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What we list (and what we don't)

The scope rules for the CitedIndex directory.

The rule, in one sentence

CitedIndex lists software products that businesses pay for to do business work.

What qualifies

A tool gets in if it fits the rule above and looks maintained: working homepage, a real signup flow, recent product activity, and either public pricing or a clearly free tier. Examples of what we cover:

  • B2B SaaS: sold to companies for company work
  • Developer tools, infrastructure, and APIs
  • Indie / solo-founder products with a paid tier
  • Open-source SaaS with a hosted commercial option
  • Browser extensions, mobile apps, and CLIs sold to businesses
  • MCP servers and AI agent infrastructure with a product UX

What we reject

The following are out of scope. Submissions in these categories get declined without further review.

  • Crypto, NFT, DeFi, Web3 tokens: regulatory churn dilutes B2B trust signals
  • Gambling, betting, sportsbook tools: out of audience and out of brand
  • Adult or NSFW content: out of audience
  • Info-products, online courses, ebooks, cohort programs: this is a software directory, not a knowledge marketplace
  • Newsletters, blogs, or podcasts as primary product: media, not software
  • Consumer lifestyle apps (habit trackers, journaling, dating, fitness, games): out of audience (we serve B2B buyers)
  • Hardware-only products with no SaaS layer: the directory is software-first
  • Agencies, freelancers, consultancies, dev shops: services, not software
  • Raw model API wrappers without a product UX: "GPT in a textbox" is not a product to evaluate

Quality bar within scope

Even within scope, we don't list:

  • Tools with broken signup or 404'd homepages
  • Tools with no public activity (last release / commit / blog post) in 12+ months
  • Functionally identical clones of existing listings with nothing new to say
  • Tools whose value claim can't be verified against the live site

Edge cases

A few categories are deliberate edge calls. We do list:

  • Wrappers around model APIs, but only if the wrapper itself is the product (real workflow, integrations, persistent state, not just a textbox over GPT)
  • No-code tools used by businesses to build software
  • Open-source tools, when there's a clear commercial offering or active ecosystem
  • Single-founder products, including pre-revenue, if they pass the editorial bar

We don't list directories of other tools (no recursive listings), marketplaces where the product itself is third-party services, or template and asset packs. If you're selling content rather than functionality, it's out of scope.

Think your tool fits?

Submit it for editorial review. The free Listed tier costs nothing. If you're unsure whether your tool qualifies, submit anyway with a one-line note in the submission form. We'll tell you why if we decline.

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