# 8ake Review AI agents submit your new app to 111 verified directories, with one payment and no subscription, and hand you every login. ## Editor's Score: 63/100 Capability scores 15 because the tool does one narrow job, directory submission, and does it with genuine automation features like parallel agents and rejection replacement, but it cannot match the breadth of named competitors like Cronloop or Orkas, and the Growth and Authority tiers lack stated listing counts, making their capability claims unverifiable. Ease of use scores 20 because the onboarding is genuinely minimal: paste a URL, review metadata, pay once, and the agents run; the login dashboard and CSV export add real operational clarity. Value scores 16 because $79 is defensible for a founder starting from DR 0 with 60 targeted listings, but $149 and $249 tiers with unspecified listing counts are hard to evaluate, and the absence of any free trial or refund policy raises the risk of a poor purchase. Delivery scores 12 because the only performance evidence is three of 8ake's own domains with modest DR gains, no independent user reviews were found, and the service's output depends on third-party directory acceptance decisions that 8ake cannot guarantee. ## Pros - One-time payment with no subscription traps: the $79 Launch plan is a fixed cost, and the optional Keep Listed add-on is clearly separated rather than bundled in. - Login handover for every directory account is a concrete operational advantage over services that deliver only a report, letting founders edit or claim listings independently. - Live Ahrefs DR figures on the pricing page, updated daily and linked to real proof listings, give buyers verifiable evidence of output rather than marketing claims. ## Cons - The Growth ($149) and Authority ($249) tiers do not clearly state their live-listing targets on the pricing page, making it impossible to calculate cost-per-listing before buying. - The service depends entirely on third-party directories choosing to publish the submission; 8ake can replace rejections but cannot force acceptance, so actual live-listing counts may fall short of the stated target for niche or highly moderated directories. - No free trial, no sample report, and no money-back guarantee is mentioned on the pricing page, which is a meaningful risk for a $79-$249 purchase from a service with a very short public track record. ## Pricing Paid. - Launch: $79 - Growth: $149 - Authority: $249 Pricing reflects what we saw at the time of review (2026-10). Confirm current pricing on the official site. Category: AI Agents & Automation (https://aitoolseekers.com/category/ai-agents-automation) Official site: https://8ake.com/ Last verified by a human: 2026-10-18 Reviewed by a human at AI Tool Seekers, a hand-reviewed AI tools directory. Every listed tool is verified by a person before publishing. Scores are editorial opinions from a fixed rubric (capability, ease of use, value, delivery on promise) and cannot be bought; there is no pay-to-rank. Directory: https://aitoolseekers.com This review: https://aitoolseekers.com/tools/8ake Methodology: https://aitoolseekers.com/how-verification-works ## Verdict 8ake is the right call for a solo founder who just launched and needs directory backlinks fast without spending hours on manual submissions. The one-time pricing and automatic login handover are genuinely useful, but the Growth and Authority tiers cost $149 and $249 with no subscription, which is real money for a service whose output quality depends entirely on which directories choose to publish. Teams with existing SEO strategies or products already listed in major directories will find little here that justifies the spend. Best for: Solo founders launching a new app who want directory backlinks without manual form-filling Not for: Established products already listed in major directories, or teams needing ongoing SEO management ## Overview 8ake is a directory submission service built around AI agents. You paste your app URL, the system reads your name, tagline, description, logo, and socials from the page, and then a separate agent handles each directory in parallel, creating a unique email alias and account for every one. The pitch is that you end up with actual logins, not a PDF report, so you can edit or claim any listing yourself later. The catalog covers 111 verified directories, with the top entries by Domain Rating including SaaSHub (DR 80), F6S (DR 83), and ToolIndex (DR 87). The pricing page shows live DR figures pulled from Ahrefs daily, and 8ake lists three of its own domains as proof of concept, with DR gains of 9 to 17 from a starting point of zero. That transparency is a meaningful differentiator from services that show only a list of directory names with no live proof. The core mechanic that separates 8ake from a human VA or a Chrome autofill extension is rejection replacement: if a directory declines the submission, the agent retries until the live-listing target is hit. The target for the entry-level Launch plan is up to 60 live listings. The Growth and Authority tiers presumably raise that ceiling, though the pricing page does not spell out the exact listing counts for those tiers beyond the base plan's stated target. The service sits in an odd category position. It is not an AI workflow builder like Orkas or Cronloop, and it is not a content tool. It is a narrow, task-specific automation: get a new app seen by directories and by AI search crawlers that index those directories. That narrowness is both its strength and its ceiling. ## Who should use it 8ake fits a specific moment: the week or two after a new app goes live, when the founder has zero backlinks and zero directory presence. A solo developer who built something over a weekend and wants to stop manually filling out the same form on 60 different sites will get real value from the $79 Launch plan. The login handover is particularly useful for indie hackers who plan to upgrade listings later as the product matures. Anyone running an established product with existing directory listings should skip it. The service is explicitly built for new domains starting from DR 0, and paying $149 or $249 for incremental additions to an already-listed product is hard to justify. For teams that need ongoing SEO automation, content-driven link building, or workflow automation beyond directory submissions, Cronloop handles scheduled unattended agent tasks across a much broader range of jobs and is a better fit. ## FAQ Q: How much does 8ake cost and is there a free trial? A: 8ake offers three one-time payment tiers: Launch at $79, Growth at $149, and Authority at $249. There is no free tier and no free trial mentioned on the pricing page. Q: How many directories will my app actually get listed in? A: The Launch plan targets up to 60 live listings from a catalog of 111 verified directories. Rejections are replaced automatically, but the final count depends on which directories accept the submission. The Growth and Authority tiers target higher counts, though the exact figures are not stated on the pricing page. Q: Do I keep access to the directory accounts after 8ake submits? A: Yes. 8ake creates a unique email alias and password for each directory account and stores both in your dashboard. You can download all credentials as a CSV and log into any listing independently. Q: How long does it take to get listings live? A: The site states live listings are targeted within 30 days. Actual timing depends on individual directory review processes, which 8ake does not control. Q: Is there a recurring subscription? A: The base plans are one-time payments with no subscription. An optional Keep Listed add-on is available for ongoing maintenance, but it is sold separately and not bundled into any tier. Q: What directories are in the catalog? A: The catalog contains 111 verified directories. The top entries by Domain Rating include ToolIndex (DR 87), F6S (DR 83), SaaSHub (DR 80), ToolsNoCode (DR 77), and FoundrList (DR 73). DR figures are pulled live from Ahrefs daily.