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AI directory · checked 10 October 2026

How to submit to Dang.ai

General AI tools (7,000+ published tools, including an NSFW section)

Dang.ai has a free route, and paid plans from $49 one-time. The listing we checked sent its link through the site's own redirect.

Free routeListing from $49Link observed: Via redirect — routed through the place's own redirect first, not straight to the productTop 1M
Open Dang.ai's submit page ↗

At a glance

Free route
Free route

Requires a crawlable backlink to dang.ai, one category and a free email-only account; no Featured badge or ranking boost.

Paid listing from

$49 one-time — Basic (fast review)

Review time
  • Free route: Up to 4 weeks
  • Basic (fast review): About 4 days
  • Pro: 2 days
Link on a live listing
Link observed: Via redirect — routed through the place's own redirect first, not straight to the product

Routed through the place's own redirect first, not straight to the product. Dang.ai does not say what kind of link it gives.

What we read: https://dang.ai/tool/military-calisthenics-bodyweight-workout-timer: the 'View tool' anchor points to https://l.dang.ai/mnid (rel="noopener noreferrer", no nofollow), which returns a 302 to the product with ?ref=dangai

Requirements
  • Free account (email sign-in, no password) before saving listing details.
  • Free tier needs a crawlable backlink to dang.ai.
  • Payment happens only after listing details are saved.
Audience, as they state it

270K+ monthly visitors, 630K+ monthly page views, 7,000+ published AI tools (Google Analytics, September 2026, per the pricing page); newsletter with 8,600+ weekly readers. Their figures, not ours.

Popularity

#229,031 in the Tranco top-1M list of 9 October 2026 — Top 1M.

Plans and prices

PlanPriceStated waitIncludes
Basic (fast review)$49 one-timeAbout 4 daysno backlink required; up to two categories; Featured badge
Pro$19 a month2 days$30 one-time setup fee, then $19 per month; everything in Basic, up to four categories; featured-first placements and ranking boost; hide alternative tools from the listing; newsletter feature; ongoing listing management; deals and discount codes on the listing and the Deals page

How to submit to Dang.ai, step by step

  1. 1Get the kit ready. Name, a one-line tagline, a short description, a square logo, two or three screenshots and your pricing in numbers — the same kit works on every directory.
  2. 2Open Dang.ai's submit page. It is at dang.ai/pricing.
  3. 3Take the free route, if it fits. Requires a crawlable backlink to dang.ai, one category and a free email-only account; no Featured badge or ranking boost.
  4. 4Or pay to skip it. The cheapest paid listing is Basic (fast review) at $49 one-time (About 4 days).
  5. 5Check the rules first. Free account (email sign-in, no password) before saving listing details. Free tier needs a crawlable backlink to dang.ai. Payment happens only after listing details are saved.
  6. 6Once it is live, check the link. Open your listing, right-click the link to your site and choose Inspect: the rel attribute says whether it is a plain link, nofollow, ugc or sponsored.

What a listing there gets you

Three submission paths with different review times: a free backlink-for-listing path, a one-time paid fast review, and a monthly Pro plan with deal pages and newsletter placement. Product links go through a Dang short-link redirect (HTTP 302) rather than pointing directly at the product.

  • Its cheapest paid listing, $49, is about the same as the median of the 32 AI directories with a one-time price ($49).
  • 26 of the 46 AI directories whose live listings we read gave a plain link; Dang.ai's was marked via its own redirect.
  • By traffic rank it is number 8 of the 22 AI directories here that appear in the Tranco top-1M list.

Dang.ai: the questions founders ask

How much does it cost to submit to Dang.ai?

Dang.ai has a free route, and paid plans from $49 one-time. The cheapest paid listing is Basic (fast review). Other paid options: Pro at $19 a month.

Is Dang.ai free?

Yes, with conditions. Requires a crawlable backlink to dang.ai, one category and a free email-only account; no Featured badge or ranking boost.

How long does a submission on Dang.ai take?

Free route: Up to 4 weeks. Basic (fast review): About 4 days. Pro: 2 days.

Does Dang.ai give a dofollow backlink?

Dang.ai does not say. The listing we checked sent its link through the site's own redirect.

What does Dang.ai require?

Free account (email sign-in, no password) before saving listing details. Free tier needs a crawlable backlink to dang.ai. Payment happens only after listing details are saved.

Sources

Read on 10 October 2026. Read on Dang.ai's own pages; where a fact came from an archived copy or a third-party report, that source is listed too.

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