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AI Tools Lister: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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AI Tools Lister homepage
Eligibility

Who AI Tools Lister accepts

You need
A live URL
A Google account
A logo under 2MB
A long description
A launch date at least seven days out
Their badge, for the dofollow lane
You'll be rejected if
They say plainly that low-quality or spammy listings are rejected and every submission is read by a person.
AI toolsSaaS productsDeveloper toolsMarketing tools
What you actually get
A tool page at /tools/<slug> with a logo, screenshots, tags, platforms, alternatives and social links, launched on a date you book. The free lanes are reviewed in 3 to 5 business days; two free launch slots exist per day and they show how many are left on each date.

How to submit to AI Tools Lister

  1. Sign in
    Google, or an email and password.
  2. Tool details
    URL, name, a 150-character tagline, a 300-character short description, a long description in a rich-text editor, one category from about thirty, a pricing type, platforms, up to three alternatives and up to ten tags.
  3. Media and socials
    A logo under 2MB, up to five screenshots, and optional social links.
  4. Pick a tier and a date
    Free, Freemium or $4.50 Pro, then a launch date from a calendar that shows how many of the two daily free slots are left. Free tiers need seven days' notice. A Turnstile sits above the submit button and passes itself.

AI Tools Lister requirements

Tagline
150 characters
Short description
300 characters
Logo
2MB, JPEG PNG WebP or GIF
Badge
200x72, for the dofollow lane
Launch date
Seven days out on the free tiers

Gotchas

Freemium is free too. The only difference from Free is their badge on your site, which turns the link dofollow, and they recheck it periodically and revoke the dofollow if it comes down.
Free launch slots go fast: every September date was full a week out, and October showed one or two slots left per day.
The badge dialog appears after submission, not before, so the deploy happens while the listing is already in the review queue.

Let your agent submit to AI Tools Lister

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the AI Tools Lister playbook and gets the brief for this exact form, with the values already taken from your submission pack instead of placeholders you fill in by hand.

What it does for this platform
Checks your product against the 7 AI Tools Lister rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 5 fields this form asks for, none of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Warns you that AI Tools Lister looks for its badge on your site, so it has to be live before you submit rather than after.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: free with a nofollow link. Freemium is also free and swaps it for a dofollow link while their badge is on your site, rechecked periodically. Pro is $4.50 one time for a guaranteed dofollow, a 24 hour review and a week on the homepage.
Types it into AI Tools Lister in your own browser, and stops for you when the form wants a sign-in.
Records what it sent, so the dashboard can answer "did I ever submit to AI Tools Lister?".
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AI Tools Lister FAQ

How long does AI Tools Lister approval take?
AI Tools Lister's typical time from submission to going live is 3-5 days.
How much does it cost to submit to AI Tools Lister?
AI Tools Lister has a free submission option plus paid placement (Free with a nofollow link. Freemium is also free and swaps it for a dofollow link while their badge is on your site, rechecked periodically. Pro is $4.50 one time for a guaranteed dofollow, a 24 hour review and a week on the homepage.).
Does AI Tools Lister give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on AI Tools Lister carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 22.
Does AI Tools Lister require a backlink to your site?
Yes, AI Tools Lister expects a link back from your site as part of listing.
What gets you rejected from AI Tools Lister?
They say plainly that low-quality or spammy listings are rejected and every submission is read by a person.