Blastra vs StartupSubmit
StartupSubmit is a one-time service: a team submits your startup by hand to 60 to 220+ directories within a week. Blastra is a software platform that submits too, then keeps each listing accurate as the product moves. Here is how they compare.
The short version
StartupSubmit is a one-time, hand-submitted service: you send a base description and a team adapts it to each of 60 to 220+ directories, picks the category and finishes in five to seven days, from $99. Blastra does per-directory work as well, bought as a one-time job to start, and then keeps every listing accurate for as long as you want.
- Choose Blastra if
- your listings have to stay correct after launch, and you want the ones that already exist claimed and brought into line rather than worked around.
- Choose StartupSubmit if
- you want wide directory coverage for a launch at a one-time price, delivered within a week, and are happy to maintain the accounts yourself afterwards.
Blastra
Blastra is a software platform with a human in the loop. It starts by scanning where your SaaS already appears, drafts your company and product context for you to approve, then writes each listing from that context, submits across a curated directory set and follows every listing through approval and appeal. Once listings are live it keeps watching them, so a pricing change or a shifted category gets corrected. The first payment buys the listing work outright; monitoring runs month to month after that.
StartupSubmit
StartupSubmit sells three one-time packages: 60+, 150+ or 220+ directories for $99, $199 or $299. You fill in a short form with your URL, logo, short and long descriptions and target keywords, and their in-house team submits by hand, adapting your description to each directory and choosing the category. Submissions finish in five to seven days, and you receive a report with live links, screenshots and the logins for every account created.
Blastra vs StartupSubmit, side by side
| Dimension | Blastra | StartupSubmit |
|---|---|---|
| Who is it for? | BlastraB2B software companies whose directory listings have to stay accurate as the product and its category change. | StartupSubmitSaaS, AI tools and startups generally, with business, B2B, dev tools and agency categories also covered. |
| What is it for? | BlastraBeing listed and correctly described wherever buyers and AI assistants check, with authority and traffic following from that. | StartupSubmitBacklinks and domain rating, and a better chance that AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini recommend the product. |
| What does it cost? | Blastra$99 one-time to start, covering 3 listings we submit or update for you, then $59 a month for monitoring and more listings each cycle, first month included. Cancel anytime and keep access to the dashboard. Extra action packs from $99. | StartupSubmitOne-time: $99 (60+ directories), $199 (150+) or $299 (220+), each shown against a list price of twice that. |
| How does it start? | BlastraBlastra scans where you already appear and turns that into a draft of your company and product context for you to approve. | StartupSubmitA short form, under two minutes by their account: URL, startup name, logo, short and long descriptions, founder name and target keywords. |
| Which directories? | BlastraA curated database of 28+ vetted B2B software directories, G2, Capterra and TrustRadius among them, with launch platforms on a separate track. | StartupSubmit60+, 150+ or 220+ by package, which they describe as high-authority directories matched to your product by an SEO strategist. |
| Who selects my categories? | BlastraBlastra maps the categories you name at onboarding into each directory’s taxonomy, asks where there is no clean match, and keeps checking the category you landed in afterwards. | StartupSubmitTheir SEO team picks the category on each directory. |
| Who writes the descriptions? | BlastraBlastra writes each one from the context you approved, shaped to the directory’s format, and rewrites them from that context when the product changes. | StartupSubmitYou provide a base description, and their team adapts it by hand to each directory’s character limits, tone and guidelines. |
| What about existing listings? | BlastraExisting listings are part of the work. Blastra obtains the management rights, including where the old login is lost, and updates the listing. | StartupSubmitTheir page does not describe checking for listings you already have. |
| How does access work? | BlastraForwarding runs from your own company mailbox, so no password changes hands, and you can switch it off at any time. | StartupSubmitThey create the accounts and hand you the credentials, so you can update pricing, features, screenshots or logos yourself. |
| How long does it take? | BlastraWork starts immediately. Directory reviews take three weeks and upward in practice, and Blastra stays with each one through rejections and appeals. | StartupSubmitFive to seven days for the submissions. Directories then approve on their own timelines, typically one to four weeks. |
| What do you get after? | BlastraA dashboard with live status and credentials for every listing, and how each directory currently describes your product next to what you approved. | StartupSubmitA submission report listing every directory, with a live link URL and a screenshot for each, plus the account credentials. |
| What is guaranteed? | BlastraSubmission to the directories you chose, appeals included, and a substitute of similar value where one cannot be placed, with the action returned to your pack. Domain Rating movement is outside the guarantee. | StartupSubmitA money-back guarantee is offered; its conditions are not set out on the page. The $299 Authority plan guarantees DR 30+ or continued backlinks until that DR is reached. |
| What is the time horizon? | BlastraContinuous. Blastra keeps tending the listings for as long as you keep it on. | StartupSubmitOne-time. The listings stay live, and keeping them current is yours to do with the credentials. |
Why Blastra
Hand-adapted copy, at submission and after
StartupSubmit and Blastra both avoid pasting one description into every form. Their team adapts your base description to each directory’s limits and tone at submission time. Blastra writes from a company and product context you approved, and treats that context as the source it rewrites from whenever the product changes, so the listings stay in step with what you sell now.
