Keep Nexoralist online

A free, ad-free library of 221 AI tools, run by a small team and one $23-a-month server. If it has been useful, you can help pay for the plumbing.

$0raised of $480

0% of the goal — we just opened this page.

31 May 2027 deadline

$0 $120 · 3 months $240 · 6 months $480 · full year

Every dollar goes to the costs below. If we pass the goal, the surplus sits in the same account and pays for the following year — this page shows the balance.

Why we are asking

Nexoralist is a directory of AI tools for export, sourcing and cross-border teams. Two hundred and twenty-one tools, fourteen categories, every one of them scored by hand on output quality, export readiness, data handling and price-to-value.

There are no ads, no affiliate links, no paywall and no sponsored ranking. That is deliberate: the moment a review can be bought, the review is worthless. But it also means the site has to pay for itself some other way.

We sell labelled placements to vendors — that page is here — and that covers part of the bill. Sponsorship covers the rest, and unlike a placement it buys nothing except our thanks and a line on this page.

Where the money goes

Twelve months of running the site, itemised. These are the real invoices, not a percentage breakdown.

Item	12 months
Domain and DNSnexoralist.com renewal, WHOIS privacy, DNS	$18
Server4 vCPU / 8 GB VPS, runs the site, the database and the build scripts	$276
Off-site backupsNightly database and asset snapshots in a second region	$72
Payment feesRoughly 5% on the amount raised, PayPal and bank charges	$24
ContingencyPrice rises, a bandwidth spike, an emergency migration	$90
Total	$480

Already free and staying free: Cloudflare CDN and TLS, the static assets, and our own time. If the goal is not met, we cover the shortfall ourselves and cut the extras first — off-site backups, then the number of tools we re-test each quarter.

What you get

Founding supporter credit. The first ten sponsors get a name or a logo on this page, kept for as long as the site exists.
Backups that exist. The least visible and most useful thing money buys here.
Quarterly re-testing. Every tool re-checked on pricing and capability four times a year instead of once.
No change to the reviews. Sponsorship buys no placement, no score and no mention in a review. If that is what you want, placements are here and they are labelled.

One-time or monthly, any amount. Paying from mainland China? Use Alipay — email us first and we send the collection QR. PayPal is the fastest option everywhere else; bank transfer takes a day because a human has to reply.

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Alipay (支付宝)

Paying from mainland China? Alipay is the cheapest route — no card, no currency conversion. Email us first and we send the collection QR code, then confirm the amount with you.

Every Alipay transfer is matched by hand, so please contact us before you pay. WeChat Pay works the same way.

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PayPal

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Bank transfer

USD or EUR, no percentage lost to fees. Useful above $100 or if you need an invoice for your accounts.

Email us and we will send the details and an invoice the same working day.

Request details

Deadline: 31 May 2027. The server renews in early June, so the money has to be in before then. If the goal is not reached by that date, the site stays online — we cover the gap — but the extras are the first thing to go, and this page will say so.

Questions

Is this tax-deductible?: No. This is a personal contribution to a small independent site, not a registered charity. We can send a receipt for your records, but it will not help your tax return.
Will sponsoring get my tool a better review?: No, and we will refund you if that is what you were hoping for. Scores are set before anyone pays anything. If you want visibility, the labelled placement route is over here.
Can I stay anonymous?: Yes. Say so in the payment note, or say nothing — we only list people who ask to be listed.
Can I cancel a monthly payment?: Yes, from your PayPal account, without telling us. Nothing breaks.
What happens if you raise more than $480?: It stays in the same account and pays for the year after. The progress bar shows the running balance rather than resetting to zero.
Why not just run ads?: Because then the highest bidder decides what is on the page. We would rather ask a few hundred readers for the price of a coffee.

Questions, invoices, or a logo for the supporters list

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Replies within one business day, Monday to Friday. Mention the amount and how you would like to be credited — or that you would rather not be.

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