Affiliate disclosure
Short version: some links on this site earn us a commission. It does not change what we recommend, and it never changes the price you pay.
What affiliate links are
Some links to software vendors on this site are affiliate links. If you click one and later sign up for a paid plan, the vendor may pay us a percentage of that subscription — sometimes as a one-off payment, sometimes monthly for as long as you stay a customer.
You are never charged more because you arrived through our link. In several cases the vendor's own discount applies through the same link.
What it does not affect
- Ranking order. We rank by fit for a given size and use case. Tools that pay nothing can rank first; tools that pay the most can rank last, and some do.
- Whether we include a tool at all. Several products in our test queue pay nothing at all. If a tool is the right answer, it goes in.
- What we write in the drawbacks section. Every review includes what annoyed us about the product. That section is not negotiable with anyone.
- Editorial decisions. No vendor has ever been shown a draft before publication, and none will be.
What we do not accept
| Not accepted | Why |
|---|---|
| Paid placements | Position in a list is never for sale |
| Sponsored reviews | If money changes hands for coverage, the coverage is not independent |
| Vendor-supplied "reviews" or draft corrections | Vendors may point out factual errors; they do not get to rewrite judgement |
| Display advertising from the vendors we review | It would create the same conflict in a different form |
How you can tell
Every page that contains an affiliate link says so, in a line near the bottom of the page, before the footer. Pages with no affiliate links do not carry any disclosure line, so the absence of the line is also a signal.
Why we say all this
Affiliate-funded reviews are useful only if the reader can trust the ranking. Most of the software-review pages competing for these searches are generated in bulk, recommend tools that do not belong in the category at all, and publish prices nobody verified. We would rather be the page that shows its work.