Evaluation method

What gets checked, and how

For each tool, the editor reads the vendor's official pages: pricing, plan limits, license terms and documentation. Each figure is recorded with its source and the date it was read. A figure appears on a page only after it has been checked against that source.

Prices are read as a US visitor sees them. A price whose region cannot be confirmed is left off the page.

Where the editor opened a trial account, the page says so and shows the screenshots that support what it states, with personal details removed. Verdicts are drawn only from these checked facts, and each one ends by stating what it rests on.

How often

Prices and plan limits are rechecked at least every 30 days. Each page shows the date it was last checked. A change found during a recheck, or reported by a reader through Report an error, is corrected on the page and logged in the changelog.

How lists are ordered

Lists carry no scores. Each list states at its top the rule that orders it, such as entry price or the use case a tool fits. Commissions never change the order, and no position in a list is sponsored.