The Board, beside the places a brand pays to be seen
One page per competitor: what it costs, what it sends, where it wins, and when a dollar on a public leaderboard is the better use of the money. Every figure is dated and linked, and every page says up front that The Board is ours.
Launch platforms
A Product Hunt alternative where the rank is bought, not curated
A Product Hunt alternative for a product that will not be featured: a spot from a dollar, rank by what you paid, and a traffic count you can check.
A BetaList alternative for a brand that is past the beta
A BetaList alternative when the product has shipped: BetaList is a paid, curated list for pre-launch startups; The Board is a dollar for a position you price.
A Uneed alternative with no queue, no launch date and no vote
A Uneed alternative now its free line is closed: what fast-track and skip-the-line cost, what Uneed claims to send, and how The Board differs for a dollar.
A Peerlist Launchpad alternative where the rank is paid for, not scored
A peerlist launchpad alternative for a brand, not a profile: Peerlist is free, weekly and scored; The Board is a dollar for a position ranked by what you paid.
A Fazier alternative where the position has a price instead of a tier
A fazier alternative when free means a 30-day wait and a link back: Fazier's four tiers, dated, and a spot on The Board for a dollar, ranked by what you paid.
A Microlaunch alternative with no queue, no Pro tier and no score to earn
A microlaunch alternative when the free queue is two to three months and Pro is $49: what Microlaunch sells, dated, and a spot on The Board for a dollar.
A Dev Hunt alternative with no queue, no vote and a position you price yourself
A dev hunt alternative when the free queue runs about six months and skipping it is $49: what Dev Hunt sells, dated, and a spot on The Board for a dollar.
A LaunchIgniter alternative where the position outlasts the week and is priced, not voted
A launchigniter alternative when a week is not enough: what its free, $12 and $15 launches buy, what it claims to send, and what a dollar buys on The Board.
A Tiny Startups alternative where the pay-to-rank board has a dollar floor, a stated end and a counter you can check
A tiny startups alternative that covers both its boards: the free weekly launchpad and the pay-what-you-want Spotlight from $49, beside a dollar on The Board.
A BetaPage alternative now that BetaPage is PitchWall, a curated daily feed with a 30-day queue
A betapage alternative now betapage.co redirects to PitchWall: its free, $49 and $99 launches, the 30-day queue, and what a dollar buys on The Board instead.
Directories
An AlternativeTo alternative where the position is bought, not liked
An alternativeto alternative when a free listing waits months in a queue: a spot on The Board is a dollar, ranked by what it paid, with the traffic in public.
A SaaSHub alternative where the money buys the rank instead of a slot beside it
A saashub alternative when you want the money to be the rank, not a $99 a month slot beside one: a spot on The Board is a dollar, once, ranked by what it paid.
A KillerStartups alternative where the price is on the page before you write in
A killerstartups alternative when the feature has no price: what KillerStartups publishes, what it does not, and the dollar a spot on The Board costs.
A Startup Stash alternative where the price and the position are on the page
A startup stash alternative when the listing form is blank and no price is published: what a buyer finds there, and the dollar a spot on The Board costs.
A StartupBase alternative where the whole page is one ladder and a season ends it
A StartupBase alternative with one ladder instead of a vote board beside a paid one: a spot on The Board is a dollar, ranked by what it paid, in the open.
A Launching Next alternative where nobody reviews the queue and the price is on the page
A Launching Next alternative with no editor and no queue: the directory's $99 fast track, its two prices for it, and a spot on The Board for a dollar.
Communities
An Indie Hackers alternative where a brand buys a position instead of earning a thread
An Indie Hackers alternative for a brand that wants a position rather than a thread: the free listing, the $1,099 newsletter slot, and a dollar on The Board.
A Show HN alternative for a brand that is not a project, where the position is bought and does not decay
A show hn alternative for a brand without a demo: what Show HN takes, what a front page sends, and what a dollar buys on The Board once the thread is gone.
Pay-to-rank boards
Paid attention
A Google Ads alternative for a business that cannot spend $2,000 a month
A Google Ads alternative for a small business: what a click costs in 2026, what a month runs, and what a dollar buys on a public leaderboard instead.
A Facebook Ads alternative when five dollars a day is not enough to learn
A Facebook Ads alternative for a small business: Meta's real floors in 2026, the learning-phase trap, and what a dollar buys on a leaderboard instead.
A Reddit Ads alternative for a business that cannot fund an auction at $50 a day
A Reddit Ads alternative for a small business: Reddit's $5-a-day floor, what a click runs by third-party count, and a dollar for a spot on The Board instead.
A LinkedIn Ads alternative for a brand that cannot spend $10 a day to be seen
A LinkedIn Ads alternative for a small budget: the $10 daily floor, what a click costs in 2026 by third-party count, and what a dollar buys on a leaderboard.
An X Ads alternative that does not ask you to buy a checkmark before it takes a dollar
An X Ads alternative without the paid checkmark: what X charges, the audience figure it does not publish, and what a dollar buys on a public leaderboard.
A Carbon Ads alternative for a brand that cannot book a million impressions a month
A Carbon Ads alternative for a brand below the $5,000 a month first buy: Carbon's rate card, its curated gate, and what a dollar buys on a public leaderboard.
A BuySellAds alternative where no publisher has to accept you and every price is on the page
A BuySellAds alternative when no publisher has to accept you: what a named slot costs in 2026, the $50 minimum, and what a dollar buys on a public leaderboard.
A Paved alternative that sells a position on one page rather than a day in somebody's inbox
A Paved alternative for a small budget: what a newsletter sponsorship costs in 2026, the $50 a day network floor, and what a dollar buys on a leaderboard.
A listing on The Board is $1, rank is what each brand paid, and the traffic is counted by Fathom on a public dashboard. Every listing is a paid placement.