Affiliate disclosure.

The short version

Some outbound links on AiCensus are affiliate links. If you click one and later buy a subscription, the vendor pays us a commission at no extra cost to you. This is how the site is funded. Our ratings, rankings, and reviews are editorial and are never influenced by whether a tool has an affiliate program.

1. Where affiliate links appear

• The Visit button on some tool pages, best-of pages, and alternatives pages.
• When a link is an affiliate link, the tool page says so directly beneath the button, and the link is tagged rel="sponsored" so search engines treat it as a paid link.
• Tools without an affiliate program link straight to the vendor's website with no commission involved. Most of the catalog works this way today.

2. What it costs you

Nothing. Affiliate commissions come out of the vendor's marketing budget, not your pocket. In some cases our links include a discount or an extended trial arranged by the vendor, so you may pay less than going direct.

3. How this affects ratings (it doesn't)

Scores are assigned using the published criteria on our How we rate page before — and independently of — any commercial relationship. A tool cannot pay for a higher score, a better rank, or inclusion in a best-of list. Many highly rated tools on AiCensus have no affiliate program at all, and some tools with generous programs carry middling scores.

4. Programs we participate in

We work with affiliate programs run directly by vendors and through established partner networks (including PartnerStack, Impact, Rewardful, FirstPromoter, and Dub). The exact list changes as programs open, close, or change terms; the disclosure under each affected button is the authoritative signal for any given tool.

5. Questions

If something about a link or a recommendation looks off, tell us via the contact page. We would rather lose a commission than your trust.