Startup Heroes

Paid only directory

Researched from public pages — no submission was run · sources read 2026-09-26. Rules change — recheck the platform's own pages before submitting.

Requirements

$10 one-time submission fee — 'Pay once, list forever' (per the site's indexed submit-page FAQ)
No account needed to submit — small form with mission/product details (per their own blog post '28 Hot New Startup Directories')
Automated checks after payment: screenshot generation and a software-stack test of your website, then manual review against Community Guidelines
Rejected submissions are refunded

Open https://startupheroes.io/submit/ in a normal browser (Cloudflare-protected)
Fill the startup form and pay the $10 one-time fee
Their automation screenshots the site and checks the tech stack; a human reviews against Community Guidelines
Listing claimed live in ~30 minutes for straightforward submissions; confirmation email on publish; refund if rejected

Site is Cloudflare-challenge-protected — automated/agent submission may be blocked; use a real browser
The site is explicitly 'profit-first' — 'You have to PAY to list your Startup' (founder's launch post); directory doubles as a CSS/design gallery that auto-enriches entries with stack data (Wappalyzer/ThisRuns-style lookups)
Detail couldn't be fully verified firsthand due to bot protection — specifics come from the site's own indexed pages, not independent confirmation

A startup entry appears in the Startup Heroes index with auto-generated screenshot and stack data, confirmed by their 'startup went live' email