Pricing
Free to list. Pay only for placement.
An editor writes your profile, reads your pricing page, and publishes what your free tier actually gives people. Your listing is permanent and free — you pay only for the placement you add on top of it.
Your listing is permanent · Cancel placement any time · Pay after you approve · Corrections always free
You read your finished listing before you pay a cent.
We write it first and send you the whole thing. Approve it and we invoice; walk away and you owe nothing and keep the draft. Your money is never sitting with us waiting on work.
List your tool
Your own page, live on your launch date once a person has checked it. No link back required.
Fast-track
A full, editor-written review page in 48 hours — skip the 60-day free queue.
Enhance a listing
Long-form profile, media embeds, and the homepage rotation for as long as you stay.
Launch Kit
Placement in a published comparison article, plus 60 days on the homepage.
Free
For every tool in the directory
- Your own page on TheToolsVerse, live on your launch date once a person has checked it
- In your words, labelled founder-submitted — kept out of search results, link marked nofollow
- On merit, an editor may later write it up as a full, indexed profile
- Factual corrections always free
- No link back required — ever
Fast-track
A full, indexed review — in 48 hours
Everything in Free, plus
- A full, editor-written review page — pricing read from your own site, built to be indexed by search engines
- Written and sent to you to read within 48 hours
- Skips the 60-day free queue — launch any date from 48 hours out
- Named in our monthly partner post on LinkedIn, X and Instagram
- Placement link marked rel="sponsored"
Enhanced
Stay on the homepage, month after month
Everything in Fast-track, plus
- Long-form profile — up to 1,000 words
- Video, audio and image embeds
- In the homepage rotation for every month you stay
- Your own partner post from the founder — LinkedIn (1,300+ followers), X and Instagram
- Cancel any time — your free listing stays live, permanently
Launch Kit
Maximum visibility across the site
Everything in Enhanced as a one-time package, plus
- Placement in a relevant published comparison article — permanent
- 60 days in the homepage rotation, included — nothing to renew
- Listed as an alternative across your category's tool pages
- Internal links wherever it is editorially relevant
- Delivery report with every live URL
Paid tiers buy placement and speed — never a better verdict.
We publish up to three free listings a day, so the earliest free launch date you can book is 60 days out, and a person checks every submission before its founder page goes live. Fast-track and above book any date from 48 hours out.
Why list with us
No inflated traffic promises — just a genuinely curated listing that readers and search engines can trust.
Hand-reviewed, never auto-published
Every tool is checked by a named editor before it goes live — no scraped or spammy listings.
A permanent page
Every approved tool gets a lasting URL that stays live. Fast-track and above get a full, editor-written review built to be found in search.
Curated, not a dumping ground
We keep the directory small and genuinely vetted, so listings get seen instead of buried under thousands.
You pick the launch date
Choose your go-live date when you submit. Free books 60 days out, Fast-track from 48 hours — full days are shown, no vague queue.
Every plan, line by line
Including the rows most directories leave out — what the link is marked as, and what money does not buy.
| Compare | Free $0 | Fast-track $29 | Most popular Enhanced $49 | Launch Kit $199 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The listing | ||||
| Editor-written review page | On merit | Included | Included | Included |
| Permanent profile URL | Included | Included | Included | Included |
| Indexed + in our llms.txt AI corpus | On merit | Included | Included | Included |
| Profile length | Standard | Standard | Up to 1,000 words | Up to 1,000 words |
| Video & audio embeds | Not included | Not included | Included | Included |
| Visibility on this site | ||||
| Homepage rotation | Not included | Not included | Every month you stay | 60 days, included |
| Link to your website | nofollow until reviewed | rel="sponsored" | rel="sponsored" | rel="sponsored" |
| Labelled as a paid placement | Not included | Always | Always | Always |
| Visibility beyond your listing | ||||
| Partner post from the founder — LinkedIn, X, Instagram | Not included | Monthly round-up | Dedicated post | Dedicated post |
| Placement in a published comparison article | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Listed as an alternative on category tool pages | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Internal links where editorially relevant | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Delivery report with every live URL | Not included | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Review & terms | ||||
| Earliest launch date you can book | 60 days out | 48 hours | 48 hours | 48 hours |
| Publication | Founder page, first Monday on/after your date — once checked | On your date, or refunded | On your date, or refunded | On your date, or refunded |
| Factual corrections | Free | Free | Free | Free |
| Editorial verdict influenced by payment | Never | Never | Never | Never |
| Purchasable "verified" badge | Does not exist | Does not exist | Does not exist | Does not exist |
| Billing | — | One-time | $49/month, cancel any time | One-time |
| Your listing if you stop paying | Stays live | Stays live | Stays live, permanently | Stays live |
Scroll the table sideways to see every plan.
FAQ
Questions we actually get asked
Including the two most people are too polite to ask — what happens if the listing is wrong, and whether money buys a better verdict.
Still have questions?
Ask before you pay. The editor who reviews your listing is the one who answers, and we would rather talk you out of the wrong tier than sell you it.
Contact usStart free. Upgrade only if it earns it.
Submit your tool, get an editor-written profile on a permanent URL, and decide later whether speed or reach is worth paying for. Nothing expires if you never do.