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toollist.ai: requirements, how to submit, and what you actually get

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Twenty-nine dollars minimum, live in forty-eight hours, no free lane

toollist.ai
toollist.ai homepage
Eligibility

Who toollist.ai accepts

You need
An AI product
A live public URL
At least $29
You'll be rejected if
There is no free listing, so a product with no budget cannot be listed at all.
AI toolsSaaS productsDeveloper tools
What you actually get
A permanent, Google-indexed page in an AI tools directory sorted into 78 categories, with a stated average review time of 48 hours and a human reading each submission. They claim over a thousand indexed pages. There is no free tier: the cheapest way in is $29 as a one-time payment, which buys a listing rather than a placement window.

How to submit to toollist.ai

  1. Read the plans
    Plans start at $29 one-time. The submit page carries the pricing rather than hiding it behind a checkout.
  2. Fill the submission
    The form sits at /v4/submit; /submit is not the live path.
  3. Pay
    This is where a run without a budget stops.
  4. Wait about two days
    They state a 48 hour average review, with a human reading it.

toollist.ai requirements

A live public URL
An AI product
Listing fee
$29 and up, one-time
Categories
78 to choose from

Gotchas

There is no free tier at any level, so the whole flow is a purchase and the form is the shop.
The live submit path is /v4/submit; the shorter guesses do not reach it.
The 48 hours is an average review time rather than a guarantee, and it starts once payment clears rather than when you submit.

Let your agent submit to toollist.ai

Connect SubmitMap to your AI over MCP and this page stops being something you read and copy. Your agent asks for the toollist.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 4 toollist.ai rules above, so you find out you would be rejected before you open a tab.
Hands your agent all 4 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: plans start at $29 one-time and run to $249. They are explicit that there is no subscription, and that the listing is permanent.
Types it into toollist.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 toollist.ai?".
Connect your agentHow this worksTools and endpointsWorks with Claude Code, Claude, Codex, Cursor, VS Code and Hermes.

toollist.ai FAQ

How long does toollist.ai approval take?
toollist.ai's typical time from submission to going live is 1-2 days.
How much does it cost to submit to toollist.ai?
Submitting to toollist.ai is paid (Plans start at $29 one-time and run to $249. They are explicit that there is no subscription, and that the listing is permanent.).
Does toollist.ai give a dofollow backlink?
Yes, a listing on toollist.ai carries a dofollow link. The site has a domain rating of 25.
Does toollist.ai require a backlink to your site?
No, toollist.ai does not require a link back from your site.
What gets you rejected from toollist.ai?
There is no free listing, so a product with no budget cannot be listed at all.