Free backlinks for SaaS.
19 software directories, review sites and AI tool directories with a free listing. Paid-only directories are left out. Work the list, tick each one off; your progress saves between visits.
- DR 90+1
- DR 80-897
- DR 70-795
- DR 60-694
- DR < 602
All SaaS sources.
19 SOURCESSoftware directories, review sites and AI tool directories. Search, refine, and tick off as you go.
- 02sourceforge.netproject listing · NOFOLLOW
create a project page, free; works for SaaS and open-source
DR ~87· project listing · NOFOLLOWSaaS87 - 04producthunt.comproduct launch
maker profile + product page
DR ~85· product launchSaaSAI tools85 - 07wellfound.comstartup profile
startup profile (formerly angellist)
DR ~82· startup profileSaaS82 - 09saashub.comproduct listing
free submission for released products (no free subdomains)
DR ~79· product listingSaaSAI tools79 - 11alternativeto.netalt listing
submit your product as an alternative
DR ~72· alt listingSaaS72 - 12comparably.comcompany profile
company culture + reviews, free claim
DR ~72· company profileSaaS72 - 14softwaresuggest.comvendor profile
free software listing with reviews
DR ~69· vendor profileSaaS69 - 15aitooltrek.comtool listing
free listing needs their partner link on your homepage
DR ~68· tool listingAI tools68 - 16saasaitools.comtool listing
free account, then submit a listing
DR ~63· tool listingAI tools63 - 17stackshare.iotool listing
add your tool so developers add it to their stacks, free
DR ~62· tool listingSaaS62 - 18futuretools.iotool listing
free submission form, hand-reviewed
DR ~56· tool listingAI tools56
Three things worth knowing before you start clicking.
DR is a sort order, not a juice meter.
Many free profile and directory links are nofollow. They still count: direct referral traffic, brand surface area, and citations that AI search tools lean on. Higher authority loosely tracks traffic and trust, but how close a site is to your niche matters more than the number.
Same about-copy, same homepage URL, every time.
Two rules on every signup. First, write one to two real sentences in the about field. Directories filter out one-liners. Second, link to your homepage, not a deep page. Homepages survive routing changes. Exception: launch listings, where the product page is the right target.
Block four hours, paste and go.
Realistic time to claim a niche-aligned slice of this list is about four hours. Save the about-copy, logo, and screenshot to a single folder so each signup is paste-and-go. Most rejections come from inconsistency between fields. Tick each one off in the list above so you don't double-submit.
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Q.01Where should a SaaS product get listed first?+
The software review sites buyers search when they compare tools: G2, Capterra, GetApp and SoftwareSuggest. A free vendor profile there puts your product in front of people already shopping. Then add the company profiles (Crunchbase, Wellfound) and the product directories.
Q.02Are AI tool directories still worth it?+
Some are, but many of the big ones now charge for every submission, so they are not on this list. The AI directories here have a free path, sometimes with a condition like a link back to them. If your product is not an AI tool, skip that section.
Q.03Do review sites want reviews before they list me?+
No. A vendor profile is free to create on the review sites here, and reviews come later from your customers. A profile with a few honest reviews does more than an empty one, so ask happy customers once you are listed.
Q.04Are these followed links?+
Most free profile and directory links are nofollow. Where we have read a real listing on the site, the row says FOLLOWED or NOFOLLOW; no label means we have not confirmed it yet. Nofollow listings still send visitors and help people and AI search tools find your brand.
Q.05Where do the DR numbers come from?+
They are approximate, from our own link data. We read each site’s authority rank from our backlink index, which runs from 0 to 1,000, and map it onto the 0 to 100 domain rating scale most SEO tools use. Treat it as a sort order, not a precise score: two tools can be 10 points apart on the same site.
Q.06How do you keep the list up to date?+
Before a source goes on the list, we read its signup page and leave it out if it is paid-only or we could not confirm a free option. On the 1st of each month every signup page is fetched again: a page that is gone, errors out or now sends you to a payment page comes off. The date at the top is the last check we published.
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