ListMySaaS vs SaaSHub

Side-by-side comparison

ListMySaaS vs SaaSHub on 8 criteria

Criterion	ListMySaaS	SaaSHub
Free submission	Yes — every approved listing links to your site	Free submission exists
Paid tier	Free, or $14 Premium Launch	Paid featured placement
Link to your site on the free tier	Yes	Varies — verify
Profile page indexed by Google	Yes, with SoftwareApplication + FAQPage JSON-LD	Yes, as part of the aggregator
AI-search visibility	Optimized — llms.txt, llms-full.txt, JSON-LD, AI bots allowed	Limited
Primary traffic source	Long-tail SEO + AI search + category browsing	Aggregated long-tail SEO
Best for	Founders who want a permanent profile page, ongoing SEO, and AI citations from a founder-run directory	Founders who want a long-established aggregator presence
Alternatives pages	Yes — /alternatives/{slug} per tool	Yes

Frequently asked questions

ListMySaaS vs SaaSHub: which is better?

It depends on the stage and goal. SaaSHub is best for you want a long-established aggregator presence with deep alternatives pages. ListMySaaS is best for you want a permanent profile page, ongoing SEO, and AI citations from a founder-run directory that ships AI-search ready structured data. Most founders who care about long-term discovery end up listing on both.

Is ListMySaaS a free alternative to SaaSHub?

Yes for submissions. ListMySaaS has a free tier that includes an indexable profile page with a link to your site. Premium Launch ($14) publishes the same day instead of after the free review queue. Compare submission cost and link policy in the table above.

Does SaaSHub give a dofollow backlink?

Check SaaSHub's current policy at https://www.saashub.com. The table above shows what we observed at last review. Policies change, so check before you submit.

Should I submit to both ListMySaaS and SaaSHub?

Yes for most launches. They serve different audiences: SaaSHub captures launch-day attention, ListMySaaS captures ongoing search and AI-search citations. A single submission costs ~10 minutes and is worth the SEO + referral diversity.

Which is better for AI-search visibility (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews)?

ListMySaaS is built for retrieval. It ships llms.txt, llms-full.txt, SoftwareApplication JSON-LD per tool, FAQPage JSON-LD, and allows all major AI crawlers in robots.txt. Launch directories are optimized for human traffic and rarely expose per-tool structured data, so they generally surface less in AI answers.