Best Subreddits to Promote a SaaS Product
Reddit is where SaaS buyers ask for recommendations, but the founder-heavy subreddits are also the most promo-policed. Here is where a SaaS mention is tolerated, where it needs care, and where it gets removed on sight.
17 communities, 13.7M combined members, ranked by each subreddit's own rules.
Where promotion is tolerated (with care)
These communities allow product mentions under their stated conditions. Read the linked rules before posting, the conditions are specific.
r/SideProject 787.5K members · ~270 posts/day
Promo-friendlyYes, you can promote your project in r/SideProject, because the community description and sidebar explicitly say it is for sharing side projects and receiving constructive feedback. The stated requirement is the submission format: "When submitting a link to a project or startup, please use this format: [Project name] - [Short description]."
r/microsaas 205.9K members · ~29 posts/day
Allowed with conditionsYes, you can promote your product in r/microsaas, but only under clear conditions. Rule 2, "No Low-Effort Self-Promotion," says "You may share your Micro SaaS, but it must add value," and requires context like your backstory, tech stack, revenue if comfortable, or a specific lesson learned. Posts that are purely promotional, insight-free build-in-public updates, or repetitive link-dropping can be removed.
r/indiehackers 183.9K members · ~3 posts/day
Allowed with conditionsYes, but only under specific limits. Rule 1, "Self Promotion," says, "Users can self promote their product 1 time using the Self Promotion flair" and adds that "The purpose is for feedback and critique not advertisement."
r/buildinpublic 110.2K members · ~119 posts/day
Allowed with conditionsYes, but only with context. Rule 3, "No Self-Promotion Without Context," says to avoid posting solely for self-promotion and to focus on sharing progress, lessons learned, and asking for feedback. Rule 4, "No Spam," also warns that spamming links, irrelevant content, or unsolicited advertisements will be removed.
r/alphaandbetausers 40.1K members · ~86 posts/day
Allowed with conditionsYes, you can promote your product in r/alphaandbetausers, but only if it fits the subreddit’s testing purpose and follows the posting rules. Posts must include a link to a product that is ready to be tested, use stage and system tags, include a description, and must not be just an email signup, launch waitlist, or future testing application page; spam, non-alpha/beta links, and NSFW products can be removed.
r/roastmystartup 33.1K members · ~8 posts/day
Allowed with conditionsYes, but only in the specific context of submitting your own startup to be roasted. The rules say, "You can only submit your own start-up," and "YOU MUST POST A CLICKABLE LINK IF YOUR BUSINESS IS ALREADY OUT THERE," while Rule 1 removes certain link types, Rule 3 removes low-effort or non-roast posts, and Rule 4 allows removal of AI-written posts.
Participate first, promote rarely
Promotion here is heavily restricted or the rules leave it unstated. Build a presence by being useful; an occasional relevant mention may survive, a pitch will not.
r/Entrepreneur 5.2M members · ~9 posts/day
Strictly limitedNo, you generally cannot promote your product in r/Entrepreneur. Rule 1, "No promotion, sales, or solicitation," says, "Do not use this community to sell, promote... or drive traffic to your profile, company, or external content," and adds that "Free offers and promotions belong only in the designated weekly threads."
r/smallbusiness 2.5M members · ~70 posts/day
Strictly limitedYou generally cannot promote your product in r/smallbusiness. The rules say "No business promotion posts are allowed" and the public description says "This sub is not for advertisements!" There are narrow exceptions: you can use the weekly "Promote-your-business thread only," and you can mention your business in a relevant reply when it is relevant to the conversation and not used repeatedly or abusively for promotion.
r/startups 2.1M members · ~9 posts/day
Strictly limitedNo, you generally cannot promote your product in r/startups. Rule 2 says, "No direct sales, advertisements, or promotional posts of any kind," and only allows sharing your startup in the stickied Share Your Startup thread. Rule 3 also says submissions must discuss startup topics "WITHOUT tying them directly to your own project using its name or URL."
r/SaaS 762.2K members · ~103 posts/day
Strictly limitedYou can only mention your product in r/SaaS under narrow, value-first conditions. The rules say to "avoid non-productive self-promotion," "Please don’t mention your SaaS/blog/company unless it’s relevant and actually helpful," and that promotion is allowed only occasionally under "No Vendor Spam," with a max 1 mention every 60 days plus required affiliation disclosure.
r/EntrepreneurRideAlong 714.7K members · ~16 posts/day
No explicit promo ruleThe provided rules do not address self-promotion directly, so there is no explicit permission or ban on promoting your product in r/EntrepreneurRideAlong. The only stated rules are "Be Respectful and Kind," "Follow Reddit’s Global Rules," and "Engage with Good Intent," so Reddit-wide norms apply.
r/sweatystartup 207.8K members · ~1 posts/day
Strictly limitedYou should not promote your product directly here. Rule 3 says, "No blatant self plugging" and adds, "Add value and start a discussion, blatant self plugging is not tolerated," plus, "If you have a course or ebook for sale, you're in the wrong place." Also note Rule 6, "No software or websites posts or comments," which blocks promotion or discussion of software and websites entirely.
r/growmybusiness 141.9K members · ~11 posts/day
Strictly limitedYou generally cannot promote your product in r/growmybusiness. The rules say, "No Selling or Upselling" and "No selling or up selling of products or services allowed," and advice content belongs in the monthly thread. The only narrow exception stated is in Rule 1, where monthly thread advice posts "may include a signature and links but it needs to have content."
Don't promote here
These communities ban promotion outright. Still worth being present as a genuine participant: buyers read these threads, and so do the AI models answering their questions.
r/startup 311.2K members · ~3 posts/day
Promotion bannedNo, you should not promote your product in r/startup. The rules explicitly say "No spam or self-promotion. No solicitations of any kind" and the structured rules add "No spam. No Solicitations" with "No spam meant to drive traffic off-site. No solicitation/". You also have to use self posts only, so promotional or traffic-driving posts are not allowed.
r/ycombinator 197.7K members · ~2 posts/day
Promotion bannedNo, you cannot promote your product in r/ycombinator. Rule 5 says, "No self promotion," and Rule 8 also bans "solicitation of surveys, DMs, external groups, etc," saying posts should promote discussion rather than requests that only apply to the poster.
r/b2bmarketing 96.2K members · ~7 posts/day
Promotion bannedNo, you should not promote your product in r/b2bmarketing. Rule 5 says, "No self promotion" and adds, "Please avoid posts promoting your company, agency, or service." Rule 1 also limits the subreddit to "B2B news, questions, and professional discussion" and says everything else will be removed, with bans given.
r/advancedentrepreneur 77.6K members · ~2 posts/day
Promotion bannedNo, you cannot promote your product in r/advancedentrepreneur. The rules explicitly say "No self-promotion," and also say "We will not tolerate blog spam." You also cannot use the subreddit to ask for investors or partners, request DMs, or post AI or crypto businesses.
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