Gappsy and SaaSHub overlap only partly. Gappsy is mainly an AI app builder that turns a short description into a hosted app, website and tools with Stripe…
| Gappsy | SaaSHub | |
|---|---|---|
| Primary category | No-Code | Software Directories |
| Rating | Not documented | Not documented |
| Pricing model | Freemium | Free |
| Starting price | Free (paid plans from $19/month billed yearly, $29 monthly) | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Not documented |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android, Mobile App | Web, Browser Extension |
| Team collaboration | Not documented | Not documented |
| AI features | Yes | Not documented |
| Public API | Not documented | Yes |
What each product does
Gappsy: An AI app builder that creates a hosted app, website and tools from a one- or two-sentence description, plus a software directory where products can be listed and compared.
SaaSHub: An independent software marketplace with alternatives lists, category pages, comparison pages and a startup directory. Its documented features do not include building apps.
Someone without a product yet needs a way to build one, while someone with a finished product mainly needs visibility.
How directory content is presented
Gappsy: Profiles of 7,000+ products across 75 categories, each with features, pricing plans, pros and cons, use cases and FAQs, plus thousands of comparison pages with pricing, feature matrices and verdicts, and 'best software' category guides.
SaaSHub: Alternatives lists ranked by a combined score of user votes and mentions in web articles. The rankings reflect how often products are compared around the web, not verified customer reviews, and the site offers little depth on evaluating individual products.
Buyers looking for a quick list of substitutes and buyers doing a detailed evaluation need different kinds of pages.
Cost of a verified listing
Gappsy: A free basic listing with a Gappsy badge, or a verified listing for a one-time $29, available for products built with Gappsy or any other tool.
SaaSHub: Submission and verification are free, and vendors control pricing, description and logo. Verified listings get a one-click reconfirmation prompt every three months.
Vendors on a tight budget may want verification without any payment, while others may accept a small one-time fee.
Paid promotion model
Gappsy: Itemized paid visibility: sponsored mentions on comparison and tool pages from $75, a dedicated comparison page from $99 and articles from $199, all labeled Sponsored. Featured listings are offered, but their price is not stated in the available facts.
SaaSHub: One published paid option, the Featured listing at $99/month, month to month and cancellable anytime. It bundles homepage, alternatives, category and comparison placements with newsletter rotation, and SaaSHub says it never moves paying products up its main rankings. No pay-per-click and no in-house campaign statistics.
Some vendors prefer to buy specific placements, while others prefer a single recurring fee covering several spots.
Payments and hosting for your own product
Gappsy: Includes a hosted database, file storage, hosting with SSL, customer accounts and payments into your own Stripe account. Gappsy's fee is 5% on Free, 1% on Pro and 0% on Business, on top of Stripe's fees.
SaaSHub: Not documented. SaaSHub's documented features cover listing and promotion of products hosted elsewhere.
Selling bookings, memberships or software access requires infrastructure and payment handling that a directory alone does not provide.
Extra tools for buyers and makers
Gappsy: A launch kit with a checklist plus tools and local agencies from Gappsy's directory, matched to the type of business.
SaaSHub: A Chrome extension that shows alternatives while browsing, an API, a weekly newsletter, an Experts program, free guest posts and SaaSHub Submit, a free list of other launch sites and directories.
Makers planning a wider launch benefit from lists of other places to submit, and buyers may want alternatives surfaced as they browse.
| Feature | Gappsy | SaaSHub |
|---|---|---|
| App and website from a text description | Available | Not documented |
| Bookings, ordering, memberships and tickets | Available | Not documented |
| Payments into your own Stripe account | Available | Not documented |
| Hosting, database, storage and SSL included | Available | Not documented |
| App Store and Google Play packages | Limited | Not documented |
| Exportable codebase | Unavailable | Not documented |
| Feature | Gappsy | SaaSHub |
|---|---|---|
| Alternatives lists ranked by web mentions and user votes | Not documented | Available |
| Side-by-side comparison pages | Available | Available |
| Category pages or guides | Available | Available |
| Detailed product profiles (pricing, pros and cons, FAQs) | Available | Limited |
| Browser extension | Not documented | Available |
| API | Not documented | Available |
| Feature | Gappsy | SaaSHub |
|---|---|---|
| Free basic product listing | Available | Available |
| Listing products built with other tools | Available | Available |
| Listing verification | Available | Available |
| Quarterly listing reconfirmation | Not documented | Available |
| Free guest posts | Not documented | Available |
| Free list of other launch sites and directories | Not documented | Available |
| Feature | Gappsy | SaaSHub |
|---|---|---|
| Featured listings | Available | Available |
| Sponsored mentions on comparison and tool pages | Available | Available |
| Paid dedicated comparison page or article | Available | Unavailable |
| Newsletter placement | Not documented | Available |
| Campaign statistics for paid placements | Not documented | Unavailable |
| Pay-per-click advertising | Not documented | Unavailable |
Starting price reflects the lowest paid tier, not the full cost for every team size or usage level.
Pros
Cons
Pros
Cons
It depends on what is being bought. For listings, both offer a free basic listing, but SaaSHub's verification is free while Gappsy's verified listing is a one-time $29. For promotion, SaaSHub charges a flat $99/month for Featured, while Gappsy sells sponsored mentions from $75, comparison pages from $99 and articles from $199. Gappsy's app builder has a separate free plan and paid plans from $19/month billed yearly.
SaaSHub's documented features are listing, discovery and promotion tools, such as alternatives pages, category pages and Featured listings. Building an app is not part of what it describes. Gappsy builds a hosted app, website and tools from a short description, with payments, bookings and memberships included.
Yes. Gappsy accepts software built with any tool, including Lovable, Bolt.new, Bubble or custom code, at gappsy.com/launch. A basic listing with a Gappsy badge is free, and a verified listing costs a one-time $29.
A small team without a product yet, such as a salon or a studio that wants bookings or memberships, is better served by Gappsy because it handles building, hosting and payments. A small software team with an existing product may prefer SaaSHub for free verified listings on competitors' alternatives pages. Small teams that already have a product could reasonably list on both.
SaaSHub collects articles that review products, list alternatives or rank tools, then combines those mentions with user votes to order its lists. The rankings reflect how often products are compared around the web, not verified customer reviews, so new products can rank low until articles mention them. SaaSHub says paid Featured products are never moved up its main rankings.
Yes. Gappsy labels its paid placements, mentions, comparison pages and articles as Sponsored, and SaaSHub labels its Featured placements as sponsored and keeps them separate from its main ranked lists. SaaSHub notes that it does not provide in-house campaign statistics for Featured listings.