List your software on Open Startup List

openstartuplist.comStartup directoriesGeneral (accepts AI tools)C · Worth a look

At a glance

Cost to list: Free 'Heroes' listing for startups with public metrics page
Free listing: Yes (only for startups with a public metrics page)
Cheapest paid: –
Featured price: –
Fast-track price: –
Link type: Dofollow · likely
Which plan gets the link: all listings (likely)
Badge required: Not required
Time to get listed: –
Launch format: Permanent listing
Voting: No
Login needed: No
CAPTCHA: No
Submit form: native form

Our take

Open Startup List is a startup directory for founders, early adopters, and investors, centered on companies that share their metrics publicly. A free Heroes listing is available only to startups with a public metrics page; others pay for placement at an unpublished price, with no badge required. Links are likely to pass SEO value, but search traffic is about 12 monthly visits and there are no 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

1–1k/mo

Ahrefs organic traffic

Authority

DR 20–39

Ahrefs Domain Rating

AI citations

quoted in AI answers

Referring domains

1,069

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

Perplexity0

Google AI Overviews0

Google AI Mode0

Gemini0

Copilot0

Where the visitors are

🇺🇸 United States83%

🇮🇳 India8%

🇷🇺 Russia8%

More signals

Ranking keywords: 5
Traffic value: $4
Domain age: 6.6 yrs
Registered: Mar 20, 2020
Sitemap pages: –
Sitemap updated: –
Homepage outbound: 35
Newsletter: convertkit

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

Our score

C · Worth a look

Audience6/25

Authority6/15

AI visibility0/15

Link value10/15

Relevance10/15

Cost and access13/15

How the score works

What it costs to list

You can list for free, with optional paid upgrades for faster review or a featured spot. No price is published for the upgrades.

Free listing

Yes

only for startups with a public metrics page

Paid plans from

–

Featured spot

–

Fast-track review

–

Plans and prices

Free 'Heroes' listing for startups with public metrics page / otherwise paid placement (price not published)

Free 'Heroes' listing only for startups with a public metrics page; otherwise paid placement (price not published); openstartuplist.com: 'that's the path to a free Heroes listing... Paid placement is how you still show up.'

Pricing checked 8 Oct 2026 · high confidence

How to submit

1Make sure your startup has a public metrics page; the free Heroes listing requires one.
2Open the Submit your open startup form on the Open Startup List homepage; no login is required.
3Enter your email, website and public metrics URL.
4If you have no public metrics page, ask about paid placement; the price is not published.

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