Twelve Tools
A curated directory of new tools and startups that features twelve new tools a day.
How a launch works
You submit your tool for free, which needs a link back to Twelve Tools on your homepage or footer, or pay once to skip the link back, get a faster review and be featured on the homepage. Every submission is reviewed before it is listed.
How to launch on Twelve Tools, step by step
Choose the free or paid plan
The free plan asks for a link back to Twelve Tools on your homepage or footer. The paid plan is a one-time payment that needs no link back, is reviewed faster and is featured on the homepage.
Add the link back if you go free
Use one of the badges on the Twelve Tools badge page, or your own text link, and place it on your homepage or in your footer as the free plan asks.
Submit your tool
Start from the Submit your Tool page and pick your plan. Write a one-line description that says what the tool does, and choose the categories your users browse.
Wait for the review
Every submission is reviewed before it is listed. Check the pricing page for the current review time of each plan before you plan around a date.
Keep the link back in place
On the free plan the link back is the condition of the listing, so leave it up. The paid plan says its links stay dofollow with no link back needed.
Tips
- The one-line description is what visitors see on the homepage and in category lists, so make it say plainly what the tool does.
- Links to your site carry utm_source=twelve.tools, so visits from the listing show up under that source in your analytics.
- A directory listing brings a lasting link and steady visits rather than a launch day; pair it with a launch platform for a burst of attention.
At a glance
- Type
- Startup directory
- Best for
- Indie makers and small SaaS teams who want a lasting directory listing with a dofollow link, and can add a link back or pay once.
- Link to your site
- Dofollow (on the 2 listings we checked)
- Price
- Free, with paid options
- Site last checked
- Oct 31, 2026
Link type read from the website link on: listing 1, listing 2. A platform can treat paid or featured listings differently.
In these lists: Launch sites that give a dofollow link, AI tool directories, SaaS directories and launch sites, Startup directories, Launch sites for indie makers.
Questions
- Is a Twelve Tools link dofollow?
- On the free and paid listings we checked, the link to the product's website was dofollow. See the profile above for the evidence and the date checked.
- Is Twelve Tools free?
- There is a free plan that asks for a link back to Twelve Tools on your homepage or footer, and a one-time paid plan that needs no link back. Check its pricing page for the current price.
Free tools for your Twelve Tools launch
All free tools- Launch checklistEverything to do before, on and after launch day, ticked off as you go.
- Launch time plannerSee your launch moment in every major time zone.
- Character counterCount characters and check them against title, tweet and app store limits.
- Social preview checkerSee the card your link shows on X, LinkedIn and Slack, and what to fix.
- UTM builderTagged links for every channel on launch day, so you know which one worked.
- Meta tag checkerCheck the title, description, canonical and indexing tags Google reads.