A tight AI-tools directory that trades a dofollow listing for a plain text link on your site, with no account in the way.
aitoolzdir.com
Eligibility
Who AI Toolz Dir accepts
You need
A product that fits one of their AI categories
A square logo reachable at a public URL
A text link back to them on your site (free tier)
You'll be rejected if
Products with no AI angle at all
AI toolsAI agentsChat botsFree tools
What you actually get
A permanent dofollow listing on a small, genuinely curated AI directory. They advertise DR 63, which no free rating service confirms, so treat the number as their claim and the link as the real return.
How to submit to AI Toolz Dir
1
Check the category list first
Everything is AI-generation shaped: text, image, audio, video, chat bots, agents, copilots. A product outside that will be rejected.
2
Place their text link
The free tier wants a plain anchor to aitoolzdir.com on your site. There is no image badge to install.
3
Fill one short form
Name, URL, logo URL, a 200-character description, a 500-character long description, category and contact email. No account needed.
4
Take the free button
Two buttons sit together: $25 and free. The free one posts to their API and shows a confirmation toast.
5
Wait for the email
Manual review, typically 48 hours, then the listing goes live with a dofollow link.
AI Toolz Dir requirements
Square logo at a public URL
200-char short description
500-char long description
Text link to aitoolzdir.com on your site
Contact email
Gotchas
The advertised DR 63 is their own claim; no free rating service has a number for the domain at all.
The backlink is plain text, not a badge image, so it has to go somewhere your footer or links page will actually keep.
Categories are narrow and AI-only, so a marketing or productivity tool with a light AI angle is a poor bet.
Let your agent submit to AI Toolz Dir
Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the AI Toolz Dir 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 4 AI Toolz Dir 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 Toolz Dir 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: $25 drops the backlink rule and halves the wait.
Types it into AI Toolz Dir 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 Toolz Dir?".
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AI Toolz Dir FAQ
How long does AI Toolz Dir approval take?
AI Toolz Dir's typical time from submission to going live is within 48 hours.
How much does it cost to submit to AI Toolz Dir?
AI Toolz Dir has a free submission option plus paid placement ($25 drops the backlink rule and halves the wait).
Does AI Toolz Dir give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on AI Toolz Dir carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 68.
Does AI Toolz Dir require a backlink to your site?
Yes, AI Toolz Dir expects a link back from your site as part of listing.
What gets you rejected from AI Toolz Dir?
Products with no AI angle at all.