AI tool directory whose free lane charges you a real backlink and pays you back in nofollow.
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Eligibility
Who TopAITools accepts
You need
An account (Google sign-in or email and password)
A tool name and a live URL
Their badge on your homepage or footer for the free tier
You'll be rejected if
Anything that is not an AI tool
AI tools
What you actually get
A listing among roughly 4,000 tools, written end to end by their AI and auto-translated into ten languages, arriving about 60 days after you submit. On the free tier the outbound link is nofollow, and you are still expected to carry their badge on your homepage or footer to keep it.
How to submit to TopAITools
1
Sign in first
/submit redirects to /signin. Google SSO creates the account in one click; the alternative is email and password.
2
Read both columns of the plan table
The free card lists "Permanent dofollow links" with a minus icon and a "Pro only" tag beside it. Free is nofollow. Pro is $26.90 one-time.
3
Fill three fields
Tool name, website URL and an optional YouTube link. That is the entire form; there is no description, no category and no logo upload.
4
Accept that their AI writes it
The "Do it myself" content option is greyed out with a "Coming soon" tooltip, so every free listing is generated and translated by their AI.
5
Submit and wait out the queue
Submit for Free lands you on /profile/my-AIs with the row marked Pending. They feature 16 tools a day and quote a 60-day free queue.
TopAITools requirements
Account sign-in (Google or email and password)
Tool name and live URL
A backlink to topaitoolsreview.com on your homepage or footer (free tier)
YouTube video linkoptional
Gotchas
The free tier is the wrong way round: it requires a backlink to them on your homepage or footer, and the dofollow you would be trading for is marked "Pro only", so you give a real link and receive a nofollow one.
You cannot write your own listing. The "Do it myself" option is disabled behind a "Coming soon" tooltip, so their AI generates every word of the free listing and translates it into ten languages before anyone sees it.
The plan table reads as if free includes dofollow because the line sits at the top of the free column; only the small minus icon and the "Pro only" tag say otherwise.
Let your agent submit to TopAITools
Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the TopAITools 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 TopAITools 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, 1 of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Warns you that TopAITools 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: $26.90 one-time Pro skips the 60-day queue, drops the backlink requirement and is the only tier with dofollow links.
Types it into TopAITools 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 TopAITools?".
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TopAITools FAQ
How long does TopAITools approval take?
TopAITools's typical time from submission to going live is up to 60 days.
How much does it cost to submit to TopAITools?
TopAITools has a free submission option plus paid placement ($26.90 one-time Pro skips the 60-day queue, drops the backlink requirement and is the only tier with dofollow links).
Does TopAITools give a dofollow backlink?
No, links from TopAITools are nofollow. The site has a domain rating of 39.
Does TopAITools require a backlink to your site?
Yes, TopAITools expects a link back from your site as part of listing.
What gets you rejected from TopAITools?
Anything that is not an AI tool.