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

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An AI tools directory that writes your listing for you from your URL, then reveals that both ways to publish it are paid.

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Eligibility

Who PoweredbyAI accepts

You need
$11.99, because there is no other route
A square logo of at least 500 by 500 pixels
A product an automated reader can describe from its homepage
You'll be rejected if
Anyone submitting on a zero budget, since the plan step offers only $11.99 and $69.99
Anything whose homepage does not explain itself, because the whole form is generated from a scrape of it
AI toolsSaaS products
What you actually get
A permanent listing with a followed link and, on their own comparison table, instant approval. Both tiers publish immediately; what the extra $58 buys is a sponsored slot rather than a featured one, and the removal of alternative tools from your own product page.

How to submit to PoweredbyAI

  1. Give them the URL
    The first screen asks for nothing but the product URL and an Auto-fill from URL button.
  2. Wait for the scrape
    They read the page and generate a name, category, sub-category, description and keywords, which takes about half a minute.
  3. Correct what they wrote
    Every generated field is editable. The description, the sub-category and the keywords are all worth rewriting before going on.
  4. Add the rest
    A square logo of at least 500px, your name and your email.
  5. Hit the plans
    Select Plan leads to Pro at $11.99 or Elite at $69.99. There is no free option on that screen.

PoweredbyAI requirements

$11.99
one-time, no free tier
Product URL
the only thing asked for up front
Logo
1:1, 500x500 minimum, png or jpg
Description
10000 characters, generated then editable
Keywords
up to three
Your name and email
contact for the listing

Gotchas

The whole form is generated from a scrape of your homepage before you are told either plan costs money, so the work of correcting their copy happens before you learn there is no free tier.
What it generates is confidently wrong in places: it picked a sub-category unrelated to the product and wrote a live figure off the page that will be stale the moment the page changes.
Their note under the description says their team may make edits before publishing, so the copy that appears under your name is not necessarily the copy you approved.

Let your agent submit to PoweredbyAI

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the PoweredbyAI 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 PoweredbyAI rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 6 fields this form asks for, none of them optional, already filled from your pack.
Tells you what paying buys here, so you pick it on purpose: pro is $11.99, struck through from $49.99, for a featured permanent listing with a followed link, instant approval and placement in three newsletters. Elite is $69.99, from $99.99, and adds a sponsored slot, a premium badge, five newsletters and no competing tools on your page. There is no free tier.
Types it into PoweredbyAI 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 PoweredbyAI?".
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PoweredbyAI FAQ

How long does PoweredbyAI approval take?
PoweredbyAI's typical time from submission to going live is instant.
How much does it cost to submit to PoweredbyAI?
Submitting to PoweredbyAI is paid (Pro is $11.99, struck through from $49.99, for a featured permanent listing with a followed link, instant approval and placement in three newsletters. Elite is $69.99, from $99.99, and adds a sponsored slot, a premium badge, five newsletters and no competing tools on your page. There is no free tier.).
Does PoweredbyAI give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on PoweredbyAI carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 36.
Does PoweredbyAI require a backlink to your site?
No, PoweredbyAI does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from PoweredbyAI?
Anyone submitting on a zero budget, since the plan step offers only $11.99 and $69.99; Anything whose homepage does not explain itself, because the whole form is generated from a scrape of it.