How we list tools

1. Every tool is reviewed by a human

The most important thing to know about this directory: every tool listed here has been read through and reviewed by a person before it goes live. New tools sit in a review queue until we've checked them, and the ones that breach our content rules, look like spam, have inaccurate descriptions, or simply aren't useful enough to earn a place on the site, are removed at that point.

That said, we have not personally used every tool in the directory. There are over 5,303 of them. Treat the listings as a starting point for your own research rather than a hands-on review. Where we have used a tool ourselves, we'll add an editor's note to its page over time. Those notes are dated and clearly labelled.

2. Submitting a tool

If you've built or come across an AI tool you think should be on the directory, you can submit it here. Submissions go through the same review and moderation process as everything else on the site, so anything that breaches our content rules, looks like spam, or has inaccurate information will be rejected.

We do not accept payment from tool creators in exchange for being listed, ranked higher, or featured.

3. What we filter out

Every tool is checked against a content moderation blocklist before it can appear on the site. We don't list:

• Tools targeting children or featuring sexualised minors
• Non-consensual intimate imagery generators (nudifiers, undressers, deepfake nude tools, face-swap-to-porn)
• Pornography and adult companion / NSFW chat tools
• Tools whose primary purpose is academic or content-detection fraud (AI humanisers, GPTZero/Turnitin bypasses, jailbreak prompt hubs, "wormgpt"-style models)
• Tools whose primary purpose is illegal drug or weapons facilitation
• Scam tooling (phishing kits, fake-ID generators, credential stuffers, romance-scam generators)
• Piracy and copyright-bypass tools, including video and image watermark removers

The full blocklist lives in our public source code, and we periodically remove tools that slip through. When a tool is removed, its old URL on this site 301-redirects to the homepage so existing links don't break.

4. Affiliate links and how we make money

Most tool pages on Find AI Tools link straight to the tool's own website with no commission attached. A small number of tools (currently 55, around 1% of the directory) have affiliate programmes we participate in. If you sign up for one of those tools by clicking the link on its page, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

Whether or not a tool has an affiliate programme has no effect on whether it gets listed, where it ranks in our search, or how it is described. Affiliate and non-affiliate tools go through the exact same review and moderation process.

Tool pages where the outbound link is an affiliate link are clearly marked with a disclosure directly under the “Visit” button.

5. Featured tools

Some tools are marked as “featured” on the homepage and in category pages. Featured status is editorial. We choose tools that are well-known, have a clear use case, or are interesting examples of their category. We do not sell featured placement.

6. How recipes are written

The recipe posts on the Alchemy blog are different from the directory listings. They describe specific workflows that combine several tools to accomplish a task, and we try to base them on stacks we have actually run. Methodology and assumptions behind any quoted time-saved or cost numbers are linked from the post header.

7. Reporting an issue

If you spot a tool that breaks our content rules, an inaccurate description, a broken link, or a tool that should be removed for any other reason, please email us at hello@findaitools.app with the URL and we'll review it.