Room 01 · free to list
Free directories on the list: 47 checked (September 2026)
Places where the site itself says you can list your startup for free. We print the price text exactly as we found it, with a link to the page we read it on. What free costs at each, kind by kind, is in the guide to free startup directories. 27 of them also sell paid options, such as a faster review or a featured spot: the free listing is still there, but read the terms.
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- Sep 2026
Free
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“Each project you submit to 10words will be included on our newsletter, website, Twitter, discover section and browser extensions - for free!”portal.10words.io/auth/register · read 29 Sep 2026 - Sep 2026
Free; $9.99 one-off per product to pick your own launch day (Skip the Line)paid options too
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“Launching, free A launch day, a product page, badges, a maker profile, and the next free slot in the queue. No card, ever. Skip the Line, $9.99 One-off, per product. Choose your own launch day”awesomeindie.com/how-it-works · read 29 Sep 2026 - Sep 2026
Free with backlink; Basic $49; Pro $30 + $19/monthpaid options too
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“Free $0 CREATE ACCOUNT TO CONTINUE Basic $49 CREATE ACCOUNT TO CONTINUE Pro PRO $30 + $19/MO.”dang.ai/pricing · read 29 Sep 2026 - Sep 2026
Free; $49 to skip the queuepaid options too
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“Skip the queue $49 The average wait time for a free launch is 6 months”devhunt.org/the-story · read 29 Sep 2026 - Sep 2026
Free with a backlink to their site
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“How much does it cost to list a tool? It's totally free if you add a backlink to our website. Otherwise, we will review the quality of your tool.”dokeyai.com/pricing · read 29 Sep 2026 - Sep 2026
Free; paid premium visibility and sponsorship optionspaid options too
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“Founders can also list their products for free, with premium visibility and sponsorship options available.”pitchwall.co/pages/faqs · read 29 Sep 2026
Free account · no password
+41 more free places with a free account
All 47 places that are free to list, each with its price in the site's own words, a link to where we read it and its submit page.
No password. The link works once, for 15 minutes, and creates your free account the first time. We only email you when you ask us to. Privacy
Questions
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Are free listings slower?
Often. 11 of the 47 places here also sell a faster review or a way past the free queue. Some state free waits of months: Awesome Indie: free launch queue is about 4 months; DevHunt: free launches wait about 6 months on average. Where a site states its wait, it is on the place's page. Free wait times and skip prices, compared.
Do free listings come with a dofollow link?
Rarely without conditions. 8 of the 47 places here state a link type, and 6 give a dofollow link only for a payment, an upvote count or a badge on your site. Each place's full caption shows its link type in the site's own words (free with an account). Google's spam policies list “low-quality directory or bookmark site links” as link spam.
Which free listings ask for a link back?
4 of the 47 say so in their price, among them Dang.ai (Free with backlink) and Dokey AI (Free with a backlink to their site). The others are listed with a free account. We have checked the badge or link-back rule for 6 of the 47 places so far; each answer is in the place's full caption, with the site's own words.