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How to get listed on SoftwareSuggest

Business software and service-provider directory with reviews and recommendations

SoftwareSuggest has a free route; its paid options are extras, not a listing fee. The listing we checked marked its link to the product sponsored.

Free routeLink observed: sponsored — marked sponsored — the label Google asks for on paid linksTop 200k
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At a glance

Free route
Free route

'List Your Product - It's Free' vendor form (company head office, employees, customers, category); a business email is required, consumer email providers such as gmail.com are not supported.

Paid listing from

No paid listing — the free route is the way in.

Review time

Not stated.

Link on a live listing
Link observed: sponsored — marked sponsored — the label Google asks for on paid links

Marked sponsored — the label Google asks for on paid links. SoftwareSuggest does not say what kind of link it gives.

What we read: https://www.softwaresuggest.com/ai-chatbot-software - 'Visit Website' buttons go to ppc.softwaresuggest.com/{slug} with rel='sponsored nofollow noopener'; the /salesforce product page shows no plain outbound vendor link

Requirements
  • Vendor account with a business-domain email.
  • Company details: head office, employee count, customer count, software or service category.
Audience, as they state it

50k+ listed software and services, 1500+ categories, 10M+ active yearly buyers (SoftwareSuggest vendors page); 40,000+ verified reviews (home page) Their figures, not ours.

Popularity

#72,201 in the Tranco top-1M list of 9 October 2026 — Top 200k.

Plans and prices

PlanPriceStated waitIncludes
Basic$4,000—6-month engagement; premium listing above non-paid members; ad-free profile page; category page banner ad, newsletter, 1,000 USD PPC credit
Gold$9,000—6-month engagement; PPC credit 2,500 USD and MQL credit 2,500 USD; product review, CXO interview, social media mentions; dedicated account manager
Platinum$15,000 a year—12-month engagement; PPC credit 5,000 USD and MQL credit 5,000 USD; leader matrix consultation, product review, guest posts, CXO video interview; dedicated account manager

How to get listed on SoftwareSuggest, 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 SoftwareSuggest's submit page. It is at softwaresuggest.com/vendors.
  3. 3Take the free route, if it fits. 'List Your Product - It's Free' vendor form (company head office, employees, customers, category); a business email is required, consumer email providers such as gmail.com are not supported.
  4. 4Check the rules first. Vendor account with a business-domain email. Company details: head office, employee count, customer count, software or service category.
  5. 5Once 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 vendor profile in a software and service-provider directory, with reviews and category pages, run from India. Suits business software that wants a free listing; the paid plans are priced in thousands of dollars and bundle advertising credit.

  • 16 of the 35 launch platforms and directories whose live listings we read gave a plain link; SoftwareSuggest's was marked sponsored.
  • By traffic rank it is number 14 of the 27 launch platforms and directories here that appear in the Tranco top-1M list.

SoftwareSuggest: the questions founders ask

How much does it cost to get listed on SoftwareSuggest?

SoftwareSuggest has a free route; its paid options are extras, not a listing fee. Other paid options: Basic at $4,000; Gold at $9,000; Platinum at $15,000 a year.

Is SoftwareSuggest free?

Yes, with conditions. 'List Your Product - It's Free' vendor form (company head office, employees, customers, category); a business email is required, consumer email providers such as gmail.com are not supported.

Does SoftwareSuggest give a dofollow backlink?

SoftwareSuggest does not say. The listing we checked marked its link to the product sponsored.

What does SoftwareSuggest require?

Vendor account with a business-domain email. Company details: head office, employee count, customer count, software or service category.

Sources

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

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