Directory profile
WhatTheAI: how to submit, cost, DR and traffic
WhatTheAI is an AI tools directory with about 80K visits a month and a Domain Rating of 37. Free, paid extras from $49. The product link is dofollow.
Our take
A free dofollow AI listing; do it in a batch with similar sites.
What WhatTheAI is
WhatTheAI calls itself the largest free AI tools directory, with categories, a newest-tools feed and how-to guides.
Checked on WhatTheAI's own pages in November 2026.
WhatTheAI at a glance
| Monthly visits | 80K (estimate) |
|---|---|
| Domain Rating | 37 |
| Category | AI tools directory |
| Cost | Free, paid extras from $49 |
| Link type | Dofollow |
| Badge required | No |
| Account required | No |
| CAPTCHA | None seen |
| Submit page | whattheai.tech/submit |
| Last checked | November 2026 |
Good
- About 11x the traffic of a typical directory in its category
- Free to list
- Dofollow product link
- No account needed
Watch out
- No drawbacks in the data
What a listing on WhatTheAI gets you
The listing is free with paid extras from $49, and the link was dofollow in our check.
WhatTheAI pricing
- Fast-track listing: $49 one-time
How to submit to WhatTheAI
- Search WhatTheAI for your product first. If it's already listed, claim or update that listing instead of submitting again.
- Open the submit page: whattheai.tech/submit.
- No account is needed to submit.
- Fill in the form: product name, website, a short description written for this audience, category, logo and a screenshot or two.
- Paid upgrades are offered. The free listing is enough to start.
- Save the listing URL once it's public, so you can check the link later.
What our agent saw on WhatTheAI's submit flow
- Route: whattheai.tech/submit → whattheai.tech/login.
- Options seen along the way: a free option, paid or featured upgrades, a badge or backlink requirement.
- The flow ended at a final review and submit step.
Recorded by our submission agent on 3 October 2026. Directory flows change, so check the live page.
Submit to WhatTheAI with your AI agent
AgentLaunch is a launch kit you open in Claude Code, Codex or Cursor. Your agent submits your product to 300+ hand-checked directories, WhatTheAI included, from your own browser, and tracks every listing. On WhatTheAI specifically:
- It already knows WhatTheAI's submit flow from the path we recorded (whattheai.tech/submit → whattheai.tech/login).
- WhatTheAI needs no account, so it goes straight to the form.
- It writes the listing copy for WhatTheAI's audience (AI tools directory) instead of pasting the same description everywhere.
- It takes the free route and skips WhatTheAI's paid upgrades unless you approve them.
- When WhatTheAI publishes the listing, it saves the URL and checks the dofollow link in your launch tracker.
How WhatTheAI compares
- Traffic: #17 of 122 in its category, against a category median of 7K visits a month.
- Domain Rating: 37, against a category median of 42.
- Cost: 50% of directories in this category have a free route; WhatTheAI is one of them.
- Links: 70% of this category give a dofollow product link; WhatTheAI's is dofollow.
- Accounts: 67% need no account; WhatTheAI doesn't either.
WhatTheAI alternatives
Other directories in the same category (AI tools directory), by traffic:
| Directory | Visits/mo | DR | Cost | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| There's An AI For That | 5.1M | 77 | Paid, from $49 | Dofollow |
| Toolify | 1.1M | 73 | Paid, from $99 | Dofollow |
| AIxploria | 781K | 56 | Paid, from $99 | Nofollow |
| TopAI.tools | 678K | 64 | Paid, from $47 | Dofollow |
| What's the Big Data | 637K | 74 | Free with a badge | Nofollow |
FAQ
Is WhatTheAI free?
Yes, there's a free route. Paid extras start at $49.
Does WhatTheAI give a dofollow backlink?
Yes. In our check the product link on WhatTheAI was dofollow.
Do I need an account to submit to WhatTheAI?
No. You can submit without creating an account.
How much traffic does WhatTheAI get?
About 80K visits a month (third-party estimate, September 2026). That ranks it #67 of 352 directories in our catalog.
Can I submit to WhatTheAI automatically?
Yes. AgentLaunch is a launch kit you open in Claude Code, Codex or Cursor, and WhatTheAI is one of the 300+ hand-checked directories in its catalog. Your AI agent fills in WhatTheAI's form from your product details and tracks the listing until it's live.
Terms used here: AI tools directory · Domain Rating · Directory traffic · Dofollow link · Free listing. Data across all 352 directories: launch directory statistics 2026.
Traffic and Domain Rating are third-party estimates. Prices, link types and rules change, so check WhatTheAI's own page before paying.