At a glance
- Cost to list
- Free launch (badge required) or Free non-SEO launch (no badge)
- Free listing
- Yes (badge required (or no-badge nofollow launch); nofollow)
- Cheapest paid
- $19
- Featured price
- –
- Fast-track price
- –
- Link type
- Nofollow
- Which plan gets the link
- paid only
- Badge required
- Optional
- Time to get listed
- –
- Launch format
- Weekly launch
- Voting
- Yes
- Login needed
- No
- CAPTCHA
- No
- Submit form
- JS app / not visible
Our take
Sidehunt is a weekly launch platform for side projects and indie products, aimed at makers and early adopters. Free launches come with or without a badge and are non-SEO either way, while Premium at $19 per launch guarantees an SEO backlink. The site is under a year old, and about three quarters of its roughly 3.6k monthly search visits come from Pakistan.
Sidehunt is a weekly launch platform for side projects and indie products–submit yours, collect votes, earn backlinks, and reach early adopters. A focused alternative to Product Hunt for makers shipping every week.
Watch out for
- New site - under a year old
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 40–59
Ahrefs Domain Rating
AI citations
1–99
quoted in AI answers
Referring domains
642
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.
Where the visitors are
More signals
- Ranking keywords
- 4
- Traffic value
- $25
- Domain age
- 0.5 yrs
- Registered
- Apr 3, 2026
- Sitemap pages
- 2,820
- Sitemap updated
- Oct 7, 2026
- Homepage outbound
- 40
- Newsletter
- Yes
Source: Ahrefs, Oct 8, 2026. How we measure this.
Our score
What it costs to list
You can list for free. Paid plans start at $19 if you want faster review or a featured spot.
Free listing
Yes
badge required (or no-badge nofollow launch); nofollow
Paid plans from
$19
Featured spot
–
Fast-track review
–
Plans and prices
Free launch (badge required) or Free non-SEO launch (no badge) / Premium $19 per launch (guaranteed SEO backlink)
Free launch (badge required, nofollow) or Free nofollow launch (no badge); Premium $19/launch (guaranteed dofollow); sidehunt.io/pricing: 'Free Launch... badge required' / 'Nofollow Launch Free... No badge required' / 'Premium $19'
Pricing checked 8 Oct 2026 · high confidence
How to submit
- 1Go to sidehunt.io/submit and enter your email.
- 2Choose a free launch (with or without the badge) or Premium at $19 per launch.
- 3Add the Sidehunt badge if you choose the badge launch.
- 4Join the weekly launch and collect votes.
Prepare before you submit
Have these ready so your listing is complete the first time.
- A contact email
Categories covered
Accepts all kinds of AI tools, with no category pages.
Screenshot
Frequently asked questions
Is listing on Sidehunt free?
Yes. Free launches are available with or without the badge.
Does Sidehunt give a dofollow backlink?
Only with Premium. Free launches are verified nofollow, and the $19 Premium launch guarantees a dofollow link.
Who visits Sidehunt?
Makers, early adopters and indie hackers. The site gets about 3.6k monthly organic visits, about 76% of them from Pakistan.
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Links and contact
- Website
- Contact page
- Advertise
- Pricing page
- X @praneetbrar
- X
- Publishes llms.txt
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