Six rules
- 1No paid placement. Providers cannot pay to appear higher in rankings, appear in featured positions, or receive higher scores. Position is determined entirely by weighted editorial score.
- 2Full affiliate disclosure. When affiliate links are active (
affiliateActive: true), every page with affiliate links will carry a clear disclosure. Outbound links will userel="noopener sponsored". Affiliate income will not influence scores or rankings. - 3Public data only. Scores are based on publicly verifiable information โ provider documentation, published SLAs, independent benchmark reports. We do not claim to run first-person lab tests we haven't run.
- 4Weight version control. Scoring weights are versioned. Any change requires a new version number, a reason, and a dated entry in the version log below. This prevents retroactive score manipulation through silent weight changes.
- 5No fake urgency. We will never display countdown timers, "limited time" deal badges, or fabricated scarcity to manipulate purchasing decisions.
- 6No dark patterns. No pre-ticked boxes, no hidden upsells, no confusing opt-outs. We collect no personal data beyond what Netlify's infrastructure handles for page serving.
Scoring weight version log
Every change to scoring weights is recorded here permanently.
v1.0 ยท 2026-06-12
Initial weights: Performance 25%, Reliability 15%, Value 15%, Dev XP 10%, Global Reach 10%, Support 10%, Privacy 10%, Ease of Use 5%. No changes since launch.
Affiliate disclosure status
As of 2026-06-12: no affiliate income. affiliateActive: false โ all outbound links go to official provider homepages with rel="noopener noreferrer". No tracking parameters. This page will be updated when the first affiliate programme is approved.
What we will never do
Regardless of future commercial relationships:
- Change a provider's score because they became an affiliate partner
- Remove a provider from rankings because they declined partnership
- Suppress negative findings to protect a commercial relationship
- Use first-person language implying tests we haven't run
- Display fabricated user reviews or testimonials