to us, but rules change weekly on small directories.

Tips before you submit

• Write your copy once. A name, a one-line tagline, a 160-character description, a longer description, a logo, a screenshot and three categories cover almost every form.
• Pick by audience, not by count. Ten directories your buyers browse beat a hundred nobody visits. Filter by category above and start there.
• Check the listing after it goes live. Open your page, find your link and look at its rel attribute. Our nofollow link checker does it in a second.
• Then move on to articles. Directory links are a foundation, not a strategy. Our guide to SaaS directories for backlinks covers which listings are worth it, and how to get backlinks covers what comes after. More free helpers are on the tools page.