Head to head
Lede Press vs Piece Press
Piece Press leads the BLP Index (62 vs 61). Lede Press has more raw reach. Lede Press is fairer for founders without a network. Piece Press scores higher on AI visibility.
| Dimension | Lede Press | Piece Press |
|---|---|---|
| BLP Index | 61 | 62 |
| Rank | #43 | #39 |
| Type | Directories | Directories |
| Cycle | ongoing | ongoing |
| Listing cost | Free reciprocal or free nofollow, one each per project | Free reciprocal or free nofollow, one explainer each per project |
| Audience | Founders who want a public product story and a link they can inspect | Buyers close to a decision, and products that need the reasoning written down |
| Traffic | A new editorial desk, not a launch-day audience. Plan for the URL, not a spike. | A long page on a new domain. Citations are the hope, not this week’s signups. |
| Backlink | Dofollow on the reciprocal free plan and the $29 plan. One link in the article. A separate free plan is not followed | Dofollow on the reciprocal free plan and the $29 plan. One product link where the reasoning lands. A separate free plan is not followed |
| Reach | 34 | 28 |
| Intent | 56 | 64 |
| Fairness | 84 | 82 |
| Evergreen | 72 | 78 |
| AI visibility | 52 | 60 |
| Ease | 86 | 78 |
Lede Press
Lede Press publishes a readable product story in that day’s edition. Free reciprocal and the $29 plan put a dofollow link in the article. The publisher states its domain rating is 0.
Lede Press is a daily index of product stories, not a logo directory and not a launch-day leaderboard. Each live page names the product, says who it is for, and contains one product link in a sentence. On the reciprocal free plan and the $29 plan that anchor is dofollow: no nofollow, sponsored, or ugc. The free nofollow plan uses rel=nofollow and does not ask for a site credit.
Full Lede Press guidePiece Press
Piece Press writes one buyer question through to a decision, with the product link where that reasoning lands. Reciprocal free and $29 are dofollow. Stated domain rating is 0.
Piece Press is the long desk. A page answers one buyer question: when the product is the right call, when it is not, and what sits around that choice. The publisher’s line is that a reader should be able to send the URL to a teammate and still have the context on the page. Answer engines quote pages that already contain that depth, which is the bet. It is not a promise they will.
Full Piece Press guide