# FollowX vs ProductPerch

> FollowX: Free launchpad where every upvote is a verified X account. ProductPerch: Daily product launch platform for indie makers.

| | FollowX | ProductPerch |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Categories | Marketing, Social | Marketing |
| Tags | Web, Social Media | Web, Newsletters, AI |
| Score | 100% of 2 swipes | 100% of 4 swipes |
| Website | followx.today | productperch.com |
| Founder | Not listed | Not listed |
| Listed | 2026-10-20 | 2026-10-14 |

## Which should you pick?

- Both are listed as free with paid plans, so price alone will not settle it.
- Neither has enough votes yet to compare.
- Only FollowX is tagged Social Media.
- Only ProductPerch is tagged Newsletters and AI.
- Both list themselves as alternatives to Product Hunt, so they are aimed at the same job.

## About FollowX

FollowX lets X users swipe through people in their niche and match when both pick each other. After a match, each person follows the other on X themselves. FollowX checks the follow when you press Verify, and a confirmed mutual follow seals a "pact" that earns points on a weekly leaderboard. Matches are capped at 20 a day, and if the other person doesn't follow back within 7 days, the pact ends.

It also runs a launch board. You pick a day, your product goes live at 10:00 UTC, people upvote and comment, and the day's top 3 get a Product of the Day badge. Launch pages stay up after the day ends and include a dofollow link to your site, free during early access. Launching is free if you add a small FollowX badge to your site.

Matching, launching and upvoting require X Premium, which is how the site keeps bots out. FollowX has read-only access to your X account, so it can't post, follow, like or DM for you. The site also offers free X tools, including a character counter, bio generator, shadowban checker and profile audit.

Listing: https://swipetolaunch.com/p/followx.md

## About ProductPerch

ProductPerch is a launch platform for indie makers on a fixed UTC schedule. Products go live at 00:00 UTC and get 24 hours of upvotes from signed-in members. A daily email digest goes out at 08:00 UTC, and ranks are frozen when the day ends. Each day has 12 free slots, 3 of them reserved for open-source projects, plus 8 paid slots.

To submit, you paste a URL and AI drafts the name, tagline, description and FAQ. You then edit the draft and add a logo and up to 6 screenshots. Free launches get the next open day. Paid launches start at $19 and let you choose any date up to 60 days out. Ranking is by upvotes only, one per account. Paid placements carry a Featured or Sponsored label and get no rank boost.

Open-source projects show stars, license and last commit pulled from the GitHub API. Verified repos get a dofollow link without placing a badge. The top 3 each day get a Product of the Day badge and a dofollow link. Other free launches get a dofollow link only if they place the badge, and are nofollow otherwise.

Listing: https://swipetolaunch.com/p/productperch.md

Page: https://swipetolaunch.com/compare/followx-vs-productperch