Microlaunch Alternatives Sorted by How Long You Stay Visible
Microlaunch gives a product a month of visibility through a leaderboard, ratings, roasts and a deals marketplace, and we could not confirm what its free route includes. Alternatives differ most in how long a launch stays in front of people: Uneed runs a day, Smol Launch and DevHunt a week, StartupBase pairs a launch day with a permanent page, and Post Your Build Ideas, our own free board, keeps launches in Today, Week and All-time feeds.
What does Microlaunch’s month actually consist of?
Its home page (read 13 November 2026) says new startups go live every month and showed 158 products for November. Products sit on weekly and monthly leaderboards, carry an idea rating, a product rating and a roast count, and can attach deals. Its premium page describes a launch as thirty days of continuous visibility followed by months of distribution, with relaunches for major releases.
The sign-up and Launch buttons were visible, but the pages we could reach listed premium packs and not a free route, so we cannot say what a free launch includes. If you came here because the price or the rules were unclear, check its pricing before you rely on it.
A month is a long window compared with most boards, and the length is a design choice with a consequence. A slow start can recover over weeks, and a strong day is diluted across a month. Decide which kind of attention you can use before you compare sites.
Which alternatives run a day, a week or forever?
Ordered from the shortest window to the longest. Each fact is from the site’s own pages read on 13 November 2026.
01 Uneed
A daily launch board whose top three each day win badges.
- Window
- A launch day, with daily, weekly, monthly and yearly winner lists
- Free route
- A line that assigns a date at least 50 days out
- Needs from you
- Upvotes on the day; a score of 10 keeps you published
The day is the unit here, so everything depends on who shows up on it. Winners are carried forward into weekly and longer lists, which is the only stretching of the window.
02 TinyLaunch
A ranked launch competition with a free standard queue.
- Window
- Several days on the homepage after your slot comes up
- Free route
- A standard queue of unstated length
- Reward
- Badge and backlink for the top three
Several days is a middle length: enough to recover from a quiet first morning, short enough that the ranking stays tense. Its Latest Winners section keeps past podiums visible for readers who browse.
03 Smol Launch
A weekly launch board for indie makers.
- Window
- A full week on the front page, per its home page
- Free route
- Badge plus votes for five other launches; first launch only
- Start
- Launches begin on Monday morning, Pacific time
A week suits a maker who can reply to comments daily but cannot rally a crowd on one date. The free week it showed was months away, so the waiting is the price.
04 DevHunt
A weekly launchpad for developer tools only.
- Window
- A week of voting, closing with a countdown
- Free route
- A free listing; picking a launch week is a paid step
- Link
- Nofollow on free listings
The home page shows a voting-closes timer, so the week has a visible end. It accepts developer tools only, so it is a narrower alternative to Microlaunch’s mixed audience.
05 StartupBase
A daily launch platform whose product pages never expire.
- Window
- A launch day, then a permanent page
- Free route
- A queue of about four to five weeks and its badge
- Browsing
- Topics, collections and launch history
This is the long end: the launch day is short, and the page is meant to stay discoverable afterward. Nobody can promise it will keep sending visitors, but a page that stays up beats a window that closes.
06 PeerPush
A discovery platform that stresses visibility beyond launch day.
- Window
- Open-ended, by its own description
- Free route
- A publishing queue its FAQ says can be long
- Ranking
- An engagement score that rewards taking part
Its pages contrast their model with a single launch day and describe visibility that continues through updates and community activity. That is a claim about the site, not something we measured. It asks for ongoing effort, since the score rises with participation.
07 Post your build ideas
Our own free board, with Today, Week and All-time feeds.
- Window
- A launch moves through Today, Week and All-time as votes accumulate
- Free route
- The only route; no paid placement
- Main limit
- New and small; you bring the visitors
We built it, and its window is soft: a launch appears on Today, can stay in Week and sits in All-time listed verified first, then newest. Nothing guarantees a length. Publish on the launch form; the draft can be fixed until you press Publish, and the text is final once it is live.
How do the windows compare?
| Site | Visible for | Free route cost |
|---|---|---|
| Microlaunch | A month | Not confirmed |
| Uneed | A day | 50-plus day line |
| TinyLaunch | Several days | Queue, length unstated |
| Smol Launch | A week | Badge, five votes, a distant free week |
| DevHunt | A week | Free listing, paid launch week |
| StartupBase | A day, then permanent | Four to five weeks in queue |
| PeerPush | Open-ended by its description | Queue that can be long |
| Post your build ideas | Today, Week, All-time feeds | None |
Which window matches the effort you can give?
- You can mobilise people for one day: a daily board fits, because the ranking rewards a concentrated burst.
- You can answer comments every day for a week: a weekly board spreads the work and lets a quiet first day recover.
- You can post updates every few days for a month: a monthly window is built for exactly that, and the roasts and ratings reward visible iteration.
- You cannot do any of it: pick the permanent listing and the open-ended feed, and spend your effort on the description instead.
A long window does not add visitors by itself. It gives you more days to earn them. The answer on how long a launch lasts goes into the numbers you can measure, and the launch metrics checklist tells you what to record on each day. The Uneed alternatives page covers the queue side of the daily boards. If you are looking for the next thing to build, the ideas board is open to browse.
Frequently asked questions
Is Microlaunch free?
We could not confirm. The pages we reached listed premium packs, including options that bundle extra distribution, and showed no free-tier details. Its sign-up and Launch buttons were visible, so a free route may exist. Read its pricing page before you plan around it.
How long does a Microlaunch launch last?
Its premium page describes thirty days of continuous visibility, with relaunches allowed for major feature releases only. Its home page ran leaderboards by week and by month. Confirm the details for your plan, because a free listing may differ.
Which Microlaunch alternative has the shortest wait?
Post Your Build Ideas and Show HN have no queue at all. Our board is live when you press Publish on an emailed link, and Show HN is live when you post, within its rules. Sites with free queues, such as Uneed and Smol Launch, make you wait weeks.
Is a longer launch window better?
Not automatically. A longer window gives you more days to earn attention, but a single hard day can matter more on a daily board. Match the window to how much effort you can spend, and measure what each launch sends before you repeat it.
Can I relaunch after a major update?
Some sites allow it. Microlaunch lists relaunches for major releases in its premium pack, and Uneed sells a relaunch for products already listed there. Show HN accepts a major overhaul but not point releases. Our board stops the same website launching again within seven days.
Post your build ideas publishes this page and runs a free launch board that competes with some of the sites it names. Facts about other sites came from their own pages on the date shown above; terms, queues and prices change, so confirm on their sites before you decide. About the publisher.