They Promise a Dofollow Link. We Checked 400 of Them.
Written by Submitator. Dynamite AI is one of the directories we file customers to, so we have a reason to like it. That is also why the link claim below is measured from their live listings rather than repeated from their marketing, and the method is in the footnote.
Dynamite AI is an AI tools directory rated 31 by Ahrefs, holding 1,366 tool pages across 66 categories. Listing is free, no badge is required and there is no account to create. Their submit page makes a specific promise: "A permanent tool page with a dofollow link to your site."
Directories make that claim often and it is frequently not true, so we sampled 80 of those pages and read every outbound anchor on them. 400 links. Not one nofollow. Each listing links to the tool three separate times and all three pass equity.
In the same week we censused three other directories that either promise a followed link or strongly imply one, and found the opposite: one at 248 nofollow out of 269, one at 876 nofollow anchors out of 878. Dynamite AI said dofollow and meant it, on every listing we looked at, on the free tier. That is the whole review, really.
Dynamite AI at a glance
| What you get | Dynamite AI |
|---|---|
| Price | $0 to list; paid option is speed only |
| The link | Followed, on 80 of 80 sampled, 3 anchors each |
| Domain Rating | 31 (Ahrefs), published on their own site |
| Badge on your site | Offered, not required |
| Account needed | No |
| Review speed | Unstated free; paid fast-track down to 24 hours |
| Extras | Category page placement, view and click stats |
| Filed for you by Submitator | Free listing, plus 29 more directories from $29 |
Per dynamite-ai.com, its /submit and /badge pages, its home page and its sitemap, all read on 6 September 2026. Domain Rating is Ahrefs' figure via submitator.com/domain-rating-checker, which returned 31, matching the DR 31 Dynamite AI publishes in its own site header with an Ahrefs attribution. Site structure on the day: 1,366 tool pages, 66 categories and 7 blog posts in the sitemap, with the largest categories reading Productivity 217, SaaS 132, Developer Tools 108, Marketing 98, AI Generative Art 83 and AI Chatbot 82. The four benefit bullets, the three-step flow and the "Free to list — or fast-track the review down to 24 hours" line are quoted from their submit page; the form's seven fields and which five are required are read from the same page. The link finding is a sample, not a census: we drew a seeded random sample of 80 tool URLs, fetched every one successfully at 36-46 KB, parsed the HTML rather than pattern-matching it, and classified every outbound anchor by hostname without excluding any category of link. That produced 400 outbound anchors carrying only two rel values between them, 320 with "noopener noreferrer" and 80 with no rel attribute at all; none carried nofollow or sponsored, so all pass equity. Two hosts appear on every page and were identified by frequency and excluded before attributing the tool link: ahrefs.com, which backs their DR display, and a partner badge. Every one of the 80 listings carried three followed anchors to the tool it lists, and none carried a robots noindex. We did not check the other 1,286, and markup can change at any time. Paid plan prices could not be observed: the plan step only renders after the form's first step is submitted, and we submitted nothing, so no price, refund or turnaround claim is made about the paid tier beyond the "down to 24 hours" wording on the public page. Submitator files customers to Dynamite AI. Our plans are $29 for 30 directories, $49 for 60 and $79 for 100, one-time, chosen by you in the dashboard with each Domain Rating shown and nofollow marked where it applies, rejections credited back as +1 directory and a 30-day refund policy on the conditions in our terms.
How to submit to Dynamite AI, step by step
- 1
Have the image ready before you open the form
It is one of the five required fields and the only one you cannot type. There is no size guidance on the page, so use your Open Graph image, which is already the right shape for a card and already exists on every site with decent social previews.
- 2
Pick the category by size, not by instinct
Their category counts are published on the home page and they are lopsided: Productivity holds 217 tools, SaaS 132, Developer Tools 108, Marketing 98, while Finance and Education Assistant hold about 50 each. A precise smaller category puts you on a page people can actually read to the bottom of.
- 3
Set the pricing model accurately
Free, freemium or paid, and it shows as a tag on your card in every list you appear in. Browsers filter on it, so an overstated free tag brings visitors who bounce at your paywall and does nothing for the click stats you will be looking at later.
- 4
Write the description even though it is optional
It is the only field on the form not marked required, which means most submissions probably skip it. Two sentences on what the tool does and who it is for will put your card ahead of the ones that arrived with a name and a logo.
- 5
Take the free plan unless the date matters
The paid option buys review speed, not a better listing: the link, the page and the category placement are the same either way. Their own framing is a fast-track down to 24 hours, so pay only if you are timing this to a launch.
