# IndieHunt review and launch guide

Source: https://bestlaunchplatforms.com

> IndieHunt is a weekly Hunt-network board (Monday 8:00am UTC, seven days on the homepage) for indie SaaS and AI tools. Free launches are slot-capped and mostly nofollow; Premium ~$19 guarantees dofollow. Related Hunt boards include Aura++, MakerHunt, SideHunt, and EarlyHunt — pick the niche that matches.

- Rank: 46
- BLP Index: 60
- Website: https://indiehunt.io
- Category: launch-board
- Cadence: weekly
- Cost: Free tier (weekly slot cap)
- Backlink: Nofollow on free unless top 3; guaranteed dofollow on Premium

IndieHunt runs a weekly competition: products go live Monday 8:00am UTC and stay on the homepage for seven days while the community votes. Free launches (often capped around 15 per week) require a badge and default to nofollow; top-3 free launches can earn a dofollow upgrade. Premium is a one-time ~$19 dofollow, launch blog, and extra placement.
Positioning is indie makers and AI/SaaS, not a general consumer gadget board. The week-long window is the point: you can actually reply to feedback instead of living inside a 18-hour Product Hunt thread.
It sits alongside Aura++ (daily) and the other Hunt surfaces. Use IndieHunt as the weekly flagship when the product is indie SaaS or an AI tool — a calm seven-day room rather than a second Product Hunt.

## Best for
- Makers who can work the comments for a full week
- A fairer room than Product Hunt if you have no hunter Slack
- Buying one Hunt-network dofollow without a daily fire drill

## Skip if
- Expecting Product Hunt traffic numbers
- Entering IndieHunt, MakerHunt, and SideHunt on the same Monday when one weekly already matches
- Hardware, local services, or anything hunters cannot try in a browser

## FAQ
### Is IndieHunt independent from Product Hunt?
Yes. IndieHunt is a weekly surface in the Hunt network — specialized rooms for daily launches (Aura++), weekly niches (IndieHunt, MakerHunt, SideHunt, EarlyHunt), and a lasting catalog (Uno Directory). Pick the cadence and niche that fit; you do not need every surface in the same week.

### Is IndieHunt free?
There is a free tier. Premium is typically $19 for a guaranteed dofollow backlink, launch-story SEO, and extra placement. Confirm current prices on the site.

### Should I launch on every Hunt site?
Match the room to the product: one daily Hunt board and one weekly Hunt board in the same month is usually enough. Each weekly has a distinct niche — indie SaaS, makers, side projects, AI — so choose the one that fits.