Directory index · researched October 2026
Dang.ai
dang.aiDang.ai is a directory for AI tools. We went through its submission pages in October 2026: what it costs, the link you get, who gets in and how to submit.
How much does Dang.ai cost?
Listing on Dang.ai is free, as long as you link back to them from your site, with paid options from $30.
Standard tools only: add a crawlable backlink to dang.ai, select 1 category, and allow up to 4 weeks for review. Free listings have no Featured badge or ranking boost; Dang.ai says free submissions use backlink verification.
- 1 category
- Crawlable backlink to dang.ai required
- Up to 4 weeks for review
- Baseline ranking
- No Featured badge or ranking boost
- No backlink required
- About 4 days for review
- Up to 2 categories
- Featured badge and Featured page
- Boosted ranking
- Add listing details and images before checkout
- USD 30 setup, then USD 19/month
- No backlink required
- 2-day review
- Up to 4 categories
- Featured-first placement and improved ranking boost
- Hide alternative tools from listing
- Newsletter feature
- Ongoing listing management
- Run deals and discount codes on the listing and Deals page
- Pay before adding listing details
- No backlink required
- 4-day review
- Up to 2 categories
- Featured badge and Featured page
- Boosted ranking
- Paid submissions only for mature AI tools
- USD 120 setup, then USD 39/month
- No backlink required
- 2-day review
- Up to 4 categories
- Featured-first placement and improved ranking boost
- Hide alternative tools from listing
- Newsletter feature
- Ongoing listing management
- Run deals and discount codes on the listing and Deals page
- Pay before adding listing details
Extras they sell
- Basic fast-review and Featured package USD 49 standard; USD 149 NSFW
- Paid tier that skips the backlink, offers a Featured badge, and claims a 4-day review. Standard Basic is described as about 4 days; the comparison table says 4 days.
- Pro visibility bundle USD 30 setup then USD 19/month standard; USD 120 setup then USD 39/month NSFW
- Featured-first placement, ranking boost, newsletter feature, hiding alternative tools, ongoing listing management, Deals-page promotion, and 2-day review.
- Standard promoted sidebar slot (monthly) USD 150/month
- Paid rotating promoted placement on the homepage, category pages, and tool pages on desktop and mobile; includes logo, name, 96-character pitch, and tracked link directly to the advertiser's site.
- Standard promoted sidebar slot (3-month prepay) USD 405 every 3 months (10% off)
- Quarterly prepay for the standard promoted slot; subscription renews automatically until cancelled.
- NSFW promoted sidebar slot (monthly) USD 249/month
- Promoted placement for 18+ tools with logo, name, 96-character pitch, and tracked direct link; appears on homepage, category pages, and tool pages.
- NSFW promoted sidebar slot (3-month prepay) USD 672 every 3 months (10% off)
- Quarterly prepay for the NSFW promoted slot; subscription renews automatically until cancelled.
Does Dang.ai give a dofollow backlink?
Dang.ai links to your site with a dofollow link, the kind Google may count toward your site's authority.
Its Ahrefs Domain Rating is 81. Part of that comes from sites that link back to it in exchange for a listing, so it likely overstates what its link is worth to you (why).
Who gets into Dang.ai, and how fast?
Submissions are reviewed first, and most products that fit get in.
New listings are shown to its audience: on the homepage, in a newsletter or on social media.
Basic: about 4 days (also shown as 4 days in the comparison table); Pro: 2 days; Free: up to 4 weeks. For NSFW packages, Basic is 4 days and Pro is 2 days; no free NSFW tier is shown.
How much traffic does Dang.ai get?
Similarweb ranks dang.ai #93,145 in the world by traffic.
What Dang.ai says about its audience: Pricing and advertising pages claim 270K+ monthly visitors, 630K+ monthly page views, and 7,000+ published AI tools (Google Analytics, September 2026). The site also claims 9,400+ weekly newsletter readers. The Advertise page says 90%+ of page views show the Promoted block, live paid slots receive 180-770 bot-filtered clicks per day (standard slots about 180-230; NSFW slots up to 770), and 78% of page views are on mobile. It cites Google Analytics data through October 15, 2026 and Short.io click data for October 2026.
How do you submit to Dang.ai?
You submit to Dang.ai through a form, after creating an account.
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Researched 29 October 2026 from Dang.ai's own pages. Prices and terms change, so check before you pay. Something out of date? Report a correction.