List your software on Trendy Startups

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

At a glance

Cost to list: Free review (account, ~few months)
Free listing: Yes (review takes a few months)
Cheapest paid: $29 · monthly
Featured price: $29
Fast-track price: –
Link type: Dofollow · confirmed
Which plan gets the link: all listings
Badge required: Not stated
Time to get listed: few months (free) / expedited (paid)
Launch format: Permanent listing
Voting: –
Login needed: No
CAPTCHA: No
Submit form: JS app / not visible

Our take

Trendy Startups is a startup directory for founders, early adopters, and investors that also carries blog content. The free review requires an account and can take a few months, a paid expedited review is available at an unpublished price, and ads cost $29 to $69 per month. Listing links are confirmed to pass SEO value (a real backlink), but search traffic is effectively zero.

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Watch out for

Barely any visitors - the value here is the backlink, not traffic

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

1,647

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 States100%

More signals

Ranking keywords: 4
Traffic value: $0
Domain age: 8.8 yrs
Registered: Jan 9, 2018
Sitemap pages: 4,700
Sitemap updated: –
Homepage outbound: 2
Newsletter: Yes

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

Our score

C · Worth a look

Audience2/25

Authority5/15

AI visibility0/15

Link value15/15

Relevance10/15

Cost and access13/15

How the score works

What it costs to list

You can list for free. Paid plans start at $29 (monthly) if you want faster review or a featured spot.

Free listing

Yes

review takes a few months

Paid plans from

$29

monthly

Featured spot

$29

Fast-track review

–

Plans and prices

Free review (account, ~few months) / paid expedited review (price not shown) / ads $29-69/mo

Free review (account required; 'few months' to feature); paid expedited review (price not shown); ads $29-69/mo; trendystartups.com/faq: free review takes 'about few months'; paid 'expedited review'

Range: $29 to $29 · monthlySee their pricing page

Pricing checked 8 Oct 2026 · medium confidence

How to submit

1Create an account on Trendy Startups for the free review.
2Open https://trendystartups.com/advertise and follow the form, which loads as a JavaScript app.
3Choose free review, which takes a few months, or paid expedited review; check the page for the current price.
4Consider ads at $29 to $69 per month for extra exposure.

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