Product Hunt alternatives

As of 2026-10-20, LinkPing tracks 50 Product Hunt alternatives — launch platforms where a new product goes live to an audience. 32 of the 35 with known pricing are free, 20 of the 22 with a known link type are dofollow, and the median Domain Rating of the 51 with a DR is 57.

Updated 2026-10-20Markdown version

Launch platforms ranked

Ranked by Domain Rating (platforms without a recorded DR last), then by how much LinkPing has verified about each. "?" means not verified yet.

Snapshot 2026-10-20
#	Platform	DR	Free	Dofollow	Account	Badge	Status
1	Product Hunt	91	Yes	No	Yes	No	Account required
2	Startup Fame	84	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Account required
3	Fazier	84	?	?	?	?	Not yet verified
4	twelve.tools	83	No	Yes	No	?	Not yet verified
5	Findly.tools	82	?	?	?	?	Not yet verified
6	peerpush.com	78	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Account required
7	Peerlist	77	Yes	?	Yes	No	Account required
8	BetaList	77	No	?	Yes	No	Paid only
9	Smol Launch	76	Yes	?	Yes	No	Account required
10	Uneed	76	?	?	?	?	Not yet verified
11	launchigniter.com	75	?	?	?	?	Not yet verified
12	TinyLaunch	74	No	Yes	Yes	?	Not yet verified
13	Aura++	73	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Account required
14	OpenHunts	73	?	?	?	?	Not yet verified
15	DeepLaunch.io	72	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Free with a badge backlink
16	Website Launches	71	Yes	?	No	No	Free, no account needed
17	ShowMySites	71	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Account required
18	SideProjectors	71	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Account required
19	PitchWall	71	Yes	Yes	?	No	Needs a manual check
20	Dev Hunt	68	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Account required
21	KittyLaunch	65	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Account required
22	microlaunch.net	65	?	?	?	?	Not yet verified
23	Launch Your Project	61	Yes	No	Yes	?	Account required
24	Indie.Deals	61	Yes	?	?	Yes	Needs a manual check
25	新趣集	58	?	?	?	?	Not yet verified
26	Firsto	57	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Account required
27	TinyLaunch	57	Yes	?	Yes	?	Account required
28	Launch (trylaunch.ai)	57	?	?	?	?	Needs a manual check
29	BetaBound	56	?	?	?	?	Not yet verified
30	Launching Next	55	Yes	?	No	No	Free, no account needed
31	BetaPage	53	?	?	?	?	Not yet verified
32	LaunchClash	52	Yes	?	Yes	?	Account required
33	LaunchitX	50	Yes	?	Yes	?	Account required
34	PromoteProject	50	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Not yet verified
35	观猹	47	?	?	?	?	Not yet verified
36	ProjectHunt	46	Yes	?	No	Yes	Free with a badge backlink
37	FastLaunch	46	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Account required
38	Launch (launchsoar.com)	46	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Account required
39	Mergeek	44	Yes	?	Yes	?	Account required
40	WeekHack	43	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Account required
41	make.rs	40	?	?	?	?	Needs a manual check
42	Awesome Indie	38	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Account required
43	Shipyard HQ	36	?	?	Yes	?	Account required
44	HuntScreens	34	Yes	Yes	No	No	Free, no account needed
45	HUNT0	32	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Account required
46	10words.io	32	Yes	?	Yes	No	Account required
47	WebsiteHunt	32	?	?	Yes	?	Account required
48	Fundl	30	Yes	?	?	No	Needs a manual check
49	BuiltByMe	26	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	Account required
50	SideProjects.net	20	?	?	Yes	?	Account required
51	ComingUp	2	?	?	?	?	Needs a manual check

DR = Domain Rating. Domain Rating by Ahrefs. "—" means no DR recorded yet; "?" means LinkPing has not verified that field yet.

How to choose a Product Hunt alternative

Start with the free, dofollow ones. 18 platforms in the list are both free and dofollow, e.g. Startup Fame, peerpush.com, Aura++, DeepLaunch.io.
Expect to make accounts. 29 of the 35 platforms with a known sign-up rule need one; twelve.tools, DeepLaunch.io, Website Launches, Launching Next, ProjectHunt, HuntScreens do not.
Watch for badge requirements. 8 platforms ask for a badge linking back to them (Startup Fame, Aura++, DeepLaunch.io, ShowMySites, Indie.Deals, Firsto, ProjectHunt, Launch (launchsoar.com)).
Use DR to prioritise, not to decide. The highest-DR platforms here are Product Hunt (DR 91), Startup Fame (DR 84), Fazier (DR 84); a launch on a smaller platform still brings a listing and early users.
Product Hunt itself is free to launch on but its product links are nofollow; see the Product Hunt page.

Head-to-head comparisons

How LinkPing checks a directory

Each directory in the library is opened by LinkPing’s probe, which records whether submission is free, whether an account, a backlink badge or a captcha is needed, how the form is submitted and whether the listing link carries rel="nofollow". Anything the probe could not establish stays "unknown" instead of being guessed. Domain Rating comes from Ahrefs.

Free, no account needed
Free with a badge backlink
Account required
Paid only
Offline / shut down
Needs a manual check
Not yet verified — the probe has not visited it yet.

Snapshot date: 2026-10-20. Pages are regenerated from each new snapshot.

FAQ

What are the best Product Hunt alternatives?

By Domain Rating in LinkPing’s 2026-10-20 snapshot: Startup Fame (DR 84), Fazier (DR 84), twelve.tools (DR 83), Findly.tools (DR 82), peerpush.com (DR 78). Domain Rating by Ahrefs.

Are there free Product Hunt alternatives?

Yes. 32 of the 35 launch platforms with known pricing let you launch for free, and 18 are both free and dofollow.

Which launch platforms give a dofollow backlink?

20 of the 22 launch platforms whose link type LinkPing has checked are dofollow, including Startup Fame, peerpush.com, Aura++, DeepLaunch.io, ShowMySites.

How many launch platforms should I launch on?

There is no fixed number. LinkPing’s list has 51 platforms; starting with the free, dofollow ones (18) covers the cheapest links first.

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