---
title: "shippin.io vs BetaList"
description: "BetaList charges every startup to submit; shippin.io lets you list free, keeps the listing permanent and verifies your revenue."
url: "https://shippin.io/compare/shippin-vs-betalist"
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# shippin.io vs BetaList

> BetaList charges every startup to submit; shippin.io lets you list free, keeps the listing permanent and verifies your revenue.

## Where shippin.io stands out

| Feature | shippin.io | BetaList |
|---|---|---|
| Paid listing price | Builder plan: $29/year ($2.42/month), unlimited active listings | Listing prices shown only after login; Boost $99/week or $199/month, featured startups only |
| Revenue verified through a payment processor | Yes - Read-only Stripe or DodoPayments API key, synced daily | Not verified |
| Free listing available | Yes - 1 active product on the free plan, no backlink badge required | No - "All submissions are paid. There is no free submission option"; refund if not selected |
| Ranking continues after the launch window | Yes - Rankings never reset; rank only decays when engagement fades | Partial - Featured "for a day and then moves down the list"; Trending = recently featured |
| Team openings board | Yes - Up to 5 openings per product (Builder plan) | Partial - Homepage shows job ads and links to startup.jobs; no per-startup openings found |
| Products can be listed for acquisition | Yes - Builder plan; buyers send interest by email, no on-platform sale | Not verified |

## Full comparison

| Category | Feature | shippin.io | BetaList |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listing & launch | Listing model | Permanent: active listings never expire; rank fades without engagement but the listing stays | "Permanent, hand-edited listing"; about 20 startups featured a day; editorial review; paid only |
| Listing & launch | Free listing available | Yes - 1 active product on the free plan, no backlink badge required | No - "All submissions are paid. There is no free submission option"; refund if not selected |
| Listing & launch | Time to go live (free) | Next open UTC day (cap 32 a day), no approval queue; Builder picks the date | No free plan; paid Lite about 14 days, Standard about 3 days, Premium about 1 day to be featured |
| Listing & launch | Relaunch allowed | Yes - Builder plan, every 60 days | Partial - Max two features: once pre-launch, once at launch, at least a few weeks apart |
| Pricing | Paid listing price | Builder plan: $29/year ($2.42/month), unlimited active listings | Listing prices shown only after login; Boost $99/week or $199/month, featured startups only |
| Pricing | Advertising and sponsorship (from) | Promoted slot from $2.99/week (Builder) or $4.99/week; Leading Bids from $1; Sponsored Run $3.00/km | Boost $99/week; Sponsorship $4,999/month; Premium $9,999/month ($25,000 for 3 months) |
| Ranking | How products are ranked | Clicks and upvotes with time decay (60-day half-life) plus a launch boost that fades | Listed by feature day; Trending uses "a few metrics" including tweets; formula not disclosed |
| Ranking | Ranking continues after the launch window | Yes - Rankings never reset; rank only decays when engagement fades | Partial - Featured "for a day and then moves down the list"; Trending = recently featured |
| Ranking | Does paying change ranking? | Builder plan gives a 1.4x rank multiplier; promoted slots, Leading Bids and Sponsored Runs are separate paid placements | Boost buys labelled "Boosted" homepage and newsletter slots, rotated; no vote ranking stated |
| Ranking | Anti-gaming rules published | Per-user rate limits, log-scaled votes, auto-hide at 10 reports, fake engagement banned in the terms | Not verified |
| Backlinks | Outbound link on free listings | Marked rel=ugc | Not applicable: there is no free listing |
| Backlinks | Outbound link on paid listings | Verified Builder listings link with rel=noopener (followed) | Stated do-follow via a 301 redirect; sampled page: Visit Site button has no rel, thumbnail link is nofollow; plan unknown |
| Revenue & metrics | Revenue verified through a payment processor | Yes - Read-only Stripe or DodoPayments API key, synced daily | Not verified |
| Revenue & metrics | Self-reported revenue or MRR badge | Yes - Builder plan; labelled self-reported | Not verified |
| Revenue & metrics | Analytics for listing owners | Yes - Builder plan: views, clicks, upvotes, click-through rate and rank | Not verified |
| Builder & community | Team openings board | Yes - Up to 5 openings per product (Builder plan) | Partial - Homepage shows job ads and links to startup.jobs; no per-startup openings found |
| Builder & community | Products can be listed for acquisition | Yes - Builder plan; buyers send interest by email, no on-platform sale | Not verified |
| Builder & community | Deal or discount codes on listings | Yes - Self-reported discount on any listing, hidden after expiry | Yes - "Promotion (optional)": a coupon code or signup link giving a discount |
| Builder & community | Comments or reviews on listings | No - No comments or reviews | Not verified |
| Builder & community | Public API or MCP server | No - No public API or MCP server | Partial - Public Agent API drafts submissions without an account; a general API is case-by-case on request |
| Builder & community | Embeddable badges | No - No embeddable badges | Yes - "Embed one of these badges on your website" |
| Builder & community | Newsletter featuring listings | Yes - Weekly best and product-of-the-day topics | Yes - Daily or weekly digest; inclusion guaranteed only on some plans |
| Search & AI surface | AI / semantic search | Yes - AI search (sign-in required) | Not verified |
| Search & AI surface | llms.txt published | Yes - /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt | Yes - llms.txt returns HTTP 200 |
| Search & AI surface | Markdown versions of pages | Yes - Every public page has a .md version | Partial - .md and Accept: text/markdown work on listing and help pages; the homepage returns 406 |

## List your product on shippin.io

Free to start, permanent, ranked on real engagement, and able to show revenue verified through a read-only key.

Last verified 2 November 2026. Not affiliated with BetaList. shippin.io is one of the two products compared; anything we could not verify says "Not verified".

## How we verified this

Facts about BetaList come from its own public pages, all checked on 2 November 2026.

- [https://betalist.com/llms.txt](https://betalist.com/llms.txt)
- [https://betalist.com/help](https://betalist.com/help)
- [https://betalist.com/criteria.md](https://betalist.com/criteria.md)
- [https://betalist.com/boost](https://betalist.com/boost)
- [https://betalist.com/advertise](https://betalist.com/advertise)
- [https://betalist.com/startups/hostly](https://betalist.com/startups/hostly)
- [https://betalist.com/](https://betalist.com/)
- [https://betalist.com/help/submitting.md](https://betalist.com/help/submitting.md)
- [https://betalist.com/agent](https://betalist.com/agent)
- [https://betalist.com/startups/hostly/badges](https://betalist.com/startups/hostly/badges)
- [https://betalist.com/startups/hostly.md](https://betalist.com/startups/hostly.md)

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