Method
Every report states what it is based on. "Hands-on" is reserved for tools I have used myself; the rest are documentation comparisons and are labelled as such.
Two kinds of report
Hands-on reports come from using the product and include what it produced. Side-by-side reports come from pricing pages, documentation, licence terms and changelogs. Both are useful. They are not the same thing, so the label sits above the headline.
Plans, credits and limits
These are taken from the vendor's own pages on the "verified" date shown under each report. In this category they change monthly. An old date means check again.
AI in the writing
It would be odd to hide this on a site about AI tools. Some side-by-side reports start from an AI-assisted draft built on vendor documentation. I verify each claim before a report is published, and no report goes out unreviewed. Hands-on reports are written from my own use.
Ad performance data
Where a report cites results from my campaigns, the figures are medians or ranges over several accounts. No advertiser is named or made identifiable.
Commission and verdicts
Whether a vendor has an affiliate programme has no bearing on where it lands in a comparison. The affiliate links page explains the arrangement.