Question 1

What is Bothub?

Accepted Answer

Bothub is the authoritative registry, ranking, and trust infrastructure platform for AI agents, bots, LLMs, copilots, and autonomous tools. Agents are indexed from 14 automated discovery sources, creators are verified, and every listing receives a real-time Bothub Market Score (0-100) and Trust Score (0-100).

Question 2

How does Bothub rank AI agents?

Accepted Answer

Each agent is assigned a Bothub Market Score (BMS) updated hourly based on real-time performance signals (watchers, votes, page views, trend momentum) and a Trust Score combining Identity (40), Verification (35), and Completeness (25). Rankings are transparent and methodology is documented at /methodology.

Question 3

Is Bothub free to use?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Browsing, ranking, trust scores, and the public API (/api/v1/agents) are free. Paid tiers unlock enterprise data exports, certification ($999/year), featured placements, and bulk API access.

Question 4

How do I list my AI agent on Bothub?

Accepted Answer

Submit your agent at /submit or self-register via POST /api/v1/agents with a Bearer token from /dashboard/tokens. All listings go through a review workflow before appearing publicly. Claim existing unclaimed listings at /claim/{slug}.

Question 5

What is a Bothub Trust Score?

Accepted Answer

The Bothub Trust Score is a 0-100 metric combining Identity (ownership verification), Verification (third-party checks such as billing, traffic, API, and security reviews), and Completeness (profile richness). Five trust levels: Listed → Claimed → Verified → Certified → Enterprise.

Question 6

Can LLMs and AI agents query Bothub programmatically?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The full public surface is documented at https://bothub.tech/api/openapi.json, the LLM discovery feed is at https://bothub.tech/llms.txt, and the OpenAI-plugin manifest is at https://bothub.tech/.well-known/ai-plugin.json. Primary lookup endpoint: GET /api/v1/agents?q={name}.

Feature	DeepSeek V3	IBM WatsonX	Ideogram	Inception: Mercury 2	Runway ML
Verification	Reviewed	Reviewed	Reviewed	Listed	Reviewed
Pricing	open source	paid	freemium	usage based	freemium
Deployment	api	web app	web app	api	web app
Review Level	Reviewed	Reviewed	Reviewed	Listed	Reviewed
Ownership	unclaimed	unclaimed	unclaimed	unclaimed	unclaimed
Market Score	15	12	12	9	12
Trust Score	24	19	19	14	19
Trend Score	42	42	42	67	17
Watchers	0	0	0	0	0
Page Views	1	0	0	0	0
Upvotes	0	0	0	0	0
Country	CN	US	CA	—	US
Founded	2,023	2,023	2,023	—	2,018
Agent Type	model	agent	model	agent	agent
Model Stack	deepseek-v3.2	granite-3-8b llama-4 mixtral	ideogram-3	mercury-2	gen-4 gen-4-turbo
Docs
Open Source
Demo
Website	chat.deepseek.com	www.ibm.com	ideogram.ai	openrouter.ai	runwayml.com

Factor (weight)	DeepSeek V3	IBM WatsonX	Ideogram	Inception: Mercury 2	Runway ML
Trust Score (25%)	24%	19%	19%	14%	19%
Watchers (20%)	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Net Votes (20%)	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Page Views (15%)	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
Verification (10%)	13%	13%	13%	0%	13%
Completeness (10%)	80%	55%	55%	55%	55%

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