Every tool is held to the same standard. No sponsored scores, no landing-page reviews.
We haven't built with any of these tools ourselves yet — every review here is scored from the vendor's own documentation and pricing, plus consistent reports from people using them in production. Every review states which of the two it is, in the methodology box at the bottom of the page — we never describe research as hands-on use.
We are deliberate about this because the alternative is so common. Claiming a 30-day test costs nothing to write and cannot be checked by a reader. A dated pricing table sourced to the vendor's own page can be checked in under a minute, so that is what we publish.
A tool is only ever scored against others in its own category, on that category's weights.
Reference case: A working invoicing SaaS for freelancers — Google login, client list, invoice builder with VAT, Stripe checkout and a revenue dashboard.
Affiliate links never affect scores — several of our top-rated tools have no affiliate program at all. Full disclosure →