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Best Directory submission tools

What AI assistants actually recommend when buyers ask about directory submission tools — measured weekly across 4 engines, published as open data.

Updated 2026-08-22 · 48 sampled answers · rolling 4-week window · methodology

Rankings are measured from sampled AI answers — never editorial, never paid. Orbator builds AI-visibility tooling; when Orbator itself appears in any category, it is measured by the same rules as everyone else.

Updated weekly48 samples4 enginesmethodology

Sample: 48 AI answers · Window: Jul 25, 2026Aug 22, 2026 (4-week rolling) · trend vs prior 4 weeks (64 answers)

Samples by engine: GEMINI 16 (last run Aug 1, 2026) · PERPLEXITY 16 (last run Aug 1, 2026) · CHATGPT 8 (last run Aug 1, 2026) · CLAUDE 8 (last run Aug 2, 2026) · GROK 0 (last run Jul 13, 2026 — stalest)

How these numbers are made: sampling design · prompt provenance · what counts as a mention · what we cannot see

On the record: This ranking is frozen as a dated snapshot every day. View this category's history to see what entered and left the ranking and when, or read what the engines actually said on a given day.

What is the best directory submission tools?

Across 48 sampled AI answers from 4 engines, Launch Directories is recommended most often — appearing in 37.5% of recommendations, followed by SubmitSaaS (31.3%) and BetaList (31.3%).

This is a measurement of share of voice across 4 AI engines — not an editorial pick. See the full ranking below.

recommendedlistedneutral mentionwarned againstRecommendation share counts answers that recommend or list it — neutral mentions and warnings shown for transparency
#ProductShareTrendEngines
1
Launch Directories

launchdirectories.com

37.5%

95% CI 25.251.6%

18 mentions · avg pos 5

first pick 16.7%

GEMINI 43.8%CHATGPT 37.5%CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 37.5%
Claim
2
SubmitSaaS

submitsaas.com

31.3%

95% CI 19.945.3%

15 mentions · avg pos 4.5

first pick 6.7%

GEMINI 43.8%CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 31.3%
Claim
3
BetaList

betalist.com

31.3%

95% CI 19.945.3%

15 mentions · avg pos 9.4

first pick 13.3%

GEMINI 18.8%CHATGPT 50%CLAUDE 50%PERPLEXITY 25%
Claim
4
BrightLocal

brightlocal.com

29.2%

95% CI 18.243.2%

14 mentions · avg pos 4.6

first pick 28.6%

GEMINI 37.5%CHATGPT 37.5%CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 18.8%
Claim
5
WhiteSpark

whitespark.com

25%

95% CI 14.938.8%

12 mentions · avg pos 6.5

first pick 8.3%

GEMINI 31.3%CHATGPT 25%CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 18.8%
Claim
6
AlternativeTo

alternativeto.net

25%

95% CI 14.938.8%

12 mentions · avg pos 7.4

first pick 8.3%

GEMINI 25%CHATGPT 37.5%CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 18.8%
Claim
7
List My Site

listmy.site

22.9%

95% CI 13.336.5%

11 mentions · avg pos 4.5

first pick 27.3%

GEMINI 25%CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 25%
Claim
8
StartupSubmit

startupfa.me

22.9%

95% CI 13.336.5%

11 mentions · avg pos 4.8

first pick 9.1%

GEMINI 25%CHATGPT 37.5%CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 12.5%
Claim
9
Yext

yext.com

20.8%

95% CI 11.734.3%

10 mentions · avg pos 5.8

first pick 10%

GEMINI 18.8%CHATGPT 25%CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 18.8%
Claim
10
Indie Hackers

indiehackers.com

20.8%

95% CI 11.734.3%

10 mentions · avg pos 11.7

first pick 0%

GEMINI 12.5%CHATGPT 25%CLAUDE 50%PERPLEXITY 12.5%
Claim
11
SubmitWell

submitwell.com

18.8%

95% CI 10.231.9%

9 mentions · avg pos 5.9

first pick 11.1%

GEMINI 37.5%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5%
Claim
12
Crunchbase

crunchbase.com

16.7%

95% CI 8.729.6%

8 mentions · avg pos 3.8

first pick 25%

GEMINI 12.5%CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 25%PERPLEXITY 18.8%
Claim
13
AutoSaaSLaunch

