List your software on Open Alternative

openalternative.coSpecialist directoriesGeneral (accepts AI tools)B · Strong option

At a glance

Cost to list: Free (queue)
Free listing: Yes (review queue)
Cheapest paid: $97 · mixed: one-time + monthly
Featured price: $197
Fast-track price: $97
Link type: Some listings dofollow
Which plan gets the link: paid only
Badge required: Not required
Time to get listed: queue (free) / 48h (Standard) / 24h (Premium)
Launch format: Permanent listing
Voting: –
Login needed: Yes
CAPTCHA: No
Submit form: native form

Our take

Open Alternative is a curated directory of open-source alternatives to SaaS products, so it only accepts open-source tools. Free submissions wait in a queue, while skipping it costs $97 one-time for a non-SEO listing or $137 for a premium SEO-friendly one; no badge is needed. The site gets about 2.8k search visits a month, more than half from the US, plus roughly 400 AI-search citations.

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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

1k–10k/mo

Ahrefs organic traffic

Authority

DR 60–79

Ahrefs Domain Rating

AI citations

100–999

quoted in AI answers

Referring domains

1,821

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.

ChatGPT1–99

Perplexity100–999

Google AI Overviews1–99

Google AI Mode0

Gemini1–99

Copilot100–999

Where the visitors are

🇺🇸 United States54%

🇮🇳 India11%

🇩🇪 Germany7%

More signals

Ranking keywords: 378
Traffic value: $5,146
Domain age: 2.7 yrs
Registered: Feb 29, 2024
Sitemap pages: 5,343
Sitemap updated: Oct 8, 2026
Homepage outbound: 18
Newsletter: resend

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

Our score

B · Strong option

Audience17/25

Authority10/15

AI visibility10/15

Link value9/15

Relevance6/15

Cost and access13/15

How the score works

What it costs to list

You can list for free. Paid plans start at $97 (mixed: one-time + monthly) if you want faster review or a featured spot.

Free listing

Yes

review queue

Paid plans from

$97

mixed: one-time + monthly

Featured spot

$197

Fast-track review

$97

Plans and prices

Free (queue) / Standard $97 one-time (48h, non-SEO) / Premium $137 one-time (24h, SEO-friendly) / Ultimate featured $197/mo

Free (queue); $97 one-time Standard (48h, nofollow); $137 one-time Premium (24h, dofollow); $197/mo Ultimate featured; openalternative.co/submit/<tool>: 'Standard Skip the queue and get published within 48 hours. $97'

Range: $97 to $197 · mixed: one-time + monthlySee their pricing page

Pricing checked 8 Oct 2026 · high confidence

How to submit

1Log in to OpenAlternative; login is required to submit.
2Open https://openalternative.co/submit and enter your email and tool details.
3Choose the free review queue, Standard at $97 one-time (48h, non-SEO) or Premium at $137 one-time (24h, SEO-friendly).
4For ongoing visibility, the top featured plan costs $197 per month.

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