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Submit to The Next AI
A curated AI tools directory for developers, creators and marketers with a few thousand tools, category pages and community upvotes. Basic listings are free and permanent; a one-time featured plan adds homepage and category pinning for 30 days.
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The Next AI at a glance
- Pricing
- Free + paid options
- Basic listing free; Featured $199 one-time (30 days homepage and #1 in category, 9-12 hour review)
- Link type
- Nofollow
- Listing https://www.thenextai.com/ai-tools/modeinspect/ 'Visit Modeinspect' link has rel="nofollow noopener", although the submit page advertises a dofollow backlink (checked 2026-09-23)
- Review
- Manual review
- Link back required
- No
- Account required
- No
- Domain Rating
- DR9
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs, checked Sep 24, 2026. A score of the whole site’s backlinks, not a Google metric.
- Tranco rank
- Not ranked
- No Tranco rank on record for this site.
- Who browses it
- Developers, creators and marketers looking for AI tools
- Last checked
How to submit to The Next AI
Open the The Next AI submission page
This is the page makers use to add a product.
Have your assets ready
Name, tagline, description, logo and screenshots. The checklist below covers what to prepare so you can fill the form in one go.
Fill in the form carefully
Pick the most specific category the form offers and write the description for the people who browse The Next AI (Developers, creators and marketers looking for AI tools), not for search engines.
Wait for review
A person reviews submissions, so it can take a while. Once it’s live, check the link on your listing points to the right page.
Tips for The Next AI
- Free listings are reviewed within a few business days and go live at /ai-tools/your-tool/.
- The submit page promises a dofollow link, but the listing we checked was nofollow, so verify your own page after it goes live.
- Encourage users to upvote your listing; the directory has a community voting system.
From The Next AI’s own guidelines and pages, in our words.
What to prepare
The basics every directory asks for, plus what matters most for AI tool directories.
- Product name and a one-line tagline (about 60 characters)
- A short description (1–2 sentences) and a longer one (a short paragraph)
- Square logo, at least 256×256 px, PNG or SVG
- 2–3 screenshots at a consistent size
- The exact page you want the link to point to
- Pricing model (free, freemium or paid) and a contact email
- The main task your AI does, in one plain sentence (e.g. “turns podcasts into short clips”)
- Your pricing tiers, and whether there is a free plan or free trial
- Which models or providers you use, if you say so publicly
- 2–3 concrete use cases, each one sentence
Is The Next AI worth it?
Good for discovery, not link equity
Links from The Next AI listings carry rel="nofollow", so they pass little or no ranking value. Submit if its audience matches yours: the value is visitors and being findable where people browse.
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs: 9 (very low). That's the strength of links to the whole site, not a promise about what your listing passes on.
- No Tranco rank on record, so we can’t say how much traffic it gets.
- A person reviews submissions, so expect a wait and a real quality bar.
- There’s a free option. Start free and only pay for upgrades if the traffic justifies it.
This verdict is worked out from the facts above with fixed rules (link type, review, price, Domain Rating by Ahrefs, Tranco rank), not paid for. The directory has no say in it.
Questions about The Next AI
Is The Next AI free?
There’s a free option, with paid upgrades. Pricing details: Basic listing free; Featured $199 one-time (30 days homepage and #1 in category, 9-12 hour review). We checked on Sep 23, 2026.
Does The Next AI give a dofollow link?
No. Listing links on The Next AI are nofollow, so they pass little ranking value. They can still send visitors. Evidence: Listing https://www.thenextai.com/ai-tools/modeinspect/ 'Visit Modeinspect' link has rel="nofollow noopener", although the submit page advertises a dofollow backlink (checked 2026-09-23).
How do I submit to The Next AI?
Submit at https://www.thenextai.com/submit-ai-tool/. A person reviews each submission before it goes live. Tip: Free listings are reviewed within a few business days and go live at /ai-tools/your-tool/.
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