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Startup directory · checked 10 October 2026

How to submit to Launch Llama

Tools directory with a weekly newsletter for founders and builders

Launch Llama has a free route, and paid plans from $39 one-time. The listing we checked marked its link to the product nofollow.

Free routeListing from $39Link observed: nofollow — marked nofollow — search engines are asked not to pass ranking creditOutside the top 1M
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At a glance

Free route
Free route

Free listing for one tool with a product page, no card required; reviewed and published in about 4 weeks.

Paid listing from

$39 one-time — Instant Launch

Review time
  • Free route: about 4 weeks
  • Instant Launch: goes live immediately
  • Featured (monthly): instant
  • Featured (weekly): instant
Link on a live listing
Link observed: nofollow — marked nofollow — search engines are asked not to pass ranking credit

Marked nofollow — search engines are asked not to pass ranking credit. Launch Llama says it depends on the plan.

What we read: https://tools.launchllama.co/products/clawteams, /happycapy, /paradigm, /lightfield - website links carry rel='noopener noreferrer nofollow' (?utm_source=launch_llama); the pricing page promises a permanent dofollow backlink with Instant Launch and Featured

Requirements
  • Account to submit a tool.
  • One tool per Free account; up to 3 on Featured.
Audience, as they state it

Newsletter to 65,000+ subscribers on the pricing page and 20,000+ founders for the Featured newsletter feature; the directory page says 65,000 founders; DA 73 (own claim) Their figures, not ours.

Popularity

Not in the Tranco top-1M list of 9 October 2026 — a small site by traffic.

Plans and prices

PlanPriceStated waitIncludes
Instant Launch$39 one-timegoes live immediatelyskips the 4-week review; permanent dofollow backlink; guaranteed Google Search Console indexing; single Free submission add-on, not a membership
Featured (monthly)$99 a monthinstantpriority placement at the top of the directory; permanent DA 73 dofollow backlink (own claim); distribution across 4+ SEO pages; up to 3 tool listings; 1 newsletter feature per 4 weeks; cancel anytime
Featured (weekly)$29 a weekinstantsame features as Featured monthly; cancel anytime
Newsletter ad$199 one-time—one sponsorship in the weekly founder newsletter; 3 sends for 499 USD; custom copy, LinkedIn and X promotion, performance report
Directory Backlinks$99 one-time—manual submission to 30 directories (Starter 99 USD), 60 (Pro 149 USD) or 100+ (Premium 199 USD)

How to submit to Launch Llama, 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 Launch Llama's submit page. It is at tools.launchllama.co/submit.
  3. 3Take the free route, if it fits. Free listing for one tool with a product page, no card required; reviewed and published in about 4 weeks.
  4. 4Or pay to skip it. The cheapest paid listing is Instant Launch at $39 one-time (goes live immediately).
  5. 5Check the rules first. Account to submit a tool. One tool per Free account; up to 3 on Featured.
  6. 6Once 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 tool page in a directory tied to a weekly newsletter, where free listings wait about four weeks and paid options skip the wait or pin the listing. Suits AI and developer tools; the sampled listings of popular tools carry nofollow links.

  • Its cheapest paid listing, $39, is above the median of the 20 launch platforms and directories with a one-time price ($24).
  • 16 of the 35 launch platforms and directories whose live listings we read gave a plain link; Launch Llama's was marked nofollow.

Launch Llama: the questions founders ask

How much does it cost to submit to Launch Llama?

Launch Llama has a free route, and paid plans from $39 one-time. The cheapest paid listing is Instant Launch. Other paid options: Featured (monthly) at $99 a month; Featured (weekly) at $29 a week; Newsletter ad at $199 one-time.

Is Launch Llama free?

Yes, with conditions. Free listing for one tool with a product page, no card required; reviewed and published in about 4 weeks.

How long does a submission on Launch Llama take?

Free route: about 4 weeks. Instant Launch: goes live immediately. Featured (monthly): instant. Featured (weekly): instant.

Does Launch Llama give a dofollow backlink?

Launch Llama says it depends on the plan. The listing we checked marked its link to the product nofollow.

What does Launch Llama require?

Account to submit a tool. One tool per Free account; up to 3 on Featured.

Sources

Read on 10 October 2026. Read on Launch Llama's own pages; where a fact came from an archived copy or a third-party report, that source is listed too.

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