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AiIndex.tools: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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Badge first, then you pick a launch date out of five free slots a day

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AiIndex.tools homepage
Eligibility

Who AiIndex.tools accepts

You need
An account: Google, GitHub, or email and password
Their badge live on your site, for the free lane
A 1:1 icon and a 16:9 image, both under 1MB
A live product URL
You'll be rejected if
A free launch on a site that will not keep their badge up, which they re-check before launch and again after publishing
Anything without a 1:1 icon and a 16:9 image, which the first screen requires
AI toolsSaaS products
What you actually get
Three followed links from a listing page, on a directory that was carrying 109 tools and twenty categories when this was written. Launches run at 00:00 UTC and the free lane takes one of five slots that day, so the date is yours to choose rather than a queue you wait out.

How to submit to AiIndex.tools

  1. Sign in
    /submit bounces to /auth/login, which offers Google and GitHub above an email and password form.
  2. Fill the details screen
    Link, name, up to three categories and five tags from searchable checkbox popovers, a description, a Markdown introduction, then a 1:1 icon and a 16:9 image.
  3. Verify the badge
    Screen two saves the draft at its own /payment/<id> address and shows the free card as "Verify backlink first". Three snippets are offered, light, dark and a text link. Paste your homepage URL and press Verify Backlink; it answers "Verified badge backlink" in place.
  4. Choose a launch date
    Submit Project opens a calendar of dates with five free slots each, starting the next day. Picking one and submitting schedules the launch for 00:00 UTC on that date.

AiIndex.tools requirements

An account
Google, GitHub, or email and password
Their badge
free lane only, kept live after launch
Product URL
Name
Categories
up to 3
Tags
up to 5
Description
Introduction
Markdown
Icon
1:1, PNG or JPEG, max 1MB
Image
16:9, PNG or JPEG, max 1MB

Gotchas

The badge is not a one-off check. Their confirmation says they re-check it before launch and may verify it again after publishing, so taking it down later can cost the listing.
The free calendar is five slots a day and the paid tier is sold on skipping it, so a launch date you want may already be full when you get there.
The badge step sits between filling the form and choosing a date, so a run that stops after the details screen has scheduled nothing at all.

Let your agent submit to AiIndex.tools

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the AiIndex.tools 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 6 AiIndex.tools rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 10 fields this form asks for, none of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Warns you that AiIndex.tools 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: free costs their badge and a queue for one of five slots a day. Pro is $9.90 once, drops the badge and skips what they call free calendar scarcity. Sponsor is $19.90 for thirty days of placement across the site, scheduled into the next open UTC slot.
Types it into AiIndex.tools 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 AiIndex.tools?".
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AiIndex.tools FAQ

How long does AiIndex.tools approval take?
AiIndex.tools's typical time from submission to going live is 1-2 days.
How much does it cost to submit to AiIndex.tools?
AiIndex.tools has a free submission option plus paid placement (Free costs their badge and a queue for one of five slots a day. Pro is $9.90 once, drops the badge and skips what they call free calendar scarcity. Sponsor is $19.90 for thirty days of placement across the site, scheduled into the next open UTC slot.).
Does AiIndex.tools give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on AiIndex.tools carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 32.
Does AiIndex.tools require a backlink to your site?
Yes, AiIndex.tools expects a link back from your site as part of listing.
What gets you rejected from AiIndex.tools?
A free launch on a site that will not keep their badge up, which they re-check before launch and again after publishing; Anything without a 1:1 icon and a 16:9 image, which the first screen requires.