directory · ai

CollectAI: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

Visit

The Mkdirs board that reviews within 72 hours, once its badge is on your site

collectai.tools
CollectAI homepage
Eligibility

Who CollectAI accepts

You need
A live URL
A 16:9 image, PNG or JPEG, under 1MB
A Google or GitHub account
Their badge linking to your item URL (free plan)
You'll be rejected if
Nothing published about who is refused.
AI toolsAI marketing toolsSaaS with an AI angle
What you actually get
An item page in an AI-tools Mkdirs board: one category, tags, a description, a markdown introduction and a 16:9 image, with up to three followed links once the badge verifies. Free listings are reviewed within 72 hours; the badge on your site must link to the item's own URL with rel="dofollow".

How to submit to CollectAI

  1. Log in
    Google or GitHub only; /submit redirects to the login.
  2. Details
    Link, name, a category and tags from searchable pickers, a description, a markdown introduction and a 16:9 image. No icon field on this board.
  3. Payment
    Submit creates the item and opens /payment/<id> with Free selected and Status: Submitting. The badge snippet, a Your Website URL field and Verify Backlink sit under the plans.
  4. Verify
    Place the badge linking to your item URL, press Verify Backlink; the FREE card reads 'Verify badge first' until it passes.

CollectAI requirements

Product link
Product name
Category
from a searchable list
Tags
from a searchable list
Description
Introduction
markdown
Image
16:9, PNG or JPEG, under 1MB
Their badge
linking to your item URL, rel dofollow, free plan

Gotchas

The badge must link to your item's own URL (/item/<slug>) with rel="dofollow", not to the homepage, and the snippet only exists once the details step has created the item.
The FREE card's button reads 'Verify badge first' and does nothing until their check has passed, so a listing stays 'Submitting' in the dashboard as long as the badge is missing.
The tag list has no marketing or SEO entries; 'seo' matched Self-hosted and Browser Extension, and the nearest honest tags were Free and Freemium.

Let your agent submit to CollectAI

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the CollectAI 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 CollectAI rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 8 fields this form asks for, none of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Warns you that CollectAI 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 is three dofollow links, a permanent listing, reviewed and listed within 72 hours, badge required, no support. Pro is $9.90 one time with no backlink, immediate listing and featured placement. Sponsor is $19.90 a week for a site-wide slot.
Types it into CollectAI 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 CollectAI?".
Connect your agentHow this worksTools and endpointsWorks with Claude Code, Claude, Codex, Cursor, VS Code and Hermes.

CollectAI FAQ

How long does CollectAI approval take?
CollectAI's typical time from submission to going live is 3-5 days.
How much does it cost to submit to CollectAI?
CollectAI has a free submission option plus paid placement (Free is three dofollow links, a permanent listing, reviewed and listed within 72 hours, badge required, no support. Pro is $9.90 one time with no backlink, immediate listing and featured placement. Sponsor is $19.90 a week for a site-wide slot.).
Does CollectAI give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on CollectAI carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 30.
Does CollectAI require a backlink to your site?
Yes, CollectAI expects a link back from your site as part of listing.
What gets you rejected from CollectAI?
Nothing published about who is refused.