9 free product launch sites for SaaS, and what free costs you
Free rarely means free. On most launch sites it means waiting months, or linking back. Here is what each one actually asks for.
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Almost every launch site says it is free. What it charges instead is time, or a link.
A free launch on some of these goes out this week. On others it goes out in six months, unless you pay to skip the line. This list sorts them by that, because for a SaaS that just shipped, the wait matters more than the audience size.
Every detail below was checked on September 17, 2026, against each site's own submit, pricing and FAQ pages. Queues and prices change, so look again before you plan around one.
Free, with no long wait
1. Product Hunt
Free, with a daily leaderboard that resets at 12:01am Pacific. You can schedule a launch up to a month ahead, and its launch pages offer no paid spot.
Two catches. A new account waits a week before it can post, unless it signs up for their newsletter, so make it early. And a spot on the homepage is picked by their team, not guaranteed. The full playbook is in how to launch on Product Hunt.
2. Show HN
No fee and no queue. Your post appears on the new Show HN page straight away and moves up once it gets a few points.
The rule that trips SaaS founders: it has to be something people can try. Landing pages and sign-up pages are not allowed, so put a demo or a free tier in front of the form. See how to launch on Hacker News.
3. SpacerrApps
This site, so read this one with that in mind. Listing is free for any number of apps. A person reviews every submission, and approved apps launch together every Monday, 08:00 UTC.
The catch: a free listing launches only once the SpacerrApps badge is on your own site. At launch the app gets a permanent page that shows its upvotes and clicks, a write-up an editor reads before publishing, and 2 followed links back to your site. The live launch numbers are on the about page.
Free, after a queue
4. Fazier
A daily launch site with a top three each day. The free tier is reviewed and listed within 30 days, and it needs a link back to Fazier on your site. Paying lets you pick the day.
5. TinyLaunch
Launches go out weekly, on Mondays going by its archive. Free launches wait in a standard queue whose length the site does not publish. A paid launch skips it. Only the top three get a badge.
6. Uneed
Daily launches, and a friendly indie crowd. The free line gives you a date up to five months out, and a free launch needs an upvote score of 10 to stay published. Two paid tiers shorten the wait.
7. Microlaunch
Each launch runs for a month rather than a day, with weekly and monthly leaderboards. The free queue is two to three months or more, and free launches are marked unverified with regular reach. A paid launch skips the queue.
8. DevHunt
Developer tools only, voted on weekly by people who log in with GitHub. If your SaaS is an API, a CLI or anything a developer installs, it is a good room. The site says the average free wait is six months, and a paid option skips it.
Free, with no launch day
9. SaaSHub
Not a launch at all. It is a permanent listing that people find when they search for alternatives to a tool, which is often better traffic than a launch day.
Free, and approved by hand. Listing your competitors gets you approved sooner, and leaving them out sends you to the back of the queue. Released products only: no waitlist pages and no free subdomains.
Not free any more: BetaList
BetaList is still a good room for a product in beta, but its FAQ now says every submission is paid, and there is no free option.
All nine at a glance
| Site | Launches | Free wait | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Product Hunt | Daily | None | New accounts wait a week to post |
| Show HN | Continuous | None | Must be something people can try |
| SpacerrApps | Weekly, Mondays | Next batch after review | Badge on your site |
| Fazier | Daily | Up to 30 days | Link back to Fazier |
| TinyLaunch | Weekly | Not published | Top three get a badge |
| Uneed | Daily | Up to five months | Needs 10 upvotes to stay up |
| Microlaunch | Monthly | Two to three months or more | Free launches marked unverified |
| DevHunt | Weekly | About six months | Developer tools only |
| SaaSHub | No launch day | Not published | List your competitors |
Use the queues, do not wait for them
The queues are only a problem if you join them on launch day. Submit to Fazier, TinyLaunch, Uneed, Microlaunch and DevHunt the week you ship, and the launches land over the next few months instead of all at once. Do Product Hunt, Show HN and SpacerrApps in launch week, and SaaSHub any time.
That turns one launch into a run of them. For the week by week version, see where to launch your app.
