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Sites like Product Hunt: 40 launch platforms ranked by real traffic
The biggest sites like Product Hunt, ranked by monthly traffic: what each costs, what free launches really include, and how to use them around your main launch.
The biggest sites like Product Hunt are Peerlist (about 486,000 visits a month), BetaList (259,000), Uneed (173,000), MicroLaunch (93,000) and Fazier (87,000). Peerlist, Uneed and MicroLaunch let you launch for free. Fazier's free launch needs a link back from your site, and BetaList's pricing sits behind a sign-in.
None of them comes close to Product Hunt. It gets about 3.7 million visits a month, more than the other 118 launch platforms in the AgentLaunch catalog put together (about 2.2 million). So use the alternatives differently: one main launch day, and the smaller platforms spread across the weeks around it.
40 launch platforms like Product Hunt, ranked by traffic
| Platform | DR | Monthly visits | Cost to launch | Link | Our guide |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Hunt | 91 | 3.7M | Free | Mixed | Guide |
| Peerlist | 77 | 486K | Free | Nofollow | Guide |
| BetaList | 76 | 259K | Price behind sign-in | Dofollow | Guide |
| Uneed | 76 | 173K | Free; paid from $14.99 | Dofollow | Guide |
| MicroLaunch | 64 | 93K | Free | Dofollow | Guide |
| Fazier | 83 | 87K | Free with a badge; paid from $29 | Dofollow | Guide |
| TinyLaunch | 73 | 77K | Free; paid from $15/wk | Mixed | Guide |
| Startup Fame | 84 | 69K | Free with a badge; paid from $19 | Dofollow | |
| SimilarLabs | 69 | 63K | Free; paid from $9.99 | Not checked | |
| PeerPush | 75 | 55K | Free | Dofollow | Guide |
| ScrollLaunch | 70 | 51K | Free with a badge; paid from $39 | Not checked | |
| twelve.tools | 82 | 46K | Free with a badge; paid from $36 | Dofollow | |
| OpenHunts | 71 | 43K | Free with a badge; paid from $9.90 | Dofollow | |
| What Launched Today | 71 | 40K | Free; paid from $29 | Not checked | |
| Launching Next | 54 | 38K | Free; paid from $99 | Dofollow | |
| Firsto | 56 | 37K | Free with a badge; paid from $19.90 | Dofollow | |
| Smol Launch | 74 | 37K | Free with a badge; paid from $19/wk | Mixed | |
| StartupBase | 73 | 35K | Free with a badge; paid from $39 | Dofollow | Guide |
| Top Websites | 68 | 33K | Free | Not checked | |
| Aura++ | 73 | 33K | Free; paid from $29 | Dofollow | |
| Findly | 81 | 25K | Free with a badge; paid from $79 | Dofollow | |
| SaaSCity | 64 | 25K | Free; paid from $29.99 | Dofollow | |
| AI-Hunter.io | 20 | 24K | Free; paid from $19 | Dofollow | |
| Founder.best | 38 | 24K | Free; paid from $2.99 | Not checked | |
| FoundrList | 72 | 20K | Free | Mixed | |
| Launch Igniter | 74 | 19K | Free with a badge; paid from $12 | Dofollow | |
| Startup Fast | 73 | 18K | Free with a badge; paid from $19 | Nofollow | |
| IndieHunt | 63 | 16K | Free with a badge; paid from $19 | Mixed | |
| Launchpadly | 70 | 14K | Free | Not checked | |
| Toolhunter | 51 | 12K | Free with a badge | Not checked | |
| Awesome Indie | 38 | 12K | Free; paid from $9.99 | Nofollow | |
| EarlyHunt | 63 | 11K | Free; paid from $19 | Mixed | |
| Shipybara | 53 | 10K | Free; paid from $50 | Dofollow | |
| ufind.best | 67 | 10K | Free; paid from $19 | Not checked | |
| Launch Llama | 72 | 10K | Free; paid from $23/wk | Not checked | Guide |
| BestskyTools | 55 | 9K | Free with a badge; paid from $14.90 | Not checked | |
| Better Launch | 60 | 8K | Free with a badge | Not checked | |
| Launchtory | 56 | 8K | Free; paid from $19 | Not checked | |
| Saaspa.ge | 41 | 7K | Free; paid from $99 | Dofollow | |
| Webspot | 30 | 7K | Free with a badge; paid from $12.99 | Not checked | |
| Index by Dodo Payments | 79 | 6K | Free | Dofollow |
Monthly visits are for the whole site, not your launch. "Mixed" means listings get followed links on some routes and nofollow on others, often depending on whether you paid or finished in the top three. "Not checked" means we haven't confirmed the link on a live listing yet.
How traffic is spread across Product Hunt alternatives
| Monthly visits | Launch platforms (excluding Product Hunt) |
|---|---|
| 100,000 or more | 3 |
| 10,000 to 100,000 | 28 |
| 1,000 to 10,000 | 54 |
| Under 1,000 | 33 |
The median launch platform gets about 3,400 visits a month. A launch there might bring a few dozen visitors and a listing that stays up. That's still worth having when it's free and takes ten minutes, but it isn't a launch day in the Product Hunt sense.
