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I’ve been building a directory of 290+ AI tools — but I’m realizing that finding tools is the easy part

I've been working on AIEditTools.in, a project where I'm trying to organize useful AI tools in one place.

The project currently has 290+ AI tools across areas like automation, video, image, audio, writing, productivity, marketing, development, and more.

But while building it, I started realizing something.

There are already a huge number of AI tool directories out there.

So simply having a list of hundreds or thousands of tools isn't really that useful anymore.

The harder question is:

How do you decide which tool is actually worth using?

That's what I'm trying to improve.

For each tool, I'm working on things like:

  • What the tool actually does
  • Pricing and free-plan information
  • Key features
  • Pros and cons
  • Who it's best suited for
  • Use cases
  • Alternatives
  • FAQs
  • Reviews

I've also built a side-by-side comparison system.

So instead of searching separately for two tools, you can compare them and see things like pricing, features, strengths, limitations, use cases, and which type of user each tool may be better for.

For example, you can compare two automation tools and quickly see where each one stands out.

I'm still working on the project, so I'm particularly interested in feedback from people who actually use AI tools regularly.

What information do you personally want to see before trying or paying for an AI tool?

Is it:

Pricing?
Free-plan limitations?
Real-world performance?
User reviews?
Privacy?
Alternatives?
Comparison with competing tools?

Or something I haven't thought about?

I'm trying to build this around what people actually need rather than just making another giant AI tools list.

If anyone wants to have a look, here's the project:

👉 https://aiedittools.in/

I'd genuinely appreciate feedback — especially criticism. If something about the directory isn't useful or could be presented better, I'd rather know that now while I'm still building it.

What would make an AI tools directory genuinely useful to you?

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u/aiunlocked — 2 days ago
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I've been building a Sydney happy hour directory

I've built the most comprehensive happy hour and pub specials directory in the Sydney region. I've been scraping every pub website to find everything that looks like a weekly deal and then making it into a searchable database.

I'm also trying to come up with interesting ways to present the data like my statistics page

The biggest struggle I'm having is that the data can get stale quickly and after a month of building some of it is already out of date but the time to re ingest takes away from pulling in new data which puts an effective cap on how big I can grow the database. I'm trying to find new ways to do validation but there always seems to be another edge case that comes up.

https://duskroute.com/sydney

u/skorulis — 2 days ago
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Following up on my directory project — genuinely asking devs to poke holes in it

Posted a couple times before about Groupverse, the WhatsApp/Telegram group directory I've been building solo. Not linking it again here since link-heavy posts tend to get pulled it's on my profile if you want to find the earlier posts.

Since then I stopped adding features and actually did a real audit instead. Found a legit RLS hole in Supabase where anyone could insert directly into my live groups table and skip review entirely. A couple of admin functions were also callable from the public API with zero auth check. Fixed all of it, added rate limiting with lockouts on the admin login too. Slightly embarrassing it sat like that for as long as it did, but better to catch it than assume everything's fine just because nothing had obviously broken yet.

Also rebuilt the content side. The site was effectively one page as far as Google was concerned, since everything rendered client-side. Broke it out into 45 real static pages with actual content instead.

Still not getting much organic traffic though. Might just be normal for a new domain, might be something I'm missing — hard to tell at this point since I've been staring at it too long.

If any devs have a few minutes, I'd genuinely rather have someone competent point out what's actually wrong than keep guessing on my own. Not fishing for "nice job" — looking for what's broken or dumb that I can't see anymore.

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u/groupverse_founder — 3 days ago
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Would love some feedback on my roofing directory

I’ve been building RooferDirectory.co for a while now and I’m at the point where I’ve stared at it way too much to tell what’s actually good vs. what just makes sense to me.

The idea is pretty simple: a nationwide roofing contractor directory built around local SEO, useful contractor profiles, storm data, and eventually generating homeowner leads. I’ve also built out things like business claiming/verification rather than leaving it as a giant database of scraped listings.

