Product Hunt vs Peerlist
Choosing between Product Hunt and Peerlist? 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 Peerlist is sourced from their own pages.
Facts checked 14 Oct 2026 · Product Hunt sources · Peerlist sources
The Short Answer
Product Hunt runs a daily leaderboard that anyone can launch on. Peerlist's Launchpad opens every Monday inside a professional network, so you need a verified individual profile and a complete project, and your launch goes live right away with no review queue. We couldn't verify Peerlist's link type. Pick Peerlist if you want a week and are happy to build a profile; pick Product Hunt for the bigger day.
Side by Side
Product Hunt, Peerlist and Hauntboard, from each one's own pages.
| Dimension | Product Hunt | Peerlist | 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. | Yes: We found no launch fee in Peerlist's launch guides. You need a verified individual profile and a 100%-complete project. | Yes: the next open week, 20 free slots a week, with the Hauntboard badge on your site |
| Pricing | Free to launch. | No launch fee found in Peerlist's launch guides; a verified profile is required. | 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. | Link type unverified: Not verified. Peerlist's help pages don't say, and project links load with JavaScript, so we couldn't check them. Third-party write-ups disagree. | 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. | No review queue: launch from the Launchpad on Monday and it goes live right away, or schedule another day. | Human review: about 72 hours on the free tier, within 24 hours on paid launches |
| Launch format | Daily leaderboard, on Pacific Time. | Weekly Launchpad, opening every Monday. | 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. | No figure published on the pages we checked. | 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:
- • You want to launch without creating a profile on a network first.
- • You want the reach of the best-known launch site.
- • You'd rather pick a single launch day.
Choose Peerlist if:
- • You're a developer or designer who'll use a Peerlist profile anyway.
- • You want a weekly format that opens every Monday.
- • You want to go live right away, with no review queue.
Using Both
Peerlist's weekly Launchpad and a Product Hunt day can sit in the same month. Verify your Peerlist profile and complete the project before Monday, then pick a Product Hunt date you can be online for.
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 Peerlist.
Common Questions
- Do I need a Peerlist profile to launch?
- Yes. You need a verified individual profile and a 100%-complete project; company profiles can't launch.
- Does Peerlist cost anything?
- We found no launch fee in Peerlist's launch guides. Product Hunt is free to launch too.
- Are Peerlist links dofollow?
- We couldn't verify it: project links load with JavaScript and Peerlist's help pages don't say. Product Hunt's outbound link isn't dofollow.
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.