Free SEO Tools for Startups
Free tools for startups working on SEO and directory submissions: check your Ahrefs Domain Rating, generate directory badges, compare paid directory pricing, and avoid dead platforms. No signup, no cost, no limits.
Domain Rating Checker
Check any website's Ahrefs Domain Rating for free. See where your startup stands, track your DR as backlinks come in, and vet directories before you submit.
Open toolWebsite Authority Checker
Check the authority score of any domain and learn how DR, Moz DA, and Semrush Authority Score relate, plus what a good score looks like for a startup.
Open toolUTM Builder
Generate campaign URLs with UTM parameters in seconds. One-click presets for Product Hunt launches, newsletters, and social posts.
Open toolLTV Calculator
Calculate customer lifetime value from ARPU, gross margin, and churn. The number that sets your entire acquisition budget.
Open toolCAC Calculator
Calculate customer acquisition cost and your LTV:CAC ratio, with benchmarks for what healthy looks like in SaaS.
Open toolChurn Rate Calculator
Get monthly customer churn, revenue churn, and the annualized number that shows what churn really costs you over a year.
Open toolMRR Calculator
Calculate monthly recurring revenue, ARR, and a 12-month growth projection from your customer count and pricing.
Open toolStripe Fee Calculator
See exactly what Stripe takes from each payment, including international and currency conversion fees, and what to charge to net a target amount.
Open toolDirectory Badge Generator
Generate embeddable "Featured on" badges for your website in seconds. Many directories require a badge in exchange for a dofollow backlink - this covers that requirement.
Open toolDirectory Pricing Benchmark
Every paid startup directory priced and ranked in one table. Compare submission fees against DR and traffic so you never overpay for a listing.
Open toolDirectory Coupon Codes
Active discount codes for paid startup directories, collected in one place and updated as new promotions appear.
Open toolDirectories Graveyard
An archive of dead and inactive startup directories. Check before you submit so you never waste time on a platform that no longer reviews listings.
Open toolFree Startup Directories List
40+ verified free startup directories ranked by Domain Rating, with dofollow flags and traffic estimates pulled live from our database.
Open toolWhy We Built These Free Startup Tools
Every tool here solves a problem we kept running into while submitting startups to directories: not knowing a site's real authority, overpaying for listings, submitting to platforms that quietly died, and hunting for badge embeds one directory at a time. Instead of paying for separate SEO software, you can cover the whole directory workflow with these free SEO tools and our directory database.
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