Swadeshi AppsStartup directories: where to list a new app
The price, the free wait and the kind of link each directory gives, read on each directory's own site on 12 and 13 November 2026. Where a site did not show a price, we say so instead of guessing.
Launch boards and software directories
| Directory | Paid option | Free route and wait | Link to your site | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Swadeshi AppsThis site | Fast review $9 plus tax, one-time: reviewed within 3 working days, full refund if we do not list it | Yes. Reviewed in the order received, no promised date | – | People looking for Indian alternatives to foreign apps. We list apps from Indian companies only |
| Product Hunt | No price shown without signing in | Not stated on its public pages | ugc | Tech products, global |
| BetaList | No price shown before its claim-and-pay step | Not stated | nofollow | Early-stage startups |
| Uneed | Fast-track $19.99 (a slot in about 14 days); Skip the line $39.99 | Yes. A launch date at least 50 days out | Followed on the listing we checked. Uneed says a free listing needs 20 upvotes for it | Makers and tech products, global |
| DevHunt | Launch $49, once | Yes, a free listing. Wait not stated | nofollow on free listings. DevHunt says paid launches get a followed link | Developer tools |
| Microlaunch | Launch Pro $39 (a promo price; listed as $49) | Not stated on the pricing page | Followed | Makers, global |
| Fazier | Premium $49 (an ad live for 15 days) | Not stated on the pricing page | Followed on the listing we checked, nofollow on another | SaaS founders and marketers |
| TinyLaunch | Premium Launch $39 | Yes, a standard launch queue. Wait not stated | nofollow on the listing we checked | Indie products |
| StartupBase | Premium launch from $39, one-time | Yes. Launches in about 4 to 5 weeks, with their badge on your site | Followed | Founders, global |
| Launching Next | $99 upgrade, considered within 1 business day | Yes. Wait not stated | Followed | Startups and side projects |
| Peerlist Launchpad | No price found | A weekly launch, open every Monday (UTC) | Not checked | Developers and designers |
| SaaSHub | Featured Listing $99 a month | Not stated on that page | nofollow; sponsored on featured listings | SaaS buyers |
| AlternativeTo | No paid listing price found | It calls itself a free service | Followed on the listing we checked | People looking for software alternatives, global |
| OpenAlternative | Listing price needs sign-in (ads from $147 a month) | Needs sign-in to see | nofollow | Open-source alternatives |
| There's An AI For That | $49 one-time review fee | None shown | Followed | AI tools |
| Toolify | Price shown only inside the submit form | None shown | Followed | AI tools |
| Indie Hackers | No price shown | Adding a product needs sign-in | nofollow | Indie makers, global |
Checked on each directory's own site, signed out, on 12 and 13 November 2026. Where a site did not show a price, the table says so. Prices are in US dollars unless marked. "Link to your site" is the rel we saw on one existing listing; it can differ between listings.
How to choose
- Match the audience. A developer tool fits DevHunt. An AI tool fits There's An AI For That or Toolify. Software that replaces a known product fits AlternativeTo or SaaSHub.
- Read the free route before you pay. Some free queues are long: Uneed gives a launch date at least 50 days out, and StartupBase says 4 to 5 weeks.
- Check the conditions. StartupBase's free launch needs its badge on your site. Uneed's free listing needs 20 upvotes for a followed link.
- Look at a live listing. Open one, and check where its link goes and what its
relsays. Ours above is from one listing per site, on the dates shown.
Product Hunt alternatives
If Product Hunt is your first stop, the closest alternatives in the table are the other launch boards: Uneed, Microlaunch, Fazier, TinyLaunch, StartupBase and Launching Next. DevHunt is the one for developer tools, and Peerlist runs a weekly launch every Monday. BetaList is for startups before or just after launch.
SaaS and AI tool directories
SaaSHub and AlternativeTo list software next to the products it replaces, so buyers find you while comparing. For AI tools, There's An AI For That charges a one-time $49 review fee, and Toolify shows its price only inside its submit form.
Where Swadeshi Apps fits
Swadeshi Apps lists apps made by Indian companies, each next to the foreign apps it replaces. People find us by searching for an alternative to an app they already use. If your company is not Indian, this is not the directory for you. For directories with an Indian audience, see startup listing sites in India.
- Free review
- Free. We review submissions in the order they arrive, with no promised date.
- Fast review, $9 plus tax
- One-time. Reviewed within 3 working days of payment. Full refund if we do not list it.
Paying buys a faster review, nothing more. It does not buy a listing, a better position or a link. Every app, free or paid, goes through the same check: made by an Indian company and actively maintained. You choose the lane after you submit.
Who reads this site
Rounded figures from Google Search Console and Google Analytics, November 2026.
- Thousandsof visits from Google search in the past 30 days
- Hundreds of thousandsof times our pages showed in Google search in the past 30 days
- Tens of thousandsof people used the site in the past year
- Mostof our search visitors are in India
Who runs it
A note from the founder.
I'm Shyam Verma. I have built products for 20+ years, from compiler engineering at Cadence to bootstrapping startups.
I bootstrapped Ready Bytes from a small town in Rajasthan, built 20+ products and had 2 exits. One was PayPlans, acquired by StackIdeas.
I approve every submitted app myself. A paid fast review goes through the same check as a free one.
More about me: shyamverma.com
Not in the table
We dropped Futurepedia: its submit page returned an error when we checked, so we could not read a price. We will add a directory when we can read its terms on its own site.