StartupBase: cost, link type, and review time

Listing

Their site

Pricing

As listed on their own pricing page.

Plan	Price	What you get	Link
Free	Free	Standard free launch queue	Not stated
Launch	$39 once	Choose date and homepage feature	Dofollow
Boost	$99 once	30 days on homepage	Dofollow
Growth	$299 once	60 days, newsletter and editorial review	Dofollow
Ultimate	$499 once	Adds X and LinkedIn promotion	Dofollow

Their rule

Working product and website; no placeholders, resold software, or agencies without a product

Best for: Working software products

The free plan asks for

From their own pages. Times are what they state.

Submit
Fill in the form on startupbase.io.
Review
Every submission is reviewed before launch; no approval-time estimate is published.
Launch slot
The public page estimates 10+ weeks for the standard free queue and about 4 to 5 weeks for the badge-verified free queue.
Your listing
Your page stays up. The link type depends on your plan.

What a live listing links to, from one published listing we opened.

Varies

Free, paid, or top-ranked listings get different links.

Dated notes from their pages and from our own submission. Your dates may differ.

Oct 7
The About page describes a standard free queue with no badge and a badge-verified free queue that asks for a reciprocal link. It estimates 10+ weeks and 4 to 5 weeks respectively. Its rejection examples do not list free online utilities.
Their public page · startupbase.io/about
Oct 7
Our standard free submission was rejected by email on October 7 because it was a free online utility. The public About page does not list this exclusion; this is our case, not a published general rule.
Email about our submission