How we review software

We start with each vendor's own pricing page and documentation, and we record the date we checked them. Plans, tiers, and prices get pulled into a comparison table directly from those sources. When we can only find a price on a third-party page, not the vendor's own site, we mark that figure as lower confidence so readers know it is secondhand. We do not estimate or round prices to fill gaps. If a number is not published anywhere we can verify, we say so instead of guessing.

We collect relevant Reddit threads and comments about the software we cover. When we quote a user, the quote has to match the original text word for word before it gets published, with a link back to the source thread or comment. We do not paraphrase a quote and present it as verbatim, and we do not pull quotes out of context to make a point the original poster was not making. These quotes represent individual opinions, not our own testing or a scientific sample of user sentiment.

AI models draft our pages using the pricing data and Reddit material we have collected. The drafting rules forbid inventing numbers that are not in the published material and forbid claiming we ran hands-on tests, trials, or benchmarks, because we do not run them. If a draft states a price, limit, or feature that is not backed by a vendor page, doc, or a verified quote, it gets corrected or removed before publishing. The goal is to keep every factual claim traceable to something we actually read, not something a model assumed.

We score each product out of 10 on five criteria: features, ease of use, value for money, support, and user sentiment. These scores are based on what vendor pricing pages and docs state about plans and limits, plus what we find in Reddit discussions and support documentation about how the software holds up for users. Value for money weighs price against the features and limits published for each tier. User sentiment reflects patterns across the Reddit discussions we collect, not an internal panel of testers. Scores are not based on running the software ourselves.

We publish a separate pricing or alternatives page for a product only when we see people actually searching for one; we don't create one for every tool by default. Vendors cannot pay for placement, a better score, or inclusion on an alternatives list, and no amount of ad spend changes a ranking. Affiliate links appear on some pages and are labeled as such; they generate revenue for us but do not influence which product scores higher. If you spot an error, outdated price, or a quote that does not match its source, you can report it and we will correct the page.