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AI Tools: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get
A large AI directory indexed by job and task, where the free queue runs 30 to 90 days and every outbound link is an internal redirect.
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Eligibility
Who AI Tools accepts
You need
An account, since the submit flow starts from a Sign Up control
An AI product: the entire taxonomy is AI categories, jobs and tasks
A live URL, name and description
You'll be rejected if
Anything without an AI angle, since there is no category that would hold it
A tool that does not meet their listing standards, which is the condition the paid tier's refund is written against
AI toolsAutomation toolsProductivity toolsMarketing toolsDeveloper tools
What you actually get
A page at /tools/<slug> in a directory that indexes by category, by job and by task, with individual task pages carrying 200 to 350 tools each. The audience is real: they claim a 28,000-strong community. The link is not: the Visit Website button points at /tools/<slug>/go/website on their own domain, so nothing passes through to you.
How to submit to AI Tools
1
Open the submit page
/submit is a plan chooser rather than a form: Free Listing at $0 a month, or Fast Lane at $129 one-time, each with its own Submit Now button.
2
Sign up
The header carries a Sign Up control beside Submit Tool, and the submission is attached to an account.
3
Fill the tool details
Name, URL, description, and the categories, jobs and tasks the tool belongs to, which is what the whole site is indexed by.
4
Wait out the queue
The free card states a 30 to 90 day listing time and says outright that placement is not guaranteed. Fast Lane is 24 to 48 hours.
AI Tools requirements
An account on the directory
Tool name, live URL and description
Categories, and ideally the jobs and tasks it serves
A logo and screenshots for the tool cardoptional
Gotchas
The Visit Website button on a live listing points at /tools/<slug>/go/website, an internal redirect on their own domain, so the listing passes no link value to you whatever tier you are on.
The free card says the quiet part in its own bullet: no guaranteed placement, and a 30 to 90 day queue. Waiting three months and never being listed is a stated outcome, not a risk.
The $129 refund is conditional on the tool not meeting their listing standards, which are not published anywhere in the flow, so the guarantee is written against a bar you cannot read in advance.
Let your agent submit to AI Tools
Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the AI Tools 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 5 AI Tools rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 4 fields this form asks for, 1 of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: fast Lane is $129 one-time: placement in 24 to 48 hours, guaranteed or fully refunded if the tool does not meet their standards, a verified official listing page, placement across every relevant category page, a slot in the Newly Launched lists and eligibility for newsletter placements.
Types it into AI Tools 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?".
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AI Tools FAQ
How long does AI Tools approval take?
AI Tools's typical time from submission to going live is 2-3 months.
How much does it cost to submit to AI Tools?
AI Tools has a free submission option plus paid placement (Fast Lane is $129 one-time: placement in 24 to 48 hours, guaranteed or fully refunded if the tool does not meet their standards, a verified official listing page, placement across every relevant category page, a slot in the Newly Launched lists and eligibility for newsletter placements.).
Does AI Tools give a dofollow backlink?
No, links from AI Tools are nofollow. The site has a domain rating of 67.
Does AI Tools require a backlink to your site?
No, AI Tools does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from AI Tools?
Anything without an AI angle, since there is no category that would hold it; A tool that does not meet their listing standards, which is the condition the paid tier's refund is written against.