Ranking rules

Last updated November 5, 2026

How launch weeks, upvotes and Product of the Week work on indieSaaS. The same rules apply to every product, free or paid.

Launch weeks

Every week runs from Monday 00:00 UTC to Sunday 23:59 UTC.
All products in a week go live together on Monday, and voting closes for everyone on Sunday night.
Products approved during a running week go live straight away and join that week.

Anyone with an account can upvote. One upvote per account per product.
Active members count more: if you've used indieSaaS every day for the last 7 days, each upvote you give is worth 2 points instead of 1. Your streak is on your dashboard. Points are fixed when you vote.
Makers can't upvote their own products.
Each account can cast up to 30 upvotes per hour.
We remove votes from fake accounts, bots, vote swapping groups or paid voting, and may ban the accounts involved.

Products are ranked by upvote points. On a tie, the product that reached that score first ranks higher.
When the week closes, the #1 product wins Product of the Week: its badge shows the award and it joins the Hall of Fame.
Every product keeps its final rank on its page and in the week's results.
Every week's #1 is added to the Hall of Fame.

Premium marks a paid launch. Premium products are shown higher in the list while their week is running, but their rank and awards still come only from upvotes.
Featured is an editor's pick, chosen by our team.

Upvote 4 other products to get into review.
Our badge is optional. Add it to your homepage as a normal (followed) link and your product page links to you with a followed link. Remove it and the link turns nofollow; the listing stays up.

Questions about a result? Contact us.