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Toolify: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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One of the largest AI directories going, 5.1 million monthly visits, with a single $99 lane and no free option in the form at all.

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Toolify homepage
Eligibility

Who Toolify accepts

You need
$99, since the submit form has no free path
An AI product with a name and a website URL
An account, via the Login control
You'll be rejected if
Anyone not paying: the form's only button is Pay $99
AI toolsSaaS productsMarketing toolsProductivity toolsDeveloper tools
What you actually get
A permanent listing on a directory publishing 8 million page views and 5.1 million monthly visits with 700,000 subscribers, translated into multiple languages, carrying at least six followed links back to you and a border highlight in the list. At this size the traffic claim is the point; the six links are what makes $99 arguable rather than steep.

How to submit to Toolify

  1. Pick the right product
    /submit is a menu of six things they sell: Submit AI, Advertise AI, guest posts and link insertions, Update AI, Submit GPT and "More Business" (link exchanges, tweets, videos). Only the first is a listing.
  2. Enter the name and URL
    Two fields at the top of the form, with an upsell to buy a .AI domain if you have no site.
  3. Choose who writes the listing
    "Generated by Toolify" hands the content and every translation to their model. "Do it myself" lets you write English only, which they then translate.
  4. Pay $99
    The form's total is fixed at $99 and its only button is Pay. The listing appears in the main list and in Just Launched within 48 hours.

Toolify requirements

A payment of $99
An account on the site
Product name and website URL
the whole form on the free path
A choice of who writes the listing copy
Generated by Toolify, or Do It Myself
Your own English description, if you take the Do It Myself routeoptional

Gotchas

There is no free lane in the submission form: it opens at $99 and its only button is Pay, on a page that also sells advertising, guest posts, link insertions and GPT listings.
The default option hands your listing copy and all of its translations to their model. Choosing "Do it myself" limits you to English and they translate the rest anyway, so the non-English versions of your listing are never your words.
The submit page is a menu of six different products, of which only one is a listing, so it is easy to end up buying advertising or a guest post while trying to get listed.

Let your agent submit to Toolify

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Toolify 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 Toolify 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, 1 of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: $99 one-time for a listing within 48 hours with no queue, a border highlight, at least six followed links and a permanent entry. Advertising is sold separately on a pay-per-click and featured-promotion basis, as are guest posts and link insertions, GPT submissions and a listings-update service.
Types it into Toolify 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 Toolify?".
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Toolify FAQ

How long does Toolify approval take?
Toolify's typical time from submission to going live is 1-2 days.
How much does it cost to submit to Toolify?
Submitting to Toolify is paid ($99 one-time for a listing within 48 hours with no queue, a border highlight, at least six followed links and a permanent entry. Advertising is sold separately on a pay-per-click and featured-promotion basis, as are guest posts and link insertions, GPT submissions and a listings-update service.).
Does Toolify give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on Toolify carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 73.
Does Toolify require a backlink to your site?
No, Toolify does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from Toolify?
Anyone not paying: the form's only button is Pay $99.