StarTap vs Other Startup Directories

Side by side

Directory	Price	Time to go live	Badge required
StarTap	Free. No paid plans and no paid placement.	Right away. No queue, no launch date.	No
Product Hunt	Free to launch. Paid promotion is available.	On the launch day you schedule.	No.
BetaList	Free queue, or pay to be featured sooner.	After editorial review. The free queue can take weeks or more.	No.
Uneed	Free with a long wait, or pay for an earlier date.	About 3–5 months for a free launch date when we checked.	No.
TinyLaunch	Free on the next open date. Paid options available.	About a month for a free date when we checked.	No.
SaaSHub	Free review, with paid options for faster or featured placement.	Up to about 32 days for a free review when we checked.	No.
Findly.tools	Free with their badge on your site. Paid plans available.	Once the badge is verified.	Yes. The badge must stay in your footer or the listing is unpublished.
ShipBoost	Free with their badge, or pay to launch sooner.	About 4 months for a free weekly slot when we checked.	Yes, for the free launch.

Checked October 2026, when we listed StarTap on each of them.

It's live right away. Most free listings mean weeks or months in a queue. StarTap has none.
It's free, with nothing to buy. No paid plans and no paid placement, so nobody buys their way past you.
No badge required. Verify your domain with a meta tag or DNS record and your project page gives you a followed link.
No launch day to lose. Your project stays on the board, and you can climb it any day you play.
Anyone can back you. Fans tap your Star without signing up.

StarTap works best next to the others, not instead of them. Looking for more places to list? See our list of free startup directories.