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The Launch Directory or Wellfound: launching versus hiring
Wellfound helps startups hire. The Launch Directory helps them launch. If you searched for one while needing the other, this page sorts it out.
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Side by side
| Topic | Wellfound | The Launch Directory |
|---|---|---|
| How a launch works | Job posts and candidate search for startups; not a product launch sitesource, checked 2026-10-30 | Weekly editions: each launch is filed in a dated week, stays in the archive, and the week's top three by community votes win Product of the Week |
| Free option | Yes: unlimited job posts, freesource, checked 2026-10-30 | Yes: with our badge on your website and a complete founder profile, the free queue, 1-2 weeks out |
| Paid options | Job Ads for top-of-results placement, Reach sourcing seats, and a managed recruiter service (as published: Job Ad, from $200, Reach Starter, per seat per month $135)source, checked 2026-10-30 | Paid launch $5, live at once or in the week you pick; the Featured spot $19 |
| Votes and ranking | Not published on the pages we read | One person, one vote; votes are never sold and paid places are labelled |
| Link to your website | Not published on the pages we read | Followed on a paid launch; not followed on a free listing |
| Who can launch | Startups hiring and people looking for startup jobssource, checked 2026-10-30 | Any product, startup or business with its own website |
| Extras | Not published on the pages we read | Launch receipt, free AI answer check, founder profiles and domain records on every listing |
| Domain Rating (Ahrefs) | 87measured 31 Oct 2026 | 71measured 31 Oct 2026 |
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What is Wellfound?
Wellfound, formerly AngelList Talent, is a hiring platform for startups: free job posts, paid job ads, sourcing tools and a managed recruiter service. It is not a product launch site.
Who it suits
Startups hiring, and people looking for jobs at startups.
What Wellfound does well
- Free, unlimited job posts.
- A candidate pool interested in startups.
- Published prices for its paid hiring tools.
Where The Launch Directory is different
The Launch Directory does not list jobs. It lists products and companies: a dated launch page with founders, screenshots and a link to your website.
A launch here is free through the free queue, or $5 for a paid launch with a followed link.
Founder profiles here show who is behind a company, which also helps candidates who look you up.
What a launch on The Launch Directory includes
Whatever you decide about the platform above, this is what a listing here comes with.
- A paid launch at $5
- It goes live straight away or in the week you choose, with a followed link to your website and every profile section open: the founder story, milestones and demo video.
- A free way in
- With our badge on your website and your founder profile complete, a free listing joins the free queue and goes live in its week, 1-2 weeks out. Its link to you is not followed; screenshots and comparisons are shown all the same.
- A launch receipt for every listing
- Each live listing carries a dated record of what we measured after launch: Domain Rating by Ahrefs then and now, referring domains, AI mentions where we measure them, and the visits we sent you. It is updated daily, and nothing in it is estimated.
- A free AI answer check
- Every listed business can run one free check of what ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity answer when a buyer asks about its category: whether you are named, where, and which sources they cite.
- Votes that cannot be bought
- One person, one vote. Featured places, sponsors and the Billboard are labelled as paid and never add a vote to anything.
- Our Domain Rating, in public
- Our own Ahrefs Domain Rating is printed on the pricing page, so you can judge the link before you pay for it.
- Pay without signing up first
- Your account is created at checkout. Pay by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal or crypto; prices are in US dollars, VAT is added only where due, and invoices come from Zinn Digital® Ltd.
- Product of the Week
- The three listings with the most community votes each week win #1, #2 and #3 Product of the Week, with a badge for the listing and a page to share.
- Founders by name
- Every founder gets a profile page linked to their companies, and a paid listing can carry the founder story behind the product.
- Domain records on every listing
- Listings show the company domain's public registration record, and the free domain age checker looks up any domain.
When Wellfound is the better choice
To hire, use Wellfound. To launch the product those hires will build, use The Launch Directory.
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Questions readers ask
Is Wellfound the same as AngelList?
Wellfound is the hiring platform formerly called AngelList Talent.
Can I post jobs on The Launch Directory?
No. The Launch Directory lists launches, products and their founders.
Is a launch on The Launch Directory free?
There is a free listing, and a paid launch is $5.