Would genuinely love feedback from other directory builders. Mainly curious what feels confusing, unnecessary, untrustworthy, or just poorly designed. Also very open to hearing what you’d focus on next if this were yours.
Feel free to roast it. That’s probably more useful than telling me it looks good lol.

u/ecc10394 — 4 days ago
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Anyone working on non tool directory

I’ve seen 100+ directories, and whenever I look for tools to add to them, I keep finding another AI tool directory… and then another AI tool directory.

It got me curious: Are directories basically becoming AI directories these days?

I’m wondering if there are still developers building directories for other things—businesses, local services, products, communities, hobbies, specific industries, and other niches.

I once created a directory without any particular purpose or niche. It was simply a place where people could add their links and contact information. Eventually, people started adding their businesses and stores themselves.

That made me wonder: Are developers still building useful niche directories, or has the AI tool directory become the default directory project these days?

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u/webfuelcode — 4 days ago
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Built My First Directory, Is It Good?

I wanted to test out building a directory for wellness clinics, so I built Treomark

This is my first time building a directory and I have a few monetization strategies. I built it on a whim, to distribute another product of mine Amfion

I ended up investing a great deal of attention on making it optimal. What are your thoughts? Check it out here: https://treomark.com

u/ThriftyPigeon — 5 days ago
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First Website I’ve built…Thoughts?

So I just built my first website, it’s a directory called The Pavement Directory. Not really expecting to ever make much money off I’d it it, but I figured either way at least I’ll learn a little about SEO. What do you guys think and what changes should I make? It’s located at https://thepavementdirectory.com

u/MeasurementLow4148 — 10 days ago
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Built a directory to stop hunting for dead WhatsApp/Telegram group links

Kept running into the same problem — searching for group links and landing on expired invites or dead groups. So I built Groupverse, a directory that lists active WhatsApp/Telegram groups sorted by category, with a report button so dead links actually get removed instead of sitting there forever.

Still early, built solo, no coding background going in — learned a lot along the way (sitemap issues, RLS security holes in Supabase, the usual first-project stuff).

groupverse.co.in if you want to poke around. Genuinely open to feedback, especially on what's confusing or missing...

u/groupverse_founder — 7 days ago
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Post-Spam update recovery.

Just wanted to show everyone what my 3.5 month old travel directory is doing. On April 21 I launched my domain with something like 300 pages and transitioned from taxonomy/categories to google query pSEO. You can see the dramatic change from the flat baseline to a gradual rise (April 21-May 8, left on the chart) to the June 24-26 update and its flatlining of my site on 27 June. My impressions dropped to 12 per day with over 700 pages and my average position at the time of the spam update hitting was 67.7.

Fast forward, you can see the recovery trend in average position. What is not visible is a few more organic clicks as per GA4.

For someone like me who's background is primarily game design and medical, this chart has taken me through a rollercoaster of emotions.

Interestingly, bing webmaster tools has been the best thing to come out of all this and is currently my best performer with its derivatives. If google ever returns, by the time I finish and hit 1k pages, I'll hopefully be well past mediavine journey application thresholds.

u/Key-Television-2424 — 12 days ago
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I built a directory designed to help both people and AI discover useful services

I recently launched VibeToYou, a directory for software products, agencies, AI tools and professional services.

The idea came from a simple problem: many websites explain what they do in a way that looks good to humans, but the information is often difficult for search engines and AI assistants to interpret correctly.

VibeToYou creates structured, AI readable profiles that clearly describe:

What the service does

Who it is designed for

Its main features

Its target market

The problems it solves

The goal is to help companies become easier to discover, understand and recommend through traditional search and AI powered platforms.

The project is still in its early stage, so I would genuinely appreciate feedback.

Would you find a directory like this useful when researching software, agencies or professional services?

u/CanaryApprehensive15 — 13 days ago