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List your software on Startup Heroes

startupheroes.ioStartup directoriesGeneral (accepts AI tools)C · Worth a look

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At a glance

Cost to list
Submit $10 one-time (listed forever; manual review, refund if rejected)
Free listing
No
Cheapest paid
$10 · one-time
Featured price
–
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
Voting
–
Login needed
No
CAPTCHA
No
Submit form
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Our take

Startup Heroes is a startup directory for discovering early-stage companies, aimed at founders, early adopters and investors. Listing is paid at $10 one-time and stays up permanently, though each later update to the listing costs another $10. Links are likely to pass SEO value, and search traffic is about 100 visits a month, mostly from the US.

Search & discover early stage startups before they go big. Startup Heroes® is a startup directory showing future unicorns before they take flight

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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 0–19

Ahrefs Domain Rating

AI citations

1–99

quoted in AI answers

Referring domains

552

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
Gemini0
Copilot0

Where the visitors are

🇺🇸 United States62%
🇫🇷 France11%
🇮🇳 India7%

More signals

Ranking keywords
73
Traffic value
$230
Domain age
2.4 yrs
Registered
May 20, 2024
Sitemap pages
–
Sitemap updated
–
Homepage outbound
7
Newsletter
No

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

Our score

C · Worth a look
Audience10/25
Authority2/15
AI visibility3/15
Link value10/15
Relevance10/15
Cost and access9/15

How the score works

What it costs to list

There is no free listing. Paid plans start at $10 (one-time).

Free listing

No

Paid plans from

$10

one-time

Featured spot

–

Fast-track review

–

Plans and prices

Submit $10 one-time (listed forever; manual review, refund if rejected) / listing update $10 each

$10 one-time submission (list forever); $10 per listing update; Submit Startup $10 /one time Update Listing $10 /each time

Range: $10 to $10 · one-time

Pricing checked 8 Oct 2026 · high confidence

How to submit

  1. 1Open https://startupheroes.io/submit.
  2. 2Complete the form and pay $10 one-time.
  3. 3Wait for the manual review; the fee is refunded if the startup is rejected.
  4. 4Budget $10 for each later listing update.

The details

Form
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Login
No
CAPTCHA
No
Review time
–
Cost
$10
Submit to Startup Heroes

Categories covered

Frequently asked questions

Is listing on Startup Heroes free?

No. Listing costs $10 one-time, refunded if rejected.

Does Startup Heroes give a dofollow backlink?

Likely, but not confirmed. Links are estimated to be dofollow.

How long does approval take?

Submissions get a manual review, but no review time is published.

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