The LaunchDirectories Alternative Where You Pick the Directories

$29 vs $99, for the same 30 directories

Start with the number. LaunchDirectories is $99 for 30 directories, $149 for 60, and $199 for 100. Submitator is $29, $49, and $79 for the same volumes, which works out to roughly $2 to $3.30 per directory there versus under $1 with us, about two-and-a-half to nearly three-and-a-half times less for each one. And once LaunchDirectories starts the work there are no refunds, you waive your 14-day right of withdrawal at checkout, whereas Submitator carries a 30-day money-back refund.

You pick the directories. They pick for you.

With LaunchDirectories you choose how many directories (30, 60, or 100), but their team chooses which ones from their database and emails you a report after the fact. Submitator hands you the list. You pick your directories from your dashboard, filtered by category or Domain Rating, and watch each one go live with a screenshot and a clickable link.

They skip Product Hunt. We handle it, badge and all.

In their own words, LaunchDirectories "intentionally skips high-impact platforms like Product Hunt," and tells you to handle those launches yourself. The same goes for badge-gated directories: it doesn't mention installing or maintaining the badges that the best directories require to list you. Submitator covers Product Hunt and the badge-gated ones, and installs and keeps every required badge live for you, you set up one component, once.

Same caliber of directories as LaunchDirectories, a fraction of the price

To be fair, this isn't that LaunchDirectories lacks good directories, its plans include paid launches on select partner directories, and its database covers plenty of premium high-DR ones. The point is the rest of the deal: you pay about three times as much, you don't get to choose which directories you land on, and its links are a mix of dofollow and nofollow. Submitator gives you the same caliber of directories, dofollow-focused, that you choose yourself, with proof for each.

When LaunchDirectories might still fit

To be fair, LaunchDirectories is a legitimate, fully manual service, and if you want a human team to create the accounts and submit everything by hand, you don't mind paying about three times the price, and you're happy to handle Product Hunt and badge-gated launches yourself, it's a reasonable hands-on option. Submitator is the better fit when you want to pay a fraction of the price, choose your own directories, and have the badges handled.