How does Launch Your SaaS score SaaS tools?

Each tool gets 0–4 points from six checks: website live (1), description and tags (1), logo (0.5), badge verified (0.5), a related live tool in the category (0.5), and re-verified live within 7 days (0.5).

How often are scores updated?

Scores are recomputed whenever a listing changes, a badge or live check runs, or an admin triggers a full recompute. Admins re-check sites regularly.

Can I pay to boost my score?

No. Paid plans change review speed and placement (Featured listings are pinned and labelled), never the score itself.

Methodology

How Launch Your SaaS scores SaaS listings

Every tool on Launch Your SaaS gets a score from 0 to 4. The score is a transparent, verifiable sum of six criteria. This page documents the rubric exactly as it runs in production.

Last updated November 2026

Quick answer

A tool's score is the sum of six checks: official website live (1), description and tags complete (1), logo present (0.5), badge verified in raw HTML (0.5), at least one related live tool in the same category (0.5), and re-verified live in the last 7 days (0.5). Maximum is 4. Score-zero listings show last.

The 6-criterion rubric

Step 1Verify the official website is live (1 point)
We fetch the product's homepage. It must answer with a normal page (HTTP 2xx), not a parked domain, an error, or an empty shell.
Step 2Verify description and tags are complete (1 point)
The description must be at least 50 characters, and the listing needs at least three tags. Placeholder text doesn't count.
Step 3Verify a logo is present (0.5 points)
A square logo uploaded by the founder. Initial-letter placeholders don't earn the half point.
Step 4Verify the badge is installed (0.5 points)
Our checker downloads the raw HTML of the homepage without running JavaScript and looks for a followed link to the listing with our badge. Badges injected by client-side scripts don't pass.
Step 5Verify at least one related live tool (0.5 points)
At least one other approved, live listing exists in the same category. This keeps categories meaningful and stops one-off spam categories.
Step 6Verify the listing is still live (0.5 points)
The live check above must have passed in the last 7 days. Stale listings slowly lose this half point until re-checked.

Score weights at a glance

Criterion	Points
Website live	1.0
Description and tags complete	1.0
Logo present	0.5
Badge verified	0.5
Related tool in category	0.5
Re-verified live	0.5
Maximum	4.0

Ordering

Featured listings (paid Featured Launch, labelled "Featured") show first while their featured period lasts. Everything else is ordered by score, then by publish date. Ratings from the community are shown on profiles but don't feed the score.

Editorial policy

Every submission is reviewed by a person. We don't auto-publish.
Rejected listings stay private, and the founder sees the reason in their dashboard.
Paid placement never changes the score. Paid outbound links use rel="sponsored".
Ratings come only from real, signed-in users. No seeded or purchased reviews.

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