Product Hunt vs DevHunt
Choosing between Product Hunt and DevHunt? Here's how they compare on price, link policy, review time and launch format, with Hauntboard, our own launch board, as a third option. We run Hauntboard, so every fact about Product Hunt and DevHunt is sourced from their own pages.
Facts checked 14 Oct 2026 · Product Hunt sources · DevHunt sources
The Short Answer
Product Hunt is a general daily leaderboard; DevHunt is a weekly launchpad for developer tools. DevHunt's free listing gets a permanent page and a nofollow link but no launch, while its $19 launch gets a permanent dofollow link. Pick DevHunt for a developer tool and a developer crowd (162.8K visitors in the last 30 days, per its stats page); pick Product Hunt for breadth.
Side by Side
Product Hunt, DevHunt and Hauntboard, from each one's own pages.
| Dimension | Product Hunt | DevHunt | Hauntboard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free option | Yes: Product Hunt's launch guide says launching is 100% free. It also sells advertising, but doesn't list ad prices there. | Limited: A free listing gets a permanent page with a nofollow link, but no launch. | Yes: the next open week, 20 free slots a week, with the Hauntboard badge on your site |
| Pricing | Free to launch. | Free listing (no launch); launch $19; boosted launch $49 (one-time). | Free (next open week, Hauntboard badge required, 20 slots a week) · Launch Now $19 (pick your week, no badge) · Spotlight $49 (pinned top row for the week, 4 a week). One-time payments. |
| Link type | Not dofollow: HackerNoon found the Visit website link marked ugc in September 2026, which isn't dofollow. Product Hunt blocked our own check on 14 Oct 2026. | Dofollow (conditional): DevHunt's FAQ says paid launches get permanent dofollow links and free listings get nofollow links. | Dofollow link for every approved launch; a free launch's link is nofollow while the Hauntboard badge isn't on its site |
| Review and timing | No review fee; you schedule the launch yourself. | Not published. | Human review: about 72 hours on the free tier, within 24 hours on paid launches |
| Launch format | Daily leaderboard, on Pacific Time. | Weekly launches, plus a weekly email. | Weekly board: one week on the board, and the product page stays up afterwards |
| Audience (its own figure) | No figure published on the pages we checked. | 162.8K visitors in the last 30 days | No site-wide audience figure to quote yet; every launch page shows its own page views and visits, and totals are on the stats page. |
Which One Fits?
Choose Product Hunt if:
- • Your product is for a general audience, not only developers.
- • You want to launch for free and choose your own day.
- • You have supporters ready for launch day.
Choose DevHunt if:
- • You built a developer tool, API or open-source project.
- • You want a week, not a day, in front of developers.
- • You'll pay $19 for a launch with a permanent dofollow link.
Using Both
For a developer tool, launching on both is reasonable. DevHunt gives a week of developer votes and feedback; Product Hunt gives a broader day. Put them in different weeks so each gets your full attention.
Where Hauntboard Fits
Hauntboard is a weekly launch board where a person reviews every launch, every approved launch gets a dofollow link, and each launch page shows its own page views and visits in public. It's new, so its audience is still small, and it can sit next to either of these. See how it compares with Product Hunt or DevHunt.
Common Questions
- Is DevHunt free?
- A free listing gets a permanent page with a nofollow link, but no launch. A launch costs $19 and a boosted launch $49, both one-time.
- Are DevHunt links dofollow?
- DevHunt's FAQ says paid launches get permanent dofollow links and free listings get nofollow links. Product Hunt's outbound link isn't dofollow.
- Is DevHunt only for developer tools?
- It's built for them: its audience is developers, and its best fit is developer tools, APIs and open-source projects.
Ready to launch?
Launch on Hauntboard: free launches get human review in about 72 hours, a dofollow link while the Hauntboard badge is on your site, and public page views and visits.