Launch500
The startups building software worth paying for, chosen once a year on evidence, not funding or noise. No product is considered until it passes our Crash Test. The 2026 list is published in February 2027.
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Start with a category. Every one publishes what we require before a product can appear, the exact scenarios we run, and a table ranked by tested score, with a line saying who each product is wrong for.
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Get listed, or earn a place on the list
A listing puts your product on Launch500, free or featured for £49, and goes live the moment you prove your domain. The annual list is earned: a named tester crash-tests your product, the report is published whatever it says, and a pass gets you considered for the February editorial.
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Get listed today. Earn your place on the list.
What money can never buy here
Published as a list, not a paragraph, so you can hold us to every line. Listings and tests pay for the bench; none of them buys any of this.
Read the full breakdown- A place on the Launch500 list
- A Crash Test score, or any sub-score
- Removal or editing of a published review
- A place in a ranked 'best' list
- Position in any organic ranking
- Suppression of a named failure
- Access to a reviewer's identity
- A verdict badge without a Crash Test