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Top SaaS Directories: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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A directory of directories, where the free lane is paid for with a backlink to it

topsaasdirectories.com
Top SaaS Directories homepage
Eligibility

Who Top SaaS Directories accepts

You need
An account created with an email and a password
A live URL
A backlink to topsaasdirectories.com, unless you pay $9
You'll be rejected if
Nothing is published beyond the product needing to fit one of their six categories
SaaS toolsMarketing toolsDeveloper tools
What you actually get
A card in a catalogue whose whole subject is places to submit a SaaS: their categories are Launch Platform, AI Directory, Directory, Developer Tools, Business Profile and Bio, and the site describes itself as 100 top web directory submission sites. The listing page carries three links to your site and none of them has a rel attribute, so the dofollow is real and observable. Every page also carries a Boringlaunch advertisement, which is a competing paid submission service.

How to submit to Top SaaS Directories

  1. Create an account
    /submit redirects to /auth/login, which takes an email and a password. There is no Google, GitHub or other social option on the card, which is worth checking by eye because this template usually carries them.
  2. Pick the lane on the pricing page
    Free is listed within 72 hours in exchange for a backlink. Pro at $9 once removes the backlink and adds seven days of featured placement. Sponsor is $99 a month.
  3. Fill the submission
    Same shape as the rest of this template family: link, name, categories, tags, a short description, a longer markdown one, and an icon and cover image.
  4. Wait out the 72 hours
    Their own figure for the free lane. The backlink has to be in place for it, and the pricing card is where that condition is stated rather than in the form.

Top SaaS Directories requirements

An account
Product URL
Name
Category
one of six
Description
Backlink to topsaasdirectories.com
free plan only

Gotchas

The free listing is bought with a link. Their pricing card states it plainly, the form does not, and $9 once is what removes the requirement, so decide which you are doing before you start rather than after the listing is up.
There is no social sign-in on the login card, only an email and a password, even though this template normally offers Google and GitHub. Getting listed means creating and keeping another password.
Every page carries an advertisement for Boringlaunch, a paid service that submits your startup to 100+ platforms. Your listing sits underneath a competitor's ad on its own page.

Let your agent submit to Top SaaS Directories

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Top SaaS Directories playbook and gets the brief for this exact form, with the values already taken from your submission pack instead of placeholders you fill in by hand.

What it does for this platform
Checks your product against the 4 Top SaaS Directories rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 6 fields this form asks for, none of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Warns you that Top SaaS Directories looks for its badge on your site, so it has to be live before you submit rather than after.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: free is $0, listed within 72 hours, and requires a backlink to their site with no customer support. Pro is $9 once and drops the backlink requirement, adds a permanent dofollow and seven days of featured placement. Sponsor is $99 a month for thirty days of featured placement plus promotion across the site.
Types it into Top SaaS Directories in your own browser, and stops for you when the form wants a sign-in.
Records what it sent, so the dashboard can answer "did I ever submit to Top SaaS Directories?".
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Top SaaS Directories FAQ

How long does Top SaaS Directories approval take?
Top SaaS Directories's typical time from submission to going live is 3-5 days.
How much does it cost to submit to Top SaaS Directories?
Top SaaS Directories has a free submission option plus paid placement (Free is $0, listed within 72 hours, and requires a backlink to their site with no customer support. Pro is $9 once and drops the backlink requirement, adds a permanent dofollow and seven days of featured placement. Sponsor is $99 a month for thirty days of featured placement plus promotion across the site.).
Does Top SaaS Directories give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on Top SaaS Directories carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 3.
Does Top SaaS Directories require a backlink to your site?
Yes, Top SaaS Directories expects a link back from your site as part of listing.
What gets you rejected from Top SaaS Directories?
Nothing is published beyond the product needing to fit one of their six categories.