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Startup directory · checked 10 October 2026

How to submit to BetaList

Pre-launch and recently launched tech startups

BetaList has no free route and does not publish a listing price. The listing we checked sent its link through the site's own redirect.

Paid onlyLink observed: Via redirect — routed through the place's own redirect first, not straight to the productTop 200k
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At a glance

Free route
Paid only

BetaList's FAQ says free submissions were discontinued and every submission is paid; a startup that is not selected is refunded automatically.

Paid listing from

No published listing price.

Review time
  • Submission plans (prices shown after sign-in, at the end of the submission form): depends on the plan; shown at checkout
Link on a live listing
Link observed: Via redirect — routed through the place's own redirect first, not straight to the product

Routed through the place's own redirect first, not straight to the product. BetaList says its links are dofollow.

What we read: https://betalist.com/startups/memoryplugin - 'Visit Site' button has no rel attribute and 301-redirects via /startups/memoryplugin/visit to memoryplugin.com/?ref=betalist; the logo/title links on the same page carry rel='noopener nofollow'

Requirements
  • Account required (submit page redirects to login)
  • Payment up front (refunded if not selected)
  • Own domain (no vercel.app, netlify.app or herokuapp.com subdomains, no direct app-store links)
  • Pre-launch or recently launched technology startup.
  • Distinct landing page where visitors can sign up or get access.
  • Each startup featured at most twice (once pre-launch, once at launch)
Audience, as they state it

70,000+ newsletter subscribers, 500,000+ pageviews per month, 24,000+ startups featured (BetaList /advertise) Their figures, not ours.

Popularity

#144,853 in the Tranco top-1M list of 9 October 2026 — Top 200k.

Plans and prices

PlanPriceStated waitIncludes
Submission plans (prices shown after sign-in, at the end of the submission form)By quotedepends on the plan; shown at checkouteditorial review before featuring; do-follow backlink if featured; faster featuring and guaranteed newsletter inclusion on higher plans; automatic full refund if not selected
Boost (weekly)$99 a week—homepage placement; newsletter slot; for already-featured startups
Boost (monthly)$199 a month—homepage placement; newsletter slot; for already-featured startups
Sponsorship$4,999 a month—sponsor slot in Trending Startups on the homepage; sponsor slot on every startup page; dedicated newsletter slot; one sponsor at a time

How to submit to BetaList, step by step

  1. 1Get the kit ready. Name, a one-line tagline, a short description, a square logo, two or three screenshots and your pricing in numbers — the same kit works on every directory.
  2. 2Open BetaList's submit page. It is at betalist.com/submit.
  3. 3Check the rules first. Account required (submit page redirects to login) Payment up front (refunded if not selected) Own domain (no vercel.app, netlify.app or herokuapp.com subdomains, no direct app-store links)
  4. 4Once it is live, check the link. Open your listing, right-click the link to your site and choose Inspect: the rel attribute says whether it is a plain link, nofollow, ugc or sponsored.

What a launch there gets you

A reviewed listing on a dated startup page with a Visit Site link and a topic tag, optionally included in the newsletter depending on plan. Suits pre-launch or just-launched software and hardware startups; blogs, agencies and online stores are listed as out of scope.

  • 16 of the 35 launch platforms and directories whose live listings we read gave a plain link; BetaList's was marked via its own redirect.
  • By traffic rank it is number 17 of the 27 launch platforms and directories here that appear in the Tranco top-1M list.

BetaList: the questions founders ask

How much does it cost to submit to BetaList?

BetaList has no free route and does not publish a listing price. Other paid options: Boost (weekly) at $99 a week; Boost (monthly) at $199 a month; Sponsorship at $4,999 a month.

Is BetaList free?

No. BetaList's FAQ says free submissions were discontinued and every submission is paid; a startup that is not selected is refunded automatically.

How long does a submission on BetaList take?

Submission plans (prices shown after sign-in, at the end of the submission form): depends on the plan; shown at checkout.

Does BetaList give a dofollow backlink?

BetaList says its links are dofollow. The listing we checked sent its link through the site's own redirect.

What does BetaList require?

Account required (submit page redirects to login). Payment up front (refunded if not selected). Own domain (no vercel.app, netlify.app or herokuapp.com subdomains, no direct app-store links). Pre-launch or recently launched technology startup. Distinct landing page where visitors can sign up or get access.

Sources

Read on 10 October 2026. Every fact above comes from BetaList's own pages.

Next to the others

BetaList is one of 41 launch platforms and directories we checked on the same day, with the same questions.

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