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

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The free listing will not submit until you have picked one of their badges and their crawler has found it

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Directory for AI homepage
Eligibility

Who Directory for AI accepts

You need
An account, which Google sign-in creates
One of their four badge styles live on your site
A logo, 512x512 and under 2MB
A live product URL
You'll be rejected if
A free listing on a site that will not carry their badge, since Submit is refused without a style picked and the crawler finding it
Anything with no logo, which the form requires before it will submit
AI toolsSaaS products
What you actually get
A listing reviewed inside a week, with a dofollow link once their crawler has found their badge on your site. Their categories are not a list to choose from: the select holds one real option, Other, so nothing about the listing sorts you anywhere in particular.

How to submit to Directory for AI

  1. Sign in
    /submit redirects to /login, which offers Continue with Google and nothing else. Their consent panel lists exactly what Google hands over.
  2. Choose the free plan first
    Two cards head the page. Picking Standard changes the button at the foot from Submit and Pay for Gold to Submit Tool for Review.
  3. Fill the form
    Name, logo, optional screenshots, category, pricing, description, website, who it is best for and a founding year. A Smart Auto-fill box will write most of it from your URL.
  4. Pick a badge and verify it
    Submit is refused with "Please select a badge style before submitting a free listing". Four styles are offered and all four are HTML and CSS with no image file. Step 3 is Verify Badge, which fetches your site and looks for it.

Directory for AI requirements

An account
Google only
Product name
Logo
512x512, PNG, JPG or SVG, max 2MB
Description
Website URL
Pricing
Best for
Founded year
One of their badge styles
free lane only
Screenshotsoptional
up to 5, 1280x800

Gotchas

Filling the whole form submits nothing on the free lane. It is refused until a badge style is picked, and the footer under the button says plainly that a badge on your site is required.
Their badge is HTML and CSS rather than an image, so there is no file to host or vendor: what goes on your page is a styled block with their link inside it.
The category select offers one real option, Other, so the field decides nothing about where the listing sits.

Let your agent submit to Directory for AI

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the Directory for AI 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 Directory for AI 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, 1 of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Warns you that Directory for AI 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 a real lane: listed, reviewed within a week, and a dofollow link once their badge is on your site. Gold is $9 once and buys same-day approval, a verified badge on the listing and the dofollow without carrying anything.
Types it into Directory for AI 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 Directory for AI?".
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Directory for AI FAQ

How long does Directory for AI approval take?
Directory for AI's typical time from submission to going live is about a week.
How much does it cost to submit to Directory for AI?
Directory for AI has a free submission option plus paid placement (Free is a real lane: listed, reviewed within a week, and a dofollow link once their badge is on your site. Gold is $9 once and buys same-day approval, a verified badge on the listing and the dofollow without carrying anything.).
Does Directory for AI give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on Directory for AI carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 33.
Does Directory for AI require a backlink to your site?
Yes, Directory for AI expects a link back from your site as part of listing.
What gets you rejected from Directory for AI?
A free listing on a site that will not carry their badge, since Submit is refused without a style picked and the crawler finding it; Anything with no logo, which the form requires before it will submit.