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

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An AI tools directory with no free lane: the cheapest way in is fifteen dollars, paid once.

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AI Center homepage
Eligibility

Who AI Center accepts

You need
A payment, because there is no free tier
An overview of at least 50 characters and features of at least 100
One category and up to five tags from their own lists
You'll be rejected if
Anything that is not an AI tool, since every category and tag on the form is an AI one
Anyone not paying, because the form ends at a Stripe checkout with no free option beside it
AI toolsSaaS products
What you actually get
A profile page on a site claiming 3,000 live listings and 50,000 monthly visitors, permanent once approved. The link out to the product is followed, carrying only rel=noopener noreferrer with UTM parameters appended. The three days is the Basic window; the faster ones are what the higher tiers sell.

How to submit to AI Center

  1. Open the form
    One long page at /submit-tools. There is no account step, and /submit is a 404.
  2. Your information
    Your name and email, as the submitter rather than the product.
  3. Tool details
    Name, URL, an overview of 50 to 1000 characters, features and use cases of 100 to 3000 in Markdown, a pricing model, platforms, one category and up to five tags.
  4. Links and plan
    Optional social links and a blog post link, then one of three paid tiers, then Submit AI Tool and a Stripe checkout.

AI Center requirements

Payment
$15 at the cheapest, one-time, via Stripe
Submitter name and email
Tool name
no dashes, spaces or underscores only
Tool URL
Overview
50 to 1000 characters
Features and use cases
100 to 3000 characters, Markdown
Category
one of twelve
Tags
up to 5
Social linksoptional

Gotchas

There is no free tier anywhere in the flow. The whole form fills without mentioning money, and the last section is three paid cards and a Stripe checkout.
The name field rejects dashes and asks for spaces or underscores instead, which is a problem for a product whose name has one.
The submit path is /submit-tools; /submit renders their 404 page.

Let your agent submit to AI Center

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the AI Center 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 5 AI Center 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: basic is $15 one-time for a permanent listing reviewed within three business days. Standard at $45 adds 24 hour approval, a three day homepage feature and a newsletter mention. Premium at $65 adds two hour approval, seven days on the homepage and a blog post they describe as an SEO backlink. Payment is Stripe, taken with the form.
Types it into AI Center 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 AI Center?".
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AI Center FAQ

How long does AI Center approval take?
AI Center's typical time from submission to going live is 3-5 days.
How much does it cost to submit to AI Center?
Submitting to AI Center is paid (Basic is $15 one-time for a permanent listing reviewed within three business days. Standard at $45 adds 24 hour approval, a three day homepage feature and a newsletter mention. Premium at $65 adds two hour approval, seven days on the homepage and a blog post they describe as an SEO backlink. Payment is Stripe, taken with the form.).
Does AI Center give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on AI Center carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 37.
Does AI Center require a backlink to your site?
No, AI Center does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from AI Center?
Anything that is not an AI tool, since every category and tag on the form is an AI one; Anyone not paying, because the form ends at a Stripe checkout with no free option beside it.