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Tools AI Online: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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Tools AI Online homepage
Eligibility

Who Tools AI Online accepts

You need
A live public URL
A 16:9 screenshot
An email address
You'll be rejected if
Nothing published about who is refused.
AI toolsSaaS productsMarketing toolsProductivity tools
What you actually get
A listing with a proper page behind it: your markdown description, up to three categories, up to five tags, a square icon and a 16:9 screenshot. Outbound links here carry an explicit rel="follow", so the link passes equity. The site publishes no review time and no queue position, and since there is no account there is nothing to check afterwards except your inbox.

How to submit to Tools AI Online

  1. Open /submit-tool
    One page, no account, no sign-in step anywhere in the flow.
  2. Write the listing
    Name, URL, and a markdown description with a live character counter and no stated limit.
  3. Pick categories and tags
    Up to three categories and up to five tags, both from searchable checkbox lists rather than free text.
  4. Set pricing and contact
    Pricing is a fixed list including Freemium, Open Source, GitHub and Google Colab. The email is where the review result goes.
  5. Upload and submit
    The screenshot is required and the icon is not. Submit Tool replaces the form with a success panel saying they will review and email you.

Tools AI Online requirements

Tool name
Website URL
Description
markdown
Categories
up to 3
Tags
up to 5
Pricing
Contact email
Featured image or screenshot
1280x720 or 16:9, under 5MB
Tool iconoptional
512x512, PNG or SVG, under 2MB

Gotchas

There is no account, so once the form clears there is nothing to check. The success panel and an email are the only two things that will ever tell you where your listing stands.
The screenshot is required and the icon is not, which is the reverse of most directories, so a maker who prepared only a logo cannot finish.
The tag list is closed and thinner than it looks. Common words for a launch product return no options at all, so expect to file under something more approximate than you wanted.

Let your agent submit to Tools AI Online

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Tools AI Online 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 Tools AI Online rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 9 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: submitting costs nothing and needs no account. Featuring is the only paid product and it is cheap by the standards of this bracket: $5 for one month, $10 for three and $20 for twelve, each struck through against a higher list price. Featuring buys highlighting in search and priority placement in the category, not the listing itself.
Types it into Tools AI Online 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 Tools AI Online?".
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Tools AI Online FAQ

How long does Tools AI Online approval take?
Tools AI Online does not publish how long approval takes.
How much does it cost to submit to Tools AI Online?
Tools AI Online has a free submission option plus paid placement (Submitting costs nothing and needs no account. Featuring is the only paid product and it is cheap by the standards of this bracket: $5 for one month, $10 for three and $20 for twelve, each struck through against a higher list price. Featuring buys highlighting in search and priority placement in the category, not the listing itself.).
Does Tools AI Online give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on Tools AI Online carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 22.
Does Tools AI Online require a backlink to your site?
No, Tools AI Online does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from Tools AI Online?
Nothing published about who is refused.