16.7%

95% CI 8.729.6%

8 mentions · avg pos 4.8

first pick 12.5%

GEMINI 18.8%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 25%
Claim
14
ListingBott

16.7%

95% CI 8.729.6%

8 mentions · avg pos 6.3

first pick 0%

GEMINI 37.5%CHATGPT 12.5%PERPLEXITY 6.3%
Claim
15
Moz Local

16.7%

95% CI 8.729.6%

8 mentions · avg pos 7.6

first pick 0%

GEMINI 31.3%CHATGPT 25%CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
16
AutoLaunched

14.6%

95% CI 7.227.2%

7 mentions · avg pos 2.9

first pick 42.9%

GEMINI 31.3%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 6.3%
Claim
17
Software Advice

softwareadvice.com

14.6%

95% CI 7.227.2%

7 mentions · avg pos 4.2

first pick 0%

GEMINI 18.8%CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5%
Claim
18
Synup

14.6%

95% CI 7.227.2%

7 mentions · avg pos 5.9

first pick 0%

GEMINI 18.8%CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5%
Claim
19
GetApp

14.6%

95% CI 7.227.2%

7 mentions · avg pos 6.5

first pick 0%

GEMINI 18.8%CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5%
Claim
20
SubmitMatic

12.5%

95% CI 5.924.7%

6 mentions · avg pos 3.3

first pick 16.7%

GEMINI 25%PERPLEXITY 12.5%
Claim
21
Submitator

submitator.com

12.5%

95% CI 5.924.7%

6 mentions · avg pos 4.5

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%CHATGPT 12.5%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 18.8%
Claim
22
Semrush One

semrush.com

12.5%

95% CI 5.924.7%

6 mentions · avg pos 5.5

first pick 16.7%

GEMINI 12.5%CHATGPT 12.5%PERPLEXITY 18.8%
Claim
23
Auto Directory Submission

8.3%

95% CI 3.319.6%

4 mentions · avg pos 5

first pick 25%

GEMINI 18.8%PERPLEXITY 6.3%
Claim
24
Manta

8.3%

95% CI 3.319.6%

4 mentions · avg pos 5

first pick 25%

GEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5%
Claim
25
SaaS Hub

saashub.com

8.3%

95% CI 3.319.6%

4 mentions · avg pos 6

first pick 0%

GEMINI 12.5%CLAUDE 25%
Claim
26
Moz Keyword Explorer

moz.com

8.3%

95% CI 3.319.6%

4 mentions · avg pos 7.8

first pick 0%

GEMINI 18.8%CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
27
SourceForge

sourceforge.net

8.3%

95% CI 3.319.6%

4 mentions · avg pos 12.3

first pick 0%

GEMINI 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5%
Claim
28
Clutch

clutch.co

6.3%

95% CI 2.116.8%

3 mentions · avg pos 1.7

first pick 33.3%

PERPLEXITY 18.8%
Claim
29
FoundrList

foundrlist.com

6.3%

95% CI 2.116.8%

3 mentions · avg pos 2

first pick 0%

CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 12.5%
Claim
30
MerchantCircle

merchantcircle.com

6.3%

95% CI 2.116.8%

3 mentions · avg pos 3

first pick 33.3%

GEMINI 6.3%PERPLEXITY 12.5%
Claim
31
Victorious

6.3%

95% CI 2.116.8%

3 mentions · avg pos 5.3

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%CLAUDE 12.5%PERPLEXITY 6.3%
Claim
32
Futurepedia

6.3%

95% CI 2.116.8%

3 mentions · avg pos 6

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%PERPLEXITY 12.5%
Claim
33
Better Business Bureau

bbb.org

6.3%

95% CI 2.116.8%

3 mentions · avg pos 9.3

first pick 0%

GEMINI 12.5%CHATGPT 12.5%
Claim
34
Startup Stash

startupstash.com

6.3%

95% CI 2.116.8%

3 mentions · avg pos 20.3

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%CHATGPT 12.5%PERPLEXITY 6.3%
Claim
35
Peerlist

