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# IndieAscent
> A distribution command center for indie SaaS, with a community attached. Track a product and every place you have put it becomes one dated log: a crawler rechecks each placement, says when a listing dies, and reads whether the directory links back and whether that link is dofollow.
The catalog of launch directories records what each one asks for and what its link back is worth, read off real listings we watch rather than copied from a list. Where we have not checked something, the page says so rather than guessing.
Tracking one product is free, with no card and no trial. Pro is $15/month, account-scoped rather than per product, and adds more products, sweeps every 24 hours instead of weekly, and tagged links that report which placement produced a signup. Listing in the directory is optional and separate: a product can be tracked without being listed.
## Key pages
- [https://indieascent.com/expedition](https://indieascent.com/expedition): the expedition log: how tracking, liveness checks and the link-back audit work
- [https://indieascent.com/trailheads](https://indieascent.com/trailheads): the catalog of launch directories, with what each asks for and whether it links back
- [https://indieascent.com/guides](https://indieascent.com/guides): submission guides: what to expect from each directory's form
- [https://indieascent.com/scout](https://indieascent.com/scout): a free scan that reads a site for directory badges and reports which listings still stand
- [https://indieascent.com/blog](https://indieascent.com/blog): field notes on listings, launching, and what the crawler turns up
- [https://indieascent.com/pricing](https://indieascent.com/pricing): what is free and what Pro costs
- [https://indieascent.com/community](https://indieascent.com/community): pitches, comments and votes among founders
- [https://indieascent.com/summit](https://indieascent.com/summit): per-category leaderboards, ranked by weighted member votes
- [https://indieascent.com/products](https://indieascent.com/products): the full directory of listed products, searchable with ?q= and filterable with ?route=
- [https://indieascent.com/badge](https://indieascent.com/badge): how a listing earns a dofollow link
- [https://indieascent.com/feed.xml](https://indieascent.com/feed.xml): new products and pitches, RSS
## Routes (directory categories)
- [Dev tools](https://indieascent.com/tools/devtools): Tools for people who build software: SDKs, CLIs, testing, code quality.
- [Marketing](https://indieascent.com/tools/marketing): SEO, content, email, social and everything that gets a product found.
- [Analytics](https://indieascent.com/tools/analytics): Product analytics, dashboards, event tracking and session insight.
- [AI](https://indieascent.com/tools/ai): AI-native products: assistants, agents, model tooling, applied ML.
- [No-code](https://indieascent.com/tools/nocode): Builders, automations and internal tools that skip the compiler.
- [Productivity](https://indieascent.com/tools/productivity): Notes, tasks, calendars, focus and the tools that organize work.
- [Sales & CRM](https://indieascent.com/tools/sales-crm): Pipelines, outreach, lead handling and closing tools.
- [Finance](https://indieascent.com/tools/finance): Billing, accounting, metrics, pricing and money in motion.
- [Design](https://indieascent.com/tools/design): Design tools, asset pipelines, prototyping and creative utilities.
- [Infra](https://indieascent.com/tools/infra): Hosting, databases, queues, observability and the platform layer.
- [Support](https://indieascent.com/tools/support): Helpdesks, docs, feedback loops and keeping customers unstuck.
- [Directory](https://indieascent.com/tools/directories): Places where founders can list their products or schedule launches
- [Other](https://indieascent.com/tools/other): Products that do not fit a marked route yet. Every range has one.
