Is it free to list an MCP server in the Sartbot Directory?

Yes. The standard listing is free and always will be. Paid tiers are optional and only purchase visibility.

What does Premium add over a free listing?

Premium adds a Sponsored placement at the top of the directory, a verified badge, and priority publishing. Tiers are Featured ($19 one-off), Spotlight ($49) and Annual Partner ($149/year).

What payment methods are accepted?

PayPal. Premium checkout is currently running in demo mode, so no payment is captured until the backend secrets are configured.

Premium listings

Free submission stays free forever. Premium is how you get seen faster. Pay once with PayPal — no subscription required for placement.

Free

Community

$0forever

Standard listing in the directory
Up to 3 tags
Moderated queue (24–72h)
Community / recent sort

Free stays free forever on purpose: every free listing grows the directory’s network effect, which is the entire point of a discovery layer.

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Featured

$19one-time

30-day Sponsored placement
Premium badge + priority publish
Up to 8 tags + dofollow link
30-day view/click analytics On deploy

Priced at the one proven pay-to-list benchmark in this space ($19 one-time at ClawTools). You buy a 30-day sponsored slot and a verified badge — not a subscription.

One payment, no subscription. Want 90 days + a Verified badge? Add Spotlight for $49.

Spotlight

$49one-time

Everything in Featured
90-day featured rotation
Verified badge (we check GitHub org / domain)
Priority support

Adds a 90-day featured rotation and a Verified badge for authors who want sustained, not one-off, visibility.

Partner

Annual Partner

$149per year

Permanent Sponsored placement
Verified Partner badge
Always-on analytics dashboard On deploy
Footer "Trusted Partners" band + early access

For ongoing collaborators: permanent sponsored placement, a partner band in the footer, and an always-on analytics dashboard.

Payments are processed through the Sartbot PayPal business account. When payments are enabled (Cloudflare secrets set) this page loads the PayPal Checkout SDK and the capture is verified server-side before your listing is published; until then it runs in demo mode (see README).

How Sartbot compares

Directory	List free?	Pay to feature?	Verified badge	Built for agents
Sartbot Directory	Yes	Yes ($19+)	Yes	Yes
mcp.so	Yes	No	No	Limited
Glama	Yes	No (hosting only)	Auto-grade	No
Smithery	Yes	No (team plan)	Basic	Yes
PulseMCP	Yes	No	No	No

Why is free submission free, and Premium only $19?

Free submissions grow the directory — that is the network effect behind the "largest" goal, so there is no fee to list. Premium is priced at the only proven pay-to-list benchmark in this space (ClawTools charges $19 one-time). Low friction keeps submissions flowing while giving you a real placement product.

What do I get that free does not?

Sponsored placement on the directory home and at the top of its category for 30 days, a Premium badge, priority same-day publishing (no moderation wait), up to 8 tags, a dofollow backlink, and a 30-day analytics card. Spotlight and Partner add longer rotation and a Verified badge.

Do you host my server?

No. Sartbot indexes and links to your canonical source (GitHub, docs, or hosted endpoint). The directory is a discovery layer, not a host — which keeps storage tiny and listings portable.

How is this different from mcp.so or Glama?

Most large directories are crawlers with no paid placement and no ownership claiming. Sartbot lets anyone submit and claim, offers a paid featured tier, and ships crawlable static pages so both people and agents can read it.

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