What "free" means on launch platforms
Of the 118 platforms besides Product Hunt, 60 let you launch for free with no strings, 50 are free only if you add their badge or a link to your site, and 7 are paid only. Free launches usually come with a catch, and the catch decides whether a platform is worth your time:
- A long queue. Uneed gives free launches a date up to five months out. Firsto's free queue was about 180 days when we checked, OpenHunts takes 20 free launches a week with a queue of about 60 weeks, and StartupBase about four to five weeks. Paying usually means picking your own date.
- A cap on free slots. Smol Launch takes 10 free launches a week and Startup Fast 5 a day.
- The link only for winners. TinyLaunch gives free launches the badge and backlink only if they finish in the daily top 3. Aura++ and IndieHunt free launches are nofollow unless they reach the top 3, and Uneed's followed link needs an upvote score of 10.
- Nofollow for free listings. EarlyHunt and FoundrList free listings are nofollow; the followed link is a paid feature.
- A badge on your site. 50 platforms ask for one. ScrollLaunch keeps your listing dofollow only while its badge stays on your site.
Free launches with no badge on platforms with 10,000+ visits a month: Peerlist, Uneed, MicroLaunch, TinyLaunch, SimilarLabs, PeerPush, What Launched Today, Launching Next, Top Websites, Aura++, SaaSCity, AI-Hunter.io, Founder.best, FoundrList, Launchpadly, Awesome Indie and EarlyHunt.
What paid launches cost
Paid launches are cheap. Of the 76 platforms with a one-time price, the median is $19, 64 charge $30 or less, and the range runs from $2.99 to $99. Three charge by the week (TinyLaunch, Smol Launch and Launch Llama) and four by the month.
What the money buys is usually one of three things: skipping the queue, a featured spot on the homepage, or a followed link without a badge. Pay when the date matters, for example to line a platform up with your Product Hunt week. Don't pay for "featured" placement on a site with a few thousand visits a month.
Which platform fits your product
- Developer tools: Peerlist, whose audience is mostly developers and designers, plus DevHunt and Hacker News.
- Pre-launch and beta products: BetaList, which exists for early products. Read is BetaList worth it first.
- Indie SaaS and small tools: Uneed, MicroLaunch, TinyLaunch and PeerPush, which run daily or weekly leaderboards.
- AI tools: the AI directories bring more visitors than most launch platforms. There's An AI For That alone gets more traffic than Peerlist. See where to submit your AI tool.
- Mainly after links: Fazier, twelve.tools, Startup Fame and Findly have DR 80+ but modest traffic, and their free routes need a badge.
How to run a launch across several platforms
- Pick one main launch day on Product Hunt or Peerlist and put your energy there: your audience, your first comment, your replies. Our Product Hunt launch checklist covers that day.
- Book the queued platforms early. Free queues on Uneed, Firsto and StartupBase run weeks or months, so submit as soon as your product is public, not on launch week.
- Put 5 to 10 smaller platforms in the two weeks around your main day. Each brings a few dozen interested visitors and a listing that stays up.
- Write copy for each one. A developer crowd on Peerlist wants different wording than early adopters on BetaList, and tagline limits vary: Product Hunt and TinyLaunch cap taglines at 60 characters.
- Say yes to badges selectively. One or two in your footer is fine. Ten is clutter, and some platforms drop your link when the badge goes.
- Track what went live. Record each listing URL and which ones send visitors. See how to track directory submissions.
Launching on all of them with your own AI agent
AgentLaunch is a directory-submission kit you open in Claude Code, Codex or Cursor. You tell your agent to launch your product. It picks the launch platforms that fit from the catalog of 300+, writes copy sized for each form and fills the forms in a real browser, starting each one at least three minutes after the last. It hands you the steps that are yours: payments, CAPTCHAs, two-factor codes, any badge, and the final launch on Product Hunt. Every listing is recorded with its public URL and link type. The Self-Host License costs $149 once.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best alternative to Product Hunt?
By traffic, Peerlist, with about 486,000 visits a month and a free Launchpad. BetaList and Uneed come next. For AI tools, There's An AI For That is bigger than all of them.
Are Product Hunt alternatives free?
Most are. Of 118 launch platforms besides Product Hunt, 60 are free with no strings and 50 are free if you add their badge. Free launches often wait in a queue, and paid upgrades, usually around $19, let you pick the date.
Is Product Hunt still the biggest launch platform?
Yes. About 3.7 million monthly visits, against about 486,000 for Peerlist, and more than the other 118 platforms in our catalog combined. Read is Product Hunt worth it for whether that turns into users.
Which Product Hunt alternatives give dofollow backlinks?
Uneed, MicroLaunch, TinyLaunch, PeerPush, Launching Next and StartupBase have all given launches a followed link, though some only for paid launches, badge holders or the daily top 3. Check the link column in the table above and our guide to dofollow directories for startups.
Should I launch on several platforms on the same day?
No. Launch on one main platform that day, and spread the others over the week or two around it. Your attention is the scarce part.
Related guides
- Is Product Hunt worth it in 2026?
- How to launch on Product Hunt: a practical checklist
- How to launch on Peerlist
- Startup listing sites: free places to list your startup
- Best startup directories, ranked by real traffic
See all 119 launch platforms with traffic, prices and badge rules in the AgentLaunch catalog.