peerlist.io

6.3%

95% CI 2.116.8%

3 mentions · avg pos 21.7

first pick 0%

GEMINI 12.5%CHATGPT 12.5%
Claim
36
AISubmit.app

4.2%

95% CI 1.214%

2 mentions · avg pos 1

first pick 100%

PERPLEXITY 12.5%
Claim
37
OuterBox

4.2%

95% CI 1.214%

2 mentions · avg pos 2

first pick 50%

PERPLEXITY 12.5%
Claim
38
Vendasta

4.2%

95% CI 1.214%

2 mentions · avg pos 3

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
39
Boostability

boostability.com

4.2%

95% CI 1.214%

2 mentions · avg pos 4.5

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
40
AWS

aws.amazon.com

4.2%

95% CI 1.214%

2 mentions · avg pos 5

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%PERPLEXITY 6.3%
Claim
41
Sight AI

trysight.ai

4.2%

95% CI 1.214%

2 mentions · avg pos 7

first pick 0%

GEMINI 12.5%
Claim
42
Uneed

uneed.best

4.2%

95% CI 1.214%

2 mentions · avg pos 7

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%PERPLEXITY 6.3%
Claim
43
SERPSpace

4.2%

95% CI 1.214%

2 mentions · avg pos 8.5

first pick 0%

GEMINI 12.5%
Claim
44
Yellow Pages

yellowpages.com

4.2%

95% CI 1.214%

2 mentions · avg pos 8.5

first pick 0%

GEMINI 12.5%
Claim
45
Etsy

etsy.com

4.2%

95% CI 1.214%

2 mentions · avg pos 12

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%CHATGPT 12.5%
Claim
46
Ahrefs

ahrefs.com

4.2%

95% CI 1.214%

2 mentions · avg pos 14

first pick 0%

GEMINI 12.5%
Claim
47
Tiny Launch

4.2%

95% CI 1.214%

2 mentions · avg pos 18.5

first pick 0%

GEMINI 12.5%
Claim
48
There's An AI For That

theresanaiforthat.com

4.2%

95% CI 1.214%

2 mentions · avg pos 20

first pick 0%

GEMINI 12.5%
Claim
49
F6S

f6s.com

4.2%

95% CI 1.214%

2 mentions · avg pos 31

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
50
Bing Places

bingplaces.com

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 3

first pick 0%

CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
51
Thrive

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 3

first pick 0%

CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
52
LaunchRocket.io

launchrocket.io

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 4

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%
Claim
53
RankInPublic

rankinpublic.xyz

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 4

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 6.3%
Claim
54
AiDirectories

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 5

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%
Claim
55
SE Ranking

seranking.com

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 5

first pick 0%

PERPLEXITY 6.3%
Claim
56
GetMoreBacklinks

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 6

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%
Claim
57
MapQuest

mapquest.com

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 6

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%
Claim
58
SubmitPro.ai

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 6

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%
Claim
59
HigherVisibility

highervisibility.com

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 7

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%
Claim
60
eBay

ebay.com

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 7

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%
Claim
61
Data Axle

dataaxle.com

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 9

first pick 0%

CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
62
Localeze

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 9

first pick 0%

CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
63
Neustar

neustar.com

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 9

first pick 0%

CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
64
Nextdoor

nextdoor.com

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 9

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%
Claim
65
Semrush Local

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 10

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%
Claim
66
Local.com

local.com

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 11

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%
Claim
67
SEO Butler

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 11

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%
Claim
68
Slant

slant.co

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 13

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%
Claim
69
Apple Maps Connect

mapsconnect.apple.com

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 15

first pick 0%

CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
70
SEO Manual Submission

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 16

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%
Claim
71
Birdeye

birdeye.com

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 18

first pick 0%

CHATGPT 12.5%
Claim
72
Loganix

loganix.com

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 18

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%
Claim
73
The HOTH

thehoth.com

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions · avg pos 18

first pick 0%

GEMINI 6.3%
Claim
74
Advice Local

advicelocal.com

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim
75
StackShare

stackshare.io

2.1%

95% CI 0.410.9%

1 mentions

first pick 0%

CLAUDE 12.5%
Claim

Reading the numbers: Share is a point estimate on 48 sampled answers, so each row also shows its 95% CI — the Wilson score interval around that share. When two products' intervals overlap, the gap between them isn't statistically meaningful at this sample size. First pick is the share of a product's recommending answers where it was named first, which separates “always mentioned” from “usually the top recommendation”. Full methodology.

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