- 6
Add the badge afterwards if you want the traffic
It is optional here, which is worth appreciating. Their badge page generates the code for you, round or rectangular, with a Next.js component and a plain HTML version. It links to your listing rather than to their home page, so it sends people to the page that has your link on it.
- 7
Come back and read your own stats
Listings show view and click counts. Almost no directory tells you this, and it turns the question of whether a listing is worth having from an argument into a number you can look at.
What the census actually found
Eighty listings, fetched and parsed rather than skimmed. Each page carries five outbound anchors: one to Ahrefs behind their Domain Rating display, one partner badge, and three to the tool the page is about. Across all eighty pages the entire corpus contained exactly two rel values, noopener noreferrer and no rel at all.
Both of those pass equity. There was no nofollow and no sponsored anywhere in the four hundred anchors, and none of the pages carried a noindex. Whatever else is true of this directory, the thing it promises on the submit page is the thing it does.
The stats are the unusual part
Their fourth bullet is easy to skim past: "An embeddable badge, plus view and click stats on your listing." Directory listings are normally a black box. You file the form, the page appears, and whether anyone ever reaches it is something you infer from your own analytics if you bothered to tag the link.
Showing views and clicks on the listing itself changes that. It will not flatter most listings, which is presumably why it is rare. It also means that three months from now you can answer the question rather than guess at it, and that is worth more than another paragraph of positioning.
Where it sits in a catalog
At DR 31 this is a mid-table domain, not a headline one. What makes it a good entry is that everything else about it is clean: free, followed, no badge demanded, no account, a real category structure and a page that reports its own traffic.
One listing like this moves very little. Thirty of them is a link profile, and filling in thirty forms is the part nobody enjoys. That is the job we do, with every directory named and its Domain Rating on the card before you tick it.
$0 here. $29 for the thirty you have not filled in yet.
One payment, every directory named in your dashboard with its Domain Rating on the card and nofollow marked where it applies, and you tick the ones you want before anything is filed.
Dynamite AI review: the short answer
Submit, take the free plan, and spend your effort on the category and the description. The link is followed, the listing is permanent, nothing has to stay on your site afterwards, and you will be able to see whether it sent you anyone.
Pay for the fast-track only if you are launching to a date. It buys twenty-four hours, not a better page.
Promised dofollow, delivered dofollow.
Dynamite AI is DR 31 with 1,366 tools across 66 categories. Free to list, no badge, no account, seven fields. We read 400 outbound anchors across 80 of its listings and found zero nofollow, with three followed links to the tool on every page. The paid option buys review speed only. The whole catalog.
FAQ
Is Dynamite AI free to submit to?
Yes. Their own line is “Free to list — or fast-track the review down to 24 hours”, so the listing costs nothing and the only paid option is speed. There is no badge requirement and no account to create before you start.
Does Dynamite AI give a dofollow link?
It does, and we checked rather than took their word. Their submit page promises “a permanent tool page with a dofollow link to your site”. We sampled 80 of the 1,366 tool pages in their sitemap and read every outbound anchor: 400 links in total, and not one carried nofollow or sponsored. Each listing links to the tool three times, all of them followed.
How long does Dynamite AI take to review a submission?
They do not publish a standard turnaround, only that a paid fast-track brings it “down to 24 hours”. So the free route is slower than a day by their own framing, and how much slower is not stated.
What does the Dynamite AI submission form ask for?
Seven fields on one screen, five of them required: tool name, your email, the website URL, an image, a category and a pricing model, with a free-text description that is optional. Then you pick a plan and get listed. That is the whole flow, and it is three steps by their own numbering.
Does Dynamite AI require a badge?
No. There is a badge and it is worth having, but it is offered rather than demanded. Their badge page generates the snippet for you in round or rectangular shapes, with a ready-made version for Next.js and one for plain HTML and JavaScript.
What is Dynamite AI's Domain Rating?
31 on Ahrefs. They publish the figure themselves in the site header with a short explanation of what Domain Rating measures, and our own check returned the same number.
How big is the Dynamite AI directory?
1,366 tool pages across 66 categories. The largest are Productivity with 217 tools, SaaS with 132, Developer Tools with 108 and Marketing with 98, so picking the right one matters more than it would on a smaller site.
Is Dynamite AI worth submitting to?
Yes. Free, no badge, a followed link confirmed on every listing we checked, a category page that people browse, and view and click counts shown on your own listing so you can see whether it did anything. For a five-minute form that is a good trade.
More submit-to guides.
Dynamite AI is free. The other twenty-nine cost $29, together.
One payment, each directory named with its Domain Rating on the card before you choose it, nofollow marked where it applies, badges installed and kept live where one is wanted, and a rejection swapped for another directory.