The free lane wants a badge on your site and promises no dofollow in return; the $29.70 lane drops the badge and promises one.
aitrustlist.com
Eligibility
Who AITrustList accepts
You need
An AI product
A contact email
Their backlink badge embedded, on the free tier
You'll be rejected if
Nothing published
AI toolsAI agentsSaaS products
What you actually get
A listing in a large AI-tools database that ranks entries by traffic signals rather than votes, with rankings by country, traffic source and growth rate. The free lane wants a badge, a domain rating of at least 25 and a week or two of queue, and never promises a dofollow anywhere in return.
How to submit to AITrustList
1
Sign in first
Google or GitHub at /login. The form renders and fills perfectly while signed out and then fails: POST /submit answers 500 and the page shows only "An error occurred. Please try again."
2
Name the product and choose who writes it
Product name and website URL, then Generated by AITrustList or Manual Submission. They note manual is reviewed faster, and it is also the only way to keep your own copy.
3
Pick a plan, carefully
Free Community is a 7 to 14 day queue that wants a badge and a DR of at least 25. Launch Fast-Track is $29.70 for 24-hour review, a permanent dofollow link and no badge. 30-Day Featured Boost is $89.70.
4
Embed the badge and verify
They generate a light or dark badge whose href carries your own domain as utm_source. Verify Backlink checks it live; Submit for Review stays disabled until it passes.
5
Fill the real listing afterwards
Submit for Review creates the product and drops you on a long Edit Product form: tagline (60), description (160), a rich-text body (1500), logo, screenshots, tasks, pricing model, platforms, target audience, contact details. Its own Submit sets the status to Under review.
AITrustList requirements
Account (Google or GitHub)
Domain rating of 25 or more, for the free plan
Their badge on your site, for the free tier
Product name, website URL, tagline (60 chars) and description (160 chars)
A square logo
At least one target audience from their picker
A rich-text body up to 1,500 characters, screenshots and pricing linksoptional
Gotchas
The free tier asks for a badge on your site and never promises a dofollow link in return: "Permanent DoFollow backlink" is listed as a paid-tier feature, so the free trade is your link for their queue.
The free plan states a floor of DR 25 above the badge box, which is easy to miss because it sits between the plan cards and the badge code.
Submitting is two forms, not one. The first creates the product; the second, a long Edit Product page, is where the listing actually gets written, and until you finish it the entry is empty.
Let your agent submit to AITrustList
Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the AITrustList 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 AITrustList rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 7 fields this form asks for, 1 of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Warns you that AITrustList 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: $29.70 (from $99) buys 24-hour review, a permanent dofollow link and no badge; $89.70 adds 30 days featured.
Types it into AITrustList 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 AITrustList?".
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AITrustList FAQ
How long does AITrustList approval take?
AITrustList's typical time from submission to going live is 1-2 weeks.
How much does it cost to submit to AITrustList?
AITrustList has a free submission option plus paid placement ($29.70 (from $99) buys 24-hour review, a permanent dofollow link and no badge; $89.70 adds 30 days featured).
Does AITrustList give a dofollow backlink?
No, links from AITrustList are nofollow. The site has a domain rating of 30.
Does AITrustList require a backlink to your site?
Yes, AITrustList expects a link back from your site as part of listing.
What gets you rejected from AITrustList?
Nothing published.