Launch on the weekly board and get a permanent, structured page with a real dofollow backlink. It is the kind of source ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini actually quote.
No credit card. Paste your link and we draft the page for you in seconds.
Real products makers have shipped here, ranked by votes. Each one has a permanent page and a backlink working for it right now.
A launch sends a spike of traffic that fades by Friday. Every piece below is here to turn that one launch into an asset that keeps pulling in ranking and AI citations.
A fresh leaderboard every week, ranked by upvotes and comments from makers who actually try your product. The live week is the one that counts.
Launch this weekEvery listing becomes a server-rendered page with JSON-LD structured data and a real dofollow backlink. The kind of source ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini pull into an answer.
See answers we powerWe submit your product to startup and SaaS directories one form at a time, no bots. Watch each listing go from sent to live with its URL, and we re-check the links so a dropped backlink gets flagged.
Browse the directory listScore how easy your listing is for an answer engine to read, quote, and recommend. Four pillars, a running history, and concrete fixes for your answers, FAQs, and crawler access.
Run the analysisThe Refiner works on your listing. This works on your website: a technical audit of what a crawler actually gets in one response, plus where you are missing from pages about your category.
Audit your siteAsk the board a question and the answer becomes a public page at /q. Side-by-side /compare pages, a maker opportunity board, and the full directory list, all crawlable and linked back to you.
See the comparisonsPage views, vote milestones that mint a permanent credential, and your citability score tracked over time. The dashboard tells you whether a launch is still doing work months later.
See the dashboardPaste your link and the submission form fills itself in: name, tagline, description, category, and tags. Edit what you want to change, then publish.
Start a listingSmaller pieces that all do the same job: another crawlable page, another link back to you.
Embed the “Featured on CiteLaunch” badge on your site. It compounds our authority and the value of your link.
A permanent page at /u for you, linking every product you have launched into one crawlable profile.
Visitors get answers drawn from the product's own website when the listing alone does not cover it.
Put your product in the board's right rail, sold by the day, in front of founders launching this week.
Long-form pieces on directories, backlinks, and AI citations, each one another page that links back to the board.
Every account gets a monthly allowance for the Refiner, prefill, and Ask AI. Public visitors always ask for free.
Most directories give you a spike of traffic that fades. We give you an asset that compounds.
Drop a link and AI auto-fills your name, tagline, and description. Edit, then publish in a few minutes.
Your product joins this week's leaderboard. Collect upvotes and comments from makers who get it.
A permanent AI-readable page, a real backlink, hand-done directory submissions, and the tools to see it working.
A launch, a pile of directory listings, and a paid submission service each do one part of this. CiteLaunch is the whole thing, built so every part feeds an AI citation.
| What you get | CiteLaunch | Product Hunt | Launch directories | Submission services |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent page built for AI answer engines (JSON-LD, no JS) | ||||
| Real dofollow backlink to your site | Some | Some | ||
| Weekly ranked board, not a single launch-day spike | ||||
| Directory submissions done by hand, tracked to live | ||||
| Backlinks re-checked, dropped links flagged | Rare | |||
| Citability score with concrete fixes (AEO Refiner) | ||||
| Technical SEO audit of the site you own | ||||
| Public Q&A and comparison pages that link back to you | ||||
| Free tier, then a one-time price with no subscription | Free only | Varies | Mostly subscription |
Your launch, the directory submissions we do by hand, and the tools that tell you whether it is working. Pay once, no subscription.
Launch offer: 50% off every paid planA launch, a permanent page, and a real link. No card needed.
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Your category covered, and the full toolset to go with it.
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Everything in Coverage, plus a year of keeping it working.
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Two things sit outside the plans because they are consumption rather than capability: Launchpad right-rail sponsorship, sold by the day, and AI credits, which every account gets a monthly allowance of.
Compare the plans in fullClaim your spot on this week's board and start building the backlink that AI answer engines quote.
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