Starting from the listings you already have
Most products past their first launch already appear somewhere: a profile a former colleague created, or one a platform generated on its own. Blastra scans for those first, so you decide from the real picture, then claims and corrects them as part of the work.
Credentials in hand, or forwarding under your domain
StartupSubmit gives you the logins to every account it creates, which makes the listings clearly yours and makes their upkeep yours as well, across many separate accounts. Blastra authorizes through forwarding from your own company mailbox, so verification runs under your domain and no password is shared. In both models you control the listings.
Coverage now, accuracy later
A wide run of 150 or 220 directories gets a product found quickly, and those links keep working. The listings themselves describe the product as it was on submission day. When pricing, positioning or the category changes, a buyer comparing directories and an AI assistant summarizing them both read the older version until someone updates each one.
Where StartupSubmit wins
Wide coverage for one payment
Up to 220+ directories for $299 one-time, or 60+ for $99. Blastra works a curated set of B2B software directories, chosen for traffic and authority rather than count.
A one-week delivery
Submissions finish in five to seven days. Blastra follows each directory through approval and appeal, which takes three weeks and up.
A stated Domain Rating guarantee
Their Authority plan guarantees DR 30+ or keeps building backlinks until it is reached. Blastra’s guarantee covers submission and accurate listings, and leaves Domain Rating outside it.
Want a wide launch run as well?
If a broad backlink sweep or a launch-day push is the goal, talk to us about it: a hand-picked set of launch platforms and SEO directories, chosen for what each one is worth. It sits alongside the presence work. Ask us.
“With some of those other directory listings, maybe I'm getting listed on 200 sites, but I've never heard of any of them. These are all pretty much brand name review sites, which is great.”
Head of Creative Marketing, Files.com
“Feels less like a tool and more like a teammate who actually does the work - claiming profiles, chasing badges, fixing inconsistencies - more than just flagging what's broken.”
Product Marketing Manager, Gcore
“It was a completely hands-off experience: the process was super easy, simple, and required zero hassle on my end.”
CMO, Aiclo
Frequently asked questions
Is StartupSubmit better than Blastra?
For a single launch with wide coverage, StartupSubmit is a strong option: 60 to 220+ directories submitted by hand in five to seven days, for $99 to $299 once. Blastra also starts with a one-time payment for listing work, on a curated set of B2B software directories, and then keeps those listings accurate as the product changes. The choice comes down to whether you need the listings maintained after launch.
Does StartupSubmit write the listing descriptions?
You provide a base description during onboarding, and their team adapts it by hand to each directory’s character limits, tone and guidelines. Blastra writes each description from the company and product context you approve at onboarding and rewrites them from that context when the product changes.
Can I move from StartupSubmit to Blastra?
Yes. StartupSubmit hands over the credentials for the accounts it creates, so the listings are already yours. Blastra scans where you appear, picks those listings up and maintains them from there. Where a login has been lost, Blastra obtains the management rights from the directory.
What is the best done-for-you SaaS directory submission service?
It depends on what happens after the submissions. StartupSubmit, LaunchDirectories, SaaSListing.co and SubmitSaaS each run a one-time submission job and hand back a report. Blastra submits to a curated set of B2B software directories and then keeps monitoring and correcting the listings. Pick a one-time service for a launch, and ongoing management if the listings need to stay accurate.
How long does directory submission take?
StartupSubmit finishes its submissions in five to seven days, and directories then approve on their own timelines, typically one to four weeks by their account. Blastra starts work immediately and follows each directory through review, rejections and appeals, which takes three weeks and upward in practice.
StartupSubmit details verified from startupsubmit.app (directory submission service page) as of October 2026. Blastra directory counts and prices are pulled live from our directory database and plan configuration.