How to get an AI product listed
What the places on this site ask for, in the order you will need it. Everything here comes from their own submit pages, pricing pages and rules.
The listing kit
Prepare it once and reuse it everywhere. Most forms ask for the same eight things.
- One-line pitch
- What it does and who it is for, in under 90 characters.
- Description
- About 150 words: what people do with it, what is free, what costs money. Keep a 50-word and a 300-word version for the forms that ask.
- Logo
- Square PNG, at least 512 by 512, readable at 32 pixels.
- Cover and screenshots
- One 1200 by 630 cover and 3 to 5 screenshots of the real product, not mockups.
- Demo video
- A 30 to 90 second screen recording; launch platforms and many directories ask for one.
- Prices
- Your plans and what the free tier includes, as they appear on your pricing page.
- Categories and tags
- Two or three categories and five to ten tags, in the words buyers use.
- Links and contact
- Website, pricing page, docs, social profiles, and a contact address someone reads.
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- Have the basics ready: a live product anyone can try, a clear pricing page, a privacy policy and a support email. Most editors open the product before they list it, and some directories take only launched products, not waitlists.
- Prepare one kit and reuse it: a one-line pitch, a 150-word description, a square logo, a cover image, 3 to 5 screenshots, a short demo video and your categories.
- Pick categories the way buyers search: the task the product does (writing, meeting notes, lead generation), not the technology behind it. A tool filed under the wrong category gets no visitors.
- Most links from paid listings are nofollow or sponsored, as Google asks. Count on visitors and brand searches; a directory that sells dofollow links is selling what Google's spam policies call a link scheme.
- Pay after approval where you can, and prefer places that refund a rejection: a paid spot buys speed and visibility, not the listing itself.
- Start with the free places, then add paid ones where the traffic is the point. Launch after the directories, so launch-day visitors find pages that describe you.
- Use one name, one domain and one description everywhere: directories copy from each other, and the same facts in every place help search and answer engines connect them to you.
- Keep a sheet of where you applied, when, and the login, and follow up after two weeks.
Where to start
- By category: AI writing tools, AI agents and automation tools, AI coding and developer tools, AI image tools, AI marketing and SEO tools and the rest: the places built for your category first.
- AI directories: the free ones first, then a paid spot where the traffic is worth it.
- SaaS directories and review sites: a complete profile, then a few real reviews from customers.
- Startup databases and marketplaces: the company profile people check, and the stores where the product itself can live.
- Launch platforms, newsletters and communities: for the launch week, once the directories describe you.
- The press: when you have news worth a story, with numbers.
Questions founders ask
How many places can an AI startup get listed on?
Hundreds: AI directories alone run into the hundreds, and then there are SaaS directories, launch platforms, startup databases, marketplaces, newsletters, communities and the press. The catalogue here holds every place we have checked, with its terms read on its own pages.
How much does it cost to list an AI tool?
From nothing to a few hundred dollars a place. Most AI directories take a free submission and sell a faster review or a featured spot; software directories usually let you create a profile for free; newsletters sell sponsored spots by the issue. The price on each place's page is the cheapest paid option it states.
Do these listings give dofollow links?
Some do. Each place's page says what link it gives, as the place states it or as its live listings carry it; most paid placements are marked sponsored or nofollow, as Google asks. Treat listings as a source of visitors and brand searches first.
How do you check a place's terms?
We read its own submit page, pricing page, FAQ or terms and note the date on the place's page. Places we have not checked yet say so, and their pages stay out of search until we do.
Can a directory pay to be listed here or to get a better verdict?
No. Listing here is free and the verdict cannot be bought. A place can pay for a partner page or a sponsored slot; both are marked as such and change nothing in the facts or the order of any list.
A price changed or a place is missing. How do I tell you?
Use the Add a place form, or the Report a change link on the place's page. We check every report on the place's own pages before we change anything.
How do I keep track of where I applied and where I'm listed?
The tracker here (Starter from $99 a year): every place is a row with its terms, you mark planned, submitted, listed or rejected, and once a week we read all the places and mark the ones that list you. Pro reads them every night and emails you when a listing appears or disappears.
Listing tracker
Keep the sheet here.
Every place with its terms filled in, your status and what you paid; once a week we read them all and mark the ones that list you.
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