Three dofollow links for a badge you keep permanently, and a category tree with no room for anything that is not an AI tool.
toolrain.com
Eligibility
Who ToolRain accepts
You need
A Google or GitHub account, or an email and password
Their badge on your site before the free lane will submit
A square icon and a 16:9 image, each under 1MB
You'll be rejected if
Anything that has to sit outside an AI category, since every option in their tree is an AI one
AI toolsSaaS productsWeb apps
What you actually get
A listing at /item/<your-slug> carrying three dofollow links, published after a review their free card puts at 72 hours. The badge is not a one-off: their card says it must be kept permanently.
How to submit to ToolRain
1
Sign in
Google, GitHub or email and password. /submit redirects to the login and comes back to a three-step wizard: details, payment, publish.
2
Fill the details step
Link, name, categories and tags from fixed searchable lists, a short description and a markdown introduction. An AI Autofill button next to the link field will write the listing for you.
3
Upload the two images
A 1:1 icon and a 16:9 image, PNG or JPEG, each under 1MB. Submit creates the product and opens the plan page.
4
Verify the badge on the plan page
The free card's button reads Verify backlink first. Paste their snippet on your site, put your URL in the field beside the button and press Verify Backlink; the card then reads Go dashboard and Wait.
ToolRain requirements
Product URL, name, category and tags
A short description and a markdown introduction
A square icon under 1MB
A 16:9 image under 1MB
Their badge on your site, verified before the listing is submitted
A YouTube link and a GitHub linkoptional
Gotchas
Their category tree is entirely AI: searching it for marketing or growth returns no results, so a product that is not an AI tool has to file itself under whichever AI category is least wrong.
The badge is not a one-time check. Their free card states it must be kept permanently, so taking it down later puts the listing and its three links at risk.
The free lane cannot be finished without the badge: the plan page replaces the free card's action with Verify backlink first until their checker passes.
Let your agent submit to ToolRain
Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the ToolRain 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 ToolRain rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 6 fields this form asks for, 1 of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Warns you that ToolRain 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: basic is $4.9 one-time: the same listing with no badge and no queue. Pro is $9.9 and adds featured placement at the top of listings.
Types it into ToolRain 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 ToolRain?".
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ToolRain FAQ
How long does ToolRain approval take?
ToolRain's typical time from submission to going live is up to 72 hours.
How much does it cost to submit to ToolRain?
ToolRain has a free submission option plus paid placement (Basic is $4.9 one-time: the same listing with no badge and no queue. Pro is $9.9 and adds featured placement at the top of listings.).
Does ToolRain give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on ToolRain carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 56.
Does ToolRain require a backlink to your site?
Yes, ToolRain expects a link back from your site as part of listing.
What gets you rejected from ToolRain?
Anything that has to sit outside an AI category, since every option in their tree is an AI one.