SaaS and review sites

HoTools

Accepts AI tools

Directory of online tools, mostly AI products, on the Mkdirs template. The free listing needs a link back to the site on your home page.

HoTools is a software directory and review site at hotools.com. It lists AI products. Listing is free for a link back. The link you get is dofollow: the Visit Website link on a live listing carries no nofollow; the site says a free listing gets 3 dofollow links. Review: free listings are reviewed and listed within 72 hours; Pro listings are reviewed within 24 hours. Terms read on hotools.com on 3 October 2026.

Rate card

Price: Free with a link to the site on your home page; Pro $5 lists at once with no backlink, a featured badge icon and priority review
Link you get: Dofollow: the Visit Website link on a live listing carries no nofollow; the site says a free listing gets 3 dofollow links
Review: Free listings are reviewed and listed within 72 hours; Pro listings are reviewed within 24 hours
Lists: Every kind of AI product
Reach: SmallSmall reach: outside the Tranco top million by traffic; #7,201,533 of about 120 million domains by links in Common Crawl's web graph.
Checked: 3 October 2026, on its own pages

Quick answers

Does HoTools list AI products?: Yes. It lists AI products.
How much does a listing on HoTools cost?: Listing is free for a link back.
What link does HoTools give?: The link you get is dofollow: the Visit Website link on a live listing carries no nofollow; the site says a free listing gets 3 dofollow links.

Who is listed on HoTools

Our nightly read of hotools.com found 57 apps we recognise from other places, among them design.com, favicon.im, favicon.io, favicon.love, static.com, opensource.builders, opensource.org, chatbot.com. As of 8 Oct 2026. Your tracker checks whether yours is there.

How to submit to HoTools

1. Prepare the kit. A one-line pitch, a description, a square logo and screenshots. The listing guide lists what forms ask for; the tracker builds the kit from your website.
2. Open the form. Their submit page opens from the button above once you are signed in; signing in costs nothing.
3. Wait for the review. Free listings are reviewed and listed within 72 hours; Pro listings are reviewed within 24 hours. Log the submission in your tracker; it marks the listing when it appears.

Listing tracker

Know when HoTools lists you.

Add your app once; we read hotools.com every week and mark the listing when it appears, every night on Pro. Last read 8 Oct 2026.

Track HoTools

Run HoTools? A badge for your site

Tells founders you take AI tools before they read your rules, and links to your terms here. Paste it in your site's footer, so it is on your home page, where our nightly check looks:

<a href="https://listaify.com/places/hotools"><img src="https://listaify.com/badge/hotools.png" alt="Accepts AI tools, verified on Listaify" width="250" height="56"></a>

With the badge in your footer, this page becomes a Partner page: your logo, screenshots and an offer for founders, plus your numbers and the apps your peers list and you do not. Manage this page.

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