Free chapter — from the 2026 Almanac
Review sites are the least glamorous entry in any launch plan and the one with the longest half-life. A directory listing gives you a backlink; a review profile with a dozen real reviews gives you a page that ranks for "best X software" for years — and, since 2025, a page that language models quote when someone asks them the same question.
One structural change most lists have missed: G2 now owns Capterra, GetApp and Software Advice. Four listing processes collapsed into one vendor account. If you are still filling four separate forms, you are doing work that no longer exists.
| # | Channel | Cost | What you get | Verification |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | G2World's largest B2B software marketplace | Free profile; paid subscription from ~$2,999/yr | AI-citation (critical GEO) + social proof + buyer traffic | Live-checked August 10, 2026 |
| 02 | Capterra"Millions of in-market software buyers" | Free listing (free badges/review responses); pay only for PPC/leads | AI-citation + leads + social proof | Last checked August 9, 2026 |
| 03 | GetApp2.5M+ user reviews, 45,000+ products | Free listing + paid lead gen | AI-citation + comparison traffic | Last checked August 9, 2026 |
| 04 | Software Advice2.5M+ reviews | Free listing; paid advisory/lead program | AI-citation + qualified leads | Last checked August 9, 2026 |
| 05 | TrustRadiusMajor B2B review platform | Free product profile; paid tiers for intent data | AI-citation + social proof | Live-checked August 10, 2026 |
| 06 | TrustpilotOne of the largest consumer review platforms | Free business account; paid plans for widgets/features | AI-citation + trust signals + SEO stars | Live-checked August 10, 2026 |
| 07 | SaaSworthySaaS-specific rankings | Free listing (historical); paid upgrades | Backlink + rankings presence IF processed | Live-checked August 10, 2026 |
| 08 | FinancesOnline2.5M monthly users (self-claimed) | "Get Listed" — paid reviews historically | AI-citation + B2B review presence | Last checked August 9, 2026 |
| 09 | SlantLong-tail "best X" query traffic | Free (community-edited Q&A rankings) | AI-citation for "best tool for X" + backlink | Live-checked August 10, 2026 |
Every site here lets you claim or create a product profile for free. The paid tiers buy lead generation, intent data and widgets — G2's subscription starts around $2,999/yr — and none of them are a prerequisite for showing up. Claim the free profile first, then decide with a quarter of data whether the paid tier pays back.
The work that actually moves these pages is not the listing, it is the reviews. Ten honest reviews from real customers outrank a paid tier with two. Ask by email, right after a support win, with a direct link to your profile.
Several of these sites bot-wall automated requests, so our liveness pass can't confirm them the way it confirms a directory. That is what "not re-checked" means on this page — not that the site is down, but that we did not get a clean answer that day and refuse to print a ✓ we didn't earn. SaaSworthy is the one to be careful with: its submission pipeline has been reported unresponsive since around March 2026.
The full Launch Almanac has all 84 channels with the same fields you see above, ready-to-paste submission templates for every channel type, a Claude Skill that does the submissions for you, the 2026 GEO checklist, and a tracking sheet. Re-verified updates for 12 months.
Get the full Almanac — €24Every row on this page is generated from the Almanac database, last liveness run August 10, 2026. Rows we could not re-check that day say so — we would rather show you a stale flag than a false ✓.