Updated 2026-10-16
Free directories that actually list you within 10 days.
53 passed our checks: free, no badge, live within 10 days. 13 of them are proven with a live listing we submitted ourselves. Most “free” lists don't tell you the rest, so the failures are here too, with the reason.
Passed
53
13 proven with a live listing
Failed
409
of 462 checked
Likely
30
Looks free, not yet tested
Not checked yet
377
In the queue
Our own test: checkseo.dev
We submitted our sister site, checkseo.dev, to 26 directories. 13 are live (12 the same day), 8 are still in review, and the rest failed or weren't worth submitting. Every live link below is a real listing you can open.
| Directory | Result | Submitted | Time to go live | Link | Live listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brownbook brownbook.net | Live | 13 Oct | about 10 minutes | Dofollow | View listing ↗ |
| Crunchbase crunchbase.com | Live | 13 Oct | a few minutes | Nofollow | View listing ↗ |
| CurlShip curlship.com | Live | 13 Oct | instant | Nofollow | View listing ↗ |
| dev.to article dev.to | Live | 14 Oct | instant (published right away) | Dofollow | View listing ↗ |
| F6S f6s.com | Live | 13 Oct | instant | Nofollow | View listing ↗ |
| Hashnode article hashnode.com | Live | 14 Oct | instant (published right away) | Nofollow | View listing ↗ |
| Indie Hackers (Products) indiehackers.com | Live | 13 Oct | instant | Nofollow | View listing ↗ |
| SideProjectors sideprojectors.com | Live | 13 Oct | about 3 days (human review) | Nofollow | View listing ↗ |
| Sitelike sitelike.org | Live | 13 Oct | instant (auto-approved) | Nofollow | View listing ↗ |
| SmartCustomer (formerly Sitejabber business) sitejabber.com | Live | 13 Oct | instant | Nofollow | View listing ↗ |
| StackShare stackshare.io | Live | 13 Oct | instant | Dofollow | View listing ↗ |
| Trustpilot trustpilot.com | Live | 13 Oct | instant | Nofollow | View listing ↗ |
| Wellfound (company profile) wellfound.com | Live | 13 Oct | instant | Nofollow | View listing ↗ |
| AIPulse aipulse.fyi | In review | 13 Oct | Waiting 3 days so far | – | – |
| AppRater apprater.net | In review | 13 Oct | Waiting 3 days so far | – | – |
| Best-AI.org best-ai.org | In review | 13 Oct | Waiting 3 days so far | – | – |
| LLM Relevance llmrelevance.com | In review | 13 Oct | Waiting 3 days so far | – | – |
| Romow LaunchToday romow.com | In review | 13 Oct | Waiting 3 days so far | – | – |
| SEO Tools Directory seotools.directory | In review | 13 Oct | Waiting 3 days so far | – | – |
| SEOFOMO News (aggregator) news.seofomo.co | In review | 14 Oct | Waiting 2 days so far | – | – |
| Startup Buffer startupbuffer.com | In review | 13 Oct | Waiting 3 days so far | – | – |
| Launching Next launchingnext.com | Too slow Queue shown after submitting: about 4 months | 13 Oct | – | – | – |
| Webdesigner News webdesignernews.com | Failed Only active members can submit | 13 Oct | – | – | – |
| Webwiki webwiki.com | Failed Blocks automated browsers; needs a manual submission | 13 Oct | – | – | – |
| Directory Tools AI (ToolsAIApp) toolsaiapp.com | Not submitted AI-only directory, so we didn't submit | 13 Oct | – | – | – |
| Neeed Directory neeed.directory | Not submitted Free tier needs their badge on your site, so we didn't submit | 13 Oct | – | – | – |
Why "free" directories fail
- Paid only123
- Too slow (over 10 days)93
- Dead or broken63
- Needs a badge or backlink59
- Spammy40
- Low value18
- Requirements we can't meet12
- Blocked or invite-only1
53 sites
| Site | DR | Verdict | Goes live | Link | Submit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trustpilot trustpilot.com · Business profile | 93 | PASS Proven live | instant after account creation (edits show within 20 min) | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| Wellfound (company profile) wellfound.com · Business profile | 87 | PASS Proven live | instant | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| Crunchbase crunchbase.com · Business profile | 84 | PASS Proven live | usually days | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| dev.to article dev.to · Publish | 83 | PASS Proven live | Instant | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| Hashnode article hashnode.com · Publish | 82 | PASS Proven live | Instant | unknown (author bl… | Submit ↗ |
| SmartCustomer (formerly Sitejabber business) sitejabber.com · Citation (global) | 81 | PASS Proven live | instant after account creation | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| Indie Hackers (Products) indiehackers.com · Launch platform | 72 | PASS Proven live | instant | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| F6S f6s.com · Business profile | 70 | PASS Proven live | instant | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| Brownbook brownbook.net · Citation (global) | 68 | PASS Proven live | Instant to 1 day (est.) | Dofollow | Submit ↗ |
| StackShare stackshare.io · SaaS | 64 | PASS Proven live | instant | Dofollow | Submit ↗ |
