Methodology

How we compare

Every comparison here follows the same four rules. We publish them so you can hold us to them.

The rules

  1. Pricing is dated. Every price carries the date we verified it and links to the vendor's own pricing page. Software pricing changes constantly; undated pricing is worthless.
  2. Every page says when not to switch. Where the incumbent is the better answer for a use case, we say so on the page rather than burying it.
  3. Trade-offs are listed, not hidden. Each option gets strengths and trade-offs, not a feature checklist that flatters whoever pays the most.
  4. Affiliate links are disclosed. Where we earn a commission it is marked. It never changes the ordering — verdicts are written before any programme is joined.

What we are not

We are not a review site with star ratings, we do not accept payment for placement, and we do not publish a comparison until the pricing in it has been checked against the vendor's own page. Where we could not verify something, the page says so instead of guessing.