Swadeshi AppsStartup listing sites in India
Where an Indian startup can list its app, what each site charges and whether there is a free route. Every row was read on the site itself on 12 and 13 November 2026.
Directories with an Indian audience
| 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 |
| SoftwareSuggest | Plans from ₹3,00,000 for 6 months | Yes, a free listing. Wait not stated | sponsored nofollow (paid-click links) | Business software buyers in India and Asia |
| Techjockey | None shown | Yes, “List for Free”. Wait not stated | No link to your site on the listing we checked | Software buyers in India |
| StartupValidator.in | None shown | Yes, “Startup submissions are currently free” | Not checked | Early-stage founders in India |
| Inc42 | A “Startup Booster Package” is mentioned, no price shown | Not stated | Not checked | Startup news readers in India |
| Startup India | No price shown | Not stated. A profile needs login | Not checked | DPIIT-recognised startups |
| Make for India | None shown | Submit through a Google Form. Fee not stated | Not checked | People looking for Indian alternatives, retail and digital |
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.
Global launch boards Indian founders use
| Directory | Paid option | Free route and wait | Link to your site | Audience |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Peerlist Launchpad | No price found | A weekly launch, open every Monday (UTC) | Not checked | Developers and designers |
| StartupBase | Premium launch from $39, one-time | Yes. Launches in about 4 to 5 weeks, with their badge on your site | Followed | Founders, global |
| TinyLaunch | Premium Launch $39 | Yes, a standard launch queue. Wait not stated | nofollow on the listing we checked | Indie products |
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.
More global and AI-tool directories: startup directories compared.
Free startup listing sites in India
These say on their own pages that you can list for free:
- Swadeshi Apps: Yes. Reviewed in the order received, no promised date
- SoftwareSuggest: Yes, a free listing. Wait not stated
- Techjockey: Yes, “List for Free”. Wait not stated
- StartupValidator.in: Yes, “Startup submissions are currently free”
Free usually means a queue. None of the sites above states how long it is. Two global launch boards do: StartupBase says 4 to 5 weeks, and Uneed gives a date at least 50 days out.
Where Swadeshi Apps fits
Swadeshi Apps lists apps made by Indian companies, each next to the foreign apps it replaces. Our readers come searching for an alternative to an app they already use, so a listing here puts your app in front of people ready to switch.
- 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 YourStory, whose submission pages did not load when we checked, and StartupTalky, where we found no submission page. We will add a site when we can read its terms on its own site.