Directory profile
Startups Lab: how to submit, cost, DR and traffic
Startups Lab is a launch platform and maker community with about 3K visits a month and a Domain Rating of 54. Free, paid extras from $9. The product link is nofollow.
Our take
A free Monday launch.
What Startups Lab is
Startups Lab launches startups to 3,000+ founders every Monday, with upvotes and feedback.
Checked on Startups Lab's own pages in November 2026.
Startups Lab at a glance
| Monthly visits | 3K (estimate) |
|---|---|
| Domain Rating | 54 |
| Category | Launch platform / maker community |
| Cost | Free, paid extras from $9 |
| Link type | Nofollow |
| Badge required | No |
| Account required | No |
| CAPTCHA | None seen |
| Submit page | startupslab.site/submit-product |
| Last checked | November 2026 |
Good
- Free to list
- No account needed
Watch out
- Nofollow link, so little SEO value
What a listing on Startups Lab gets you
Launching is free and it drafts your listing for you to edit. Top-ranked launches earn a DR 54 backlink; paid options guarantee a date or a dofollow link.
Startups Lab pricing
- Skip the Queue: $9 one-time
- Featured Product: $19 one-time
- Spotlight: $29 one-time
How to submit to Startups Lab
- Search Startups Lab for your product first. If it's already listed, claim or update that listing instead of submitting again.
- Open the submit page: startupslab.site/submit-product.
- No account is needed to submit.
- Fill in the form: product name, website, a short description written for this audience, category, logo and a screenshot or two.
- Paid upgrades are offered. The free listing is enough to start.
- Save the listing URL once it's public, so you can check the link later.
What our agent saw on Startups Lab's submit flow
- Route: startupslab.site/submit-product → startupslab.site/submit.
- We didn't reach the last screen, so later steps may ask for more.
Recorded by our submission agent on 3 October 2026. Directory flows change, so check the live page.
Submit to Startups Lab with your AI agent
AgentLaunch is a launch kit you open in Claude Code, Codex or Cursor. Your agent submits your product to 300+ hand-checked directories, Startups Lab included, from your own browser, and tracks every listing. On Startups Lab specifically:
- It already knows Startups Lab's submit flow from the path we recorded (startupslab.site/submit-product → startupslab.site/submit).
- Startups Lab needs no account, so it goes straight to the form.
- It writes the listing copy for Startups Lab's audience (launch platform and maker community) instead of pasting the same description everywhere.
- It takes the free route and skips Startups Lab's paid upgrades unless you approve them.
- When Startups Lab publishes the listing, it saves the URL and checks the nofollow link in your launch tracker.
How Startups Lab compares
- Traffic: #65 of 103 in its category, against a category median of 5K visits a month.
- Domain Rating: 54, against a category median of 51.
- Cost: 54% of directories in this category have a free route; Startups Lab is one of them.
- Links: 59% of this category give a dofollow product link; Startups Lab's is nofollow.
- Accounts: 65% need no account; Startups Lab doesn't either.
Startups Lab alternatives
Other directories in the same category (launch platform and maker community), by traffic:
| Directory | Visits/mo | DR | Cost | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product Hunt | 3.7M | 91 | Free | Dofollow |
| Peerlist | 486K | 77 | Free | Nofollow |
| BetaList | 259K | 76 | Check the site | Dofollow |
| Uneed | 173K | 76 | Free, paid extras from $14.99 | Dofollow |
| MicroLaunch | 93K | 64 | Free | Dofollow |
FAQ
Is Startups Lab free?
Yes, there's a free route. Paid extras start at $9.
Does Startups Lab give a dofollow backlink?
No. In our check the product link on Startups Lab was nofollow.
Do I need an account to submit to Startups Lab?
No. You can submit without creating an account.
How much traffic does Startups Lab get?
About 3K visits a month (third-party estimate, September 2026). That ranks it #240 of 352 directories in our catalog.
Can I submit to Startups Lab automatically?
Yes. AgentLaunch is a launch kit you open in Claude Code, Codex or Cursor, and Startups Lab is one of the 300+ hand-checked directories in its catalog. Your AI agent fills in Startups Lab's form from your product details and tracks the listing until it's live.
Terms used here: Launch platform · Domain Rating · Directory traffic · Nofollow link · Free listing. Data across all 352 directories: launch directory statistics 2026.
Traffic and Domain Rating are third-party estimates. Prices, link types and rules change, so check Startups Lab's own page before paying.