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Everything founders ask before submitting, including the awkward ones. If your question is not here, ask it in the last box on the form — it reaches the same people.

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Money

How much does it cost to submit?
Nothing, and there is no paid option to buy. PromptHive does not sell listings, placement, ratings or featured slots, and it never will — that refusal is the reason a listing here is worth having. The site is funded by display advertising, disclosed on every page.
Is there a paid option to get reviewed faster?
No. There is no expedited tier, no priority queue and no way to pay for one. Submissions are worked through in the order they arrive. The only thing that genuinely speeds yours up is a complete submission with a working URL and a public pricing page.
Do you take affiliate commission on the tools you list?
Sometimes, and it is disclosed in the footer of every page. It has no bearing on whether a tool is listed, what it is rated, or where it ranks — an affiliate link is added after a review is written, never before, and several of our highest-rated tools have no affiliate programme at all.
Would you accept a sponsored post about our launch?
No. Not as a review, not as a "partner post", not labelled as advertising. If that changes it will be announced as a change of company strategy on a policy page, not quietly arranged over email.

The process

How long does a review take?
A first look usually happens within five working days. The full review takes one to three weeks after that, because it involves signing up, using the tool for a real task, reading the documentation and verifying every price against your own pricing page. We email you at each stage.
Does submitting guarantee a listing?
No. We cap the catalogue deliberately, so plenty of good tools do not fit. If the answer is no you get a specific reason rather than silence, and you are welcome to submit again if the reason changes.
Who actually reviews it?
A member of the PromptHive editorial team, using the product. Not an automated crawl of your landing page, and not your own copy reformatted. That is slower than the alternative and it is the entire point of the site.
Can I talk to a reviewer before submitting?
Use the "anything else" box on the form — it reaches the same person and it is attached to the submission, which is more useful than a separate email thread. If your question is whether we cover your category at all, ask there and you will get a straight answer.
What if you ask for more information?
Reply to the email. The submission keeps its place in the queue and picks up where it left off; you do not need to submit again. We hold it open for 30 days, then archive it — and an archived submission can be reopened, so nothing is lost.
Do you accept submissions from agencies or PR firms on a client's behalf?
Yes, and say so in the "anything else" box. We may ask for a confirmation from someone at the company before publishing, since we need a reliable contact for corrections later — that is the only reason.

The review itself

Will you publish negative things about my product?
Yes, if they are true. Every review carries a watch-outs section, including the tools we rate highest — a page with no watch-outs is a page nobody believes, which would make the positive parts worthless to you. What we will not publish is something inaccurate; tell us and we will check it and correct it.
Can I see the review before it goes live?
No. Pre-publication approval would make it marketing rather than a review, and it is the mechanism by which every other directory ends up publishing vendor copy. You can correct any fact after publication, immediately and permanently.
How is the rating decided?
It is our stated opinion, formed by using the tool and weighed against the others in the same category on the same basis. It is not a formula, and we do not pretend it is — a score presented as objective when it is a judgement is a small dishonesty that undermines everything around it. The full method is on the how we review page.
A competitor is rated higher than us. Can we discuss it?
You can tell us a fact we got wrong and we will verify and fix it. You cannot appeal a judgement, and the ratings are not negotiable in either direction — including for the tools that send us the most traffic.
Our pricing changed. How do we get the page updated?
Email us and we will verify it against your pricing page and update the review with a new check date. This is the most useful thing a founder can do for us: products that change quietly are the biggest source of wrong information in this category.
Can we get a listing removed?
If the product no longer exists we mark it retired rather than deleting the page — people still search the name and deserve to find out what happened. If a listing is factually wrong we fix it. We do not delete a review because a vendor dislikes it.

Practical things

My tool is already listed. What should I do?
Submit anyway and say what is out of date in the "anything else" box. We recognise the domain and route it to the editorial team as a correction rather than a new listing, which is usually faster than a fresh review.
Do I need an account?
No, and there is nothing to sign up for. You get a reference on the confirmation page and can check progress with that plus the email address you submitted with.
Can I save the form and come back?
Yes. It saves to your own browser as you type, including anything you have uploaded, and offers to restore it when you return. Nothing is sent to us until you press send.
What happens to the data I send you?
We use it to review the tool and to reply to you about it. We do not sell it, share it with advertisers, or add you to a mailing list. Uploaded images are stored privately and are only visible to reviewers.
My product has not launched yet. Should I wait?
Wait until a reader can sign up and use it. We review products, not roadmaps, and a waitlist page is the most common reason a submission is turned down. If you have a date, submit close to it and mention the embargo.
We are open source with no company behind it. Is that a problem?
Not at all — several of the tools we rate highest are exactly that. Put your own name where it asks for a company, and give us the repository. An active repository is one of the strongest signals of maintenance we have.
Why do you ask where the company is based?
Because data residency decides procurement for a lot of our readers and no other directory tells them. We publish it as a fact, not a judgement.
What if I never hear back?
You should — we email on every decision. If a fortnight has passed with nothing, check the status page with your reference, then get in touch. Silence is a bug here, not a policy.

Still not answered?

Ask in the “anything else” box on the submission form — it is attached to your submission, which is more use than a separate email thread. For anything not about a specific submission,get in touch.

Two documents are worth reading before you submit:the guidelines, which are what a reviewer checks, andhow we review AI tools, which is how the judgements get made.