Product Hunt vs TinyLaunch
Choosing between Product Hunt and TinyLaunch? 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 TinyLaunch is sourced from their own pages.
Facts checked 14 Oct 2026 · Product Hunt sources · TinyLaunch sources
The Short Answer
Product Hunt is free, and its outbound link isn't dofollow. TinyLaunch has a free queue too, but its free plan only gives a backlink to the top three finishers; its $39 Premium launch skips the queue and guarantees one. TinyLaunch is smaller and cheaper to stand out on; Product Hunt has the audience.
Side by Side
Product Hunt, TinyLaunch and Hauntboard, from each one's own pages.
| Dimension | Product Hunt | TinyLaunch | 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: The Standard Launch is free: live on the homepage for multiple days, in the standard launch queue. The pricing page doesn't say how long the queue is. | Yes: the next open week, 20 free slots a week, with the Hauntboard badge on your site |
| Pricing | Free to launch. | Standard launch free; Premium launch $39 per launch; featured spots $30 a week (top of page) or $15 a week (mid-feed). It also sells a $279 service that submits a product to 110 directories. | 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): TinyLaunch's pricing page promises a high authority backlink to the top 3 ranked free launches and a guaranteed one on Premium. On its homepage on 20 Oct 2026, 11 of 22 outbound launch links were plain and 11 were marked nofollow. | 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: the pricing page gives no review time or queue length. | Human review: about 72 hours on the free tier, within 24 hours on paid launches |
| Launch format | Daily leaderboard, on Pacific Time. | Homepage listing for several days in a ranked launch competition, with top-three badges. | 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 the biggest audience and can bring supporters.
- • You want to launch free and choose your day.
- • You don't need a backlink from the launch.
Choose TinyLaunch if:
- • You'd pay $39 for a guaranteed backlink and to skip the queue.
- • You like featured spots from $15 a week.
- • You want a ranked competition with top-three badges.
Using Both
Both can be on your list. Launch on Product Hunt for reach, and use TinyLaunch's free queue (or Premium) for a backlink and a second wave of visits. Tag each link to see which sent more.
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 TinyLaunch.
Common Questions
- Does TinyLaunch give a free backlink?
- Its pricing page promises a high authority backlink to the top 3 ranked free launches and a guaranteed one on Premium. On its homepage on 20 Oct 2026, 11 of 22 outbound launch links were plain and 11 were marked nofollow.
- How long is TinyLaunch's free queue?
- Its pricing page doesn't say. Premium skips the queue.
- Is Product Hunt's link dofollow?
- No: HackerNoon found the Visit website link marked ugc in September 2026.
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.