List your software on Early.tools

early.toolsStartup directoriesGeneral (accepts AI tools)C · Worth a look

At a glance

Cost to list: Free editorial pick (not guaranteed)
Free listing: Yes (editorial pick only (not guaranteed))
Cheapest paid: $21
Featured price: $21
Fast-track price: –
Link type: Dofollow · likely
Which plan gets the link: all listings (likely)
Badge required: Not stated
Time to get listed: –
Launch format: Permanent listing · weekly placement slots (Mon–Sun weeks)
Voting: –
Login needed: No
CAPTCHA: No
Submit form: native form

Our take

Early.tools is a startup directory focused on pre-launch and newly launched products, for founders and early adopters hunting new tools. Tools must be live with a waitlist or MVP to qualify; an editorial pick is free but not guaranteed, while paying guarantees the listing and date. Links are likely to pass SEO value, and search traffic is small, mostly from the US and India.

Find pre-launch startups before everyone else. Hundreds of waitlist, beta and newly launched tools, curated daily by humans who like being early.
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Reach and visibility

What this directory reaches today, and how often AI assistants quote it. Numbers come from Ahrefs, pulled 8 Oct 2026.

Monthly visitors

1–1k/mo

Ahrefs organic traffic

Authority

DR 20–39

Ahrefs Domain Rating

AI citations

1–99

quoted in AI answers

Referring domains

683

sites linking in

AI search visibility

How often this directory is cited as a source in each AI assistant. A listing here has a better chance of being recommended when someone asks an AI for tools like yours.

ChatGPT0

Perplexity1–99

Google AI Overviews0

Google AI Mode1–99

Gemini1–99

Copilot1–99

Where the visitors are

🇺🇸 United States63%

🇮🇳 India28%

🇨🇦 Canada5%

More signals

Ranking keywords: 22
Traffic value: $107
Domain age: 2.9 yrs
Registered: Dec 1, 2023
Sitemap pages: 1,462
Sitemap updated: Oct 8, 2026
Homepage outbound: 4
Newsletter: No

Source: Ahrefs, Oct 8, 2026. How we measure this.

Our score

C · Worth a look

Audience10/25

Authority4/15

AI visibility4/15

Link value10/15

Relevance10/15

Cost and access13/15

How the score works

What it costs to list

You can list for free. Paid plans start at $21 if you want faster review or a featured spot.

Free listing

Yes

editorial pick only (not guaranteed)

Paid plans from

$21

Featured spot

$21

Fast-track review

–

Plans and prices

Free editorial pick (not guaranteed) / paid from €19 (~$21) one-time: permanent listing + featured week, extra weeks €1 less each (up to 8) / Membership €99

Paying guarantees the listing and the date; an editorial pick is free and is not guaranteed.

See their pricing page

Pricing checked 8 Oct 2026 · stated on the site

How to submit

1Open the submit page at https://www.early.tools/submit; no login is required.
2Provide your logo, description, email, website and social links.
3Submit for free if you want a chance at an editorial pick, which is not guaranteed.
4Or pay from EUR 19 one-time (about $21) for a permanent listing plus a featured week; extra weeks cost EUR 1 less each, up to 8.

The details