Product Hunt alternatives, measured – not guessed
Data through · How we count
Every list of Product Hunt alternatives tells you which boards exist. None tells you what it takes to place on them. We count every launch day on five boards – Product Hunt, Uneed, Show HN, Fazier and SmolHunt – after the day has closed: how many products entered and what each placement down the ranking cost. Below, those counts side by side, and every other place to launch we know of.
The five boards, side by side
Median over the closed days we measured in the last 180 days — the same days the launch planner and the launch stats count. Product Hunt has no rank-ten count in our data, so its column shows what it took to be featured instead.
| Board | Launches on a median day | Upvotes for the top ten | Days measured |
|---|---|---|---|
| Product Hunt | 711 | 122* | 151 |
| Uneed | 24† | 4 | 149 |
| Show HN | 123 | 9 | 149 |
| Fazier | 15 | 27 | 148 |
| SmolHunt | 2 | fewer than ten launches | 14 |
* Product Hunt: what it took to be featured (the lowest featured score of the day). Featuring is editorial; Product Hunt publishes no threshold.
† A floor: Uneed’s ranking ends at place 50, so on days with more launches the count stops there.
Which one fits your launch?
Take 27 upvotes — what a top-ten place cost on a median day on Fazier, the dearest of the smaller boards. Over the last 180 days that number would have been enough
- Product Hunt: to be featured on 0 of 151 measured days (0%)
- Uneed: for the top ten on 147 of 147 measured days (100%)
- Show HN: for the top ten on 140 of 149 measured days (94%)
- Fazier: for the top ten on 60 of 115 measured days (52%)
Your number is not this one. Put your own into the launch planner and it runs the same count for every board — first place, the top five and the top ten. Free, no account.
Every place to launch we know of
22 places to launch or list a product. We measure 5 of them every day; for the rest we have no counted days, so there is no number. Measured ones first, then alphabetical — not ranked by size, because none of them publishes visitor numbers and a ranking would have to invent them.
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Product Huntmeasured daily by us
Daily launch board
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Show HN (Hacker News)measured daily by us
Community posts for things people built
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Uneedmeasured daily by us
Daily launch board
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Faziermeasured daily by us
Daily launch board
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SmolHuntmeasured daily by us
Launch board for small products
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AlternativeTonot measured
Directory of software alternatives
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BetaListnot measured
Directory of early-stage startups
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Dang.ainot measured
AI tool directory
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DevHuntnot measured
Launch board for developer tools
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Futurepedianot measured
AI tool directory
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Indie Hackersnot measured
Community of indie founders
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Launching Nextnot measured
Startup directory
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Microlaunchnot measured
Launch board
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OpenHuntsnot measured
Launch board
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Peerlist Launchpadnot measured
Launches on a network for builders
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r/SideProject (Reddit)not measured
Community for side projects
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SaaSHubnot measured
Software directory
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Startup Famenot measured
Startup directory
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There's An AI For Thatnot measured
AI tool directory
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Tiny Startupsnot measured
Directory for small startups
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TinyLaunchnot measured
Launch board
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Toolifynot measured
AI tool directory
How we count
Each board is read after its day has closed, and the day is kept: how many products entered, what the winner scored and what each placement cost. Product Hunt, Uneed and Show HN through their official APIs; Fazier and SmolHunt are read off the page, because neither publishes one. Every figure is a median, never a mean — launch days are skewed, and one viral day pulls an average far from anything you will meet. 611 board days are on file so far, and every board adds one more every day.
These numbers say what a placement costs in upvotes. What it is worth in visitors no board publishes — anyone quoting you that is guessing, so we do not print a figure for it. Does the weekday matter on Product Hunt?
Already launched on Product Hunt? The free analysis puts your result against the whole day it ran in — several hundred launches, not the ten on the front page.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know before you launch.
What is the best alternative to Product Hunt?
The one your upvotes are enough for. Over the last 180 days, the cheapest top ten among the boards we measure was on Uneed: 4 upvotes on a median day, with 24 launches. On Product Hunt it took 122 upvotes to be featured, with 711 launches on a median day. Every figure is a median over the measured days; the launch planner runs your own number against every board.
Is Uneed better than Product Hunt?
It is smaller and cheaper to place on. Over the last 180 days a median Uneed day had 24 or more launches and the top ten started at 4 upvotes (149 days measured). A median Product Hunt day had 711 launches, and being featured took 122 upvotes (151 days measured). Which is better for you depends on whether your upvotes reach the bar; nobody publishes what either placement is worth in visitors.
Where should I launch after a weak Product Hunt launch?
On a board where the upvotes you actually got would have placed. Medians over the last 180 days, cheapest first: Uneed (top ten from 4), Show HN (top ten from 9), Fazier (top ten from 27). Enter your real number in the launch planner to see how often it was enough on each. Your Product Hunt page stays live after launch day, and a free listing in the Launch Lounge keeps a followed link to your product either way.