Future Tools
Future Tools is an AI tool directory run by Matt Wolfe. It lists AI tools, chat tools, and productivity and marketing AI tools.
- Status
- Online, no dated listings
- Authority
- 42/100How often other sites link to it (Common Crawl, Oct 2026)
- Traffic
- Among the top 1M sitesPopularity estimate (Tranco, Oct 2026)
About
Future Tools is an AI tools directory and news site curated by Matt Wolfe, aimed at people who follow and buy AI tools. It lists AI tools in categories such as chat, generative art, generative video and generative code, and its advertise page says 4,459+ AI tools are indexed. Founders submit a tool through a form on the submit page with the tool name, URL, short description, category, pricing and email, and Matt's team reviews it by hand. The site says submission does not guarantee inclusion, that you will likely not hear back, and that over 75% of submissions are not approved. It does not accept waitlist-only products, custom GPTs, newsletters, blogs or adult content without default filters. The site does not state a submission fee. Paid placements are sold as sponsorships: a featured listing, site banners and newsletter sponsorship, with pricing given by email.
How to submit
Open the Submit a Tool page, fill in tool name, tool URL, short description, category, pricing and email (name is optional), then click Submit Tool. The tool is reviewed manually by a human.
What it lists
- AI tools
- Chat tools
- Generative art, video and code tools
- Productivity and marketing AI tools
- Text-to-speech and research tools
Who visits
Future Tools says it reaches AI early adopters, including builders, creators and operators, and has 250,000+ newsletter subscribers.
Written from Future Tools' own pages on Oct 28, 2026.
Questions
- What does Future Tools ask for?
- It takes only products that are live. As of Oct 28, 2026.
- How do I submit a tool to Future Tools?
- Open the Submit a Tool page and fill in the tool name, tool URL, short description, category, pricing and your email, then click Submit Tool. Matt and his team review each submission by hand.
- Is Future Tools free to submit to?
- Future Tools does not say on its site whether submitting is free. The submit form shows no fee.
- How much does Future Tools cost?
- Future Tools does not state a price for submitting a tool. Sponsored placements have no listed prices; the advertise page says pricing is sent by email.
- Do I need an account to submit to Future Tools?
- Future Tools does not say that an account is required. The submit form asks for tool details and an email address.
- Can I advertise on Future Tools?
- Yes. Future Tools offers a featured listing, site banners and newsletter sponsorship, and you email matt@futuretools.io to get availability and pricing.
- Does Future Tools approve every submitted tool?
- No. Future Tools says submitting does not guarantee inclusion and that over 75% of submitted tools are not approved.
- What kinds of products does Future Tools list?
- Future Tools lists AI software tools in categories such as chat, generative art, generative video, generative code, text-to-speech and productivity. It does not accept custom GPTs, newsletters, blogs or links to Discord, Telegram or WhatsApp bots.
- Who is behind Future Tools?
- Future Tools was founded by Matt Wolfe, who curates its news and tool picks. Its newsletter has 250,000+ subscribers.
Details
- How often other sites link to it
- 42 out of 100 (Common Crawl, Oct 2026)
- Traffic
- Among the 1 million most visited sites (Tranco, Oct 2026)
- Best for
- AI tools
- Takes pre-launch
- No
- Submit page
- futuretools.io/submit-a-tool
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Checked Oct 26, 2026 · How we check
History
- : submit page set to futuretools.io/submit-a-tool
- : link changed from Through a redirect (no SEO value) to Mixed (some listings pass SEO value)
- : status set to Online
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