Show HN: AI tools with real pricing, submitted in 30 seconds

WorthToTry launched as a directory of AI tools focused on transparent, real pricing, according to a Show HN post submitted by user not_wowinter13 on August 20, 2026. The site, available at worthtotry.com, positions itself around a single differentiator: surfacing what AI tools actually cost, rather than hiding pricing behind sales calls or paywalls.

The core submission flow is designed for speed — the HN post headline claims a tool can be added to the directory in 30 seconds. No further details about the submission process, pricing tiers for the directory itself, or founding team were included in the source material.

The HN submission had 1 point and no comments at time of posting, indicating the launch was very early-stage in terms of community traction. No additional sources corroborate the launch, and no funding, headcount, or founding information was available from the single source.

AI tool directories have become a crowded category, with sites like Futurepedia, There's An AI For That, and Product Hunt's AI vertical all competing for the same discovery use case. WorthToTry's stated angle — surfacing real pricing rather than generic feature lists — addresses a common frustration among buyers who encounter "contact us for pricing" on tools that may cost anywhere from free to thousands of dollars per month. Whether that differentiation is built into the directory's data model or simply a curation principle is not described in the available source material.

No roadmap, expansion plans, or product details beyond the pricing-transparency premise were included in the HN submission. The project is worth watching if it accumulates a meaningful dataset of verified pricing information, which has historically been the hard part of maintaining any software directory at scale.