| Sitelike sitelike.org · Alternatives | 63 | PASS Proven live | instant (auto-approve) | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| SideProjectors sideprojectors.com · Launch platform | 62 | PASS Proven live | 2-3 business days (stated after submit) | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| CurlShip curlship.com · SaaS | 45 | PASS Proven live | instant (one command, no account) | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| YouTube channel youtube.com · Profile | 100 | PASS | Instant | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| GitHub organization (CheckSEO / Hykvra) github.com · Profile | 98 | PASS | Instant | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| awesome-webdesign-tools (nafasebra) github.com/nafasebra/awesome-webdesign-tools · GitHub list | 98 | PASS | 0-30 days | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| LinkedIn Company Page linkedin.com · Profile | 98 | PASS | Instant | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| Reddit r/InternetIsBeautiful reddit.com/r/internetisbeautiful · Community | 96 | PASS | Instant (mods may remove) | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| Reddit r/SideProject reddit.com/r/sideproject · Community | 96 | PASS | Instant | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| Reddit r/webdev Showoff Saturday reddit.com/r/webdev · Community | 96 | PASS | Instant (Saturdays only) | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| Medium article medium.com · Publish | 94 | PASS | Instant | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| X (Twitter) brand account x.com · Profile | 94 | PASS | Instant | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| Behance (Hykvra Studio portfolio) behance.net · Profile | 92 | PASS | Instant | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| JustDial (free listing) justdial.com · Citation (India) | 90 | PASS | 1-3 days (est.) | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| Product Hunt producthunt.com · Launch platform | 90 | PASS | launch day you choose (can be next day) | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| Clutch (agency, Basic) clutch.co · Agency | 87 | PASS | 3-10 days (est.) | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| Software Advice softwareadvice.com · SaaS | 87 | PASS | Not stated | unknown | Submit ↗ |
| Hacker News (Show HN) news.ycombinator.com · Launch platform | 86 | PASS | instant | mixed | Submit ↗ |
| GetApp getapp.com · SaaS | 85 | PASS | Not stated | unknown | Submit ↗ |
| DesignRush (agency) designrush.com · Agency | 83 | PASS | Days (est.) | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| Sortlist (agency) sortlist.com · Agency | 81 | PASS | Days (est.) | unknown | Submit ↗ |
| SaaSHub saashub.com · SaaS | 79 | PASS | ~1-3 days (verified faster) | Dofollow | Submit ↗ |
| UpCity (agency) upcity.com · Agency | 78 | PASS | Days (est.) | unknown | Submit ↗ |
| TechBehemoths techbehemoths.com · Agency | 70 | PASS | 1-3 days (est.) | unknown | Submit ↗ |
| Hotfrog India hotfrog.in · Citation (India) | 65 | PASS | Instant to 2 days (est.) | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| Romow LaunchToday romow.com · Launch platform | 63 | PASS | within 48 hours | unknown | Submit ↗ |
| Cylex India cylex-india.com · Citation (India) | 62 | PASS | 1-5 days (est.) | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| Grotal grotal.com · Citation (India) | 50 | PASS | 1-3 days (est.) | unknown | Submit ↗ |
| Build Voyage buildvoyage.com · SaaS | 43 | PASS | 48h review | unknown | Submit ↗ |
| Directory Tools AI (ToolsAIApp) toolsaiapp.com · AI tools | 42 | PASS | ~24-48 hours | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| LLM Relevance llmrelevance.com · Seo tool list | 40 | PASS | within 48 hours | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| Rankmyai rankmyai.com · AI tools | 36 | PASS | up to 7 days | unknown | Submit ↗ |
| AppRater apprater.net · Launch platform | 35 | PASS | not stated; ~30 new apps/day published | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| Any FP anyfp.com · AI tools | 33 | PASS | 'usually within a couple of days' | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| MicroSaaS Directory microsaas.directory · SaaS | 30 | PASS | 24-48h | Dofollow | Submit ↗ |
| PaveLaunch pavelaunch.com · Launch platform | 29 | PASS | 24-48h approval | unknown | Submit ↗ |
| everfeatured everfeatured.com · Software | 25 | PASS | 2-3 days | unknown | Submit ↗ |
| Hunt Startup huntstartup.com · Startups | 20 | PASS | within 24 hours | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| Aitoolsboard aitoolsboard.com · AI tools | 18 | PASS | 5-7 business days | Dofollow | Submit ↗ |
| AI Directory aidirectory.com · AI tools | 12 | PASS | within one week | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| Every Ai every-ai.com · AI tools | 7 | PASS | auto-approved after 48 hours | Nofollow | Submit ↗ |
| Aiwikitools aiwikitools.com · AI tools | 2 | PASS | within 7 days | unknown | Submit ↗ |
| SEOFOMO News (aggregator) news.seofomo.co · Newsletter | – | PASS | Instant post; newsletter feature not guaranteed | unknown | Submit ↗ |