A DR 72 AI directory with 400,000 monthly readers that stopped taking free submissions, sold out its $247 tier, and links out nofollow at every price.
futurepedia.io
Eligibility
Who Futurepedia accepts
You need
A commercial AI product, not a hobby project
$497, since the cheaper tier is sold out
Features their editors will not call inappropriate for their audience
You'll be rejected if
Anything hoping for a free listing: they say plainly they no longer offer one
Hobbyist tools, which their own fee rationale separates from commercial ones
Products outside AI
AI toolsAI agentsSaaS productsProductivity apps
What you actually get
A listing in front of the 400,000 professionals a month they claim, with an optional video and a tutorials placement. Every outbound link on a tool page is nofollow, so what the fee buys is their audience and their editorial check mark, not link equity.
How to submit to Futurepedia
1
Read the two prices
Basic at $247 for publication within seven days, marked sold out, and Verified at $497 for two business days.
2
Pay before you submit
Their disclosure ties the form and the payment together: you agree to the terms by submitting the form and completing your payment.
3
Wait for editorial
Every submission is subject to editorial approval, and they reserve the right to remove a listing later if the features stop suiting their audience.
4
Claim the refund if refused
A full automatic refund if the editors reject it. Once it is accepted and published, no refunds.
Futurepedia requirements
A live AI product
$497 for the only tier currently on sale
A video for the listing pageoptional
Tutorials, which they will place if providedoptional
Gotchas
There is no free lane, and their FAQ says so in one line: they are no longer offering free submissions.
The cheaper tier is sold out, so the real price of entry today is $497 rather than the $247 the page leads with.
The link is nofollow whatever you pay. Tool pages carry rel="nofollow" on the outbound link, so this is an audience buy.
The refund only covers rejection. Once the listing is published the fee is gone, and they can still remove the listing later if they decide the product no longer suits their audience.
Let your agent submit to Futurepedia
Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Futurepedia 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 6 Futurepedia 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, 2 of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: $247 Basic, published within 7 days, currently sold out; $497 Verified, published within 2 business days, adds an enhanced page and a verified check mark; enterprise packages priced on a call.
Types it into Futurepedia 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 Futurepedia?".
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Futurepedia FAQ
How long does Futurepedia approval take?
Futurepedia's typical time from submission to going live is 2 to 7 days, paid.
How much does it cost to submit to Futurepedia?
Submitting to Futurepedia is paid ($247 Basic, published within 7 days, currently sold out; $497 Verified, published within 2 business days, adds an enhanced page and a verified check mark; enterprise packages priced on a call).
Does Futurepedia give a dofollow backlink?
No, links from Futurepedia are nofollow. The site has a domain rating of 72.
Does Futurepedia require a backlink to your site?
No, Futurepedia does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from Futurepedia?
Anything hoping for a free listing: they say plainly they no longer offer one; Hobbyist tools, which their own fee rationale separates from commercial ones; Products outside AI.