How we verify tools and strategies

Most AI tool directories are auto-generated lists ranked by who paid the most. We're building the opposite: a small, deeply researched catalog where every tool, every income strategy, and every recommendation is independently verified by a human and traceable to its sources.

The Verified badge means: a human editor pulled the underlying claims from primary sources (vendor pricing pages, official docs, peer-reviewed studies, hands-on testing), recorded those source URLs in our database, and stamped a verification date. If a fact changes, the badge expires - and the page is flagged for re-verification.

The verification gate

Three things on this site can carry a Verified badge:

Tools - pricing, free-tier terms, affiliate program, hands-on verdict.
Income strategies - every earnings claim, every workflow step, every cited number.
Assignments - the recommendation of a specific tool for a specific phase of a specific strategy. Every chip on a strategy page is its own verified claim.

Database-level constraints prevent any of these from being marked "Published" without first being marked "Verified". There is no shortcut - not even for us.

Our research process

Primary sources only

Pricing comes from the vendor's pricing page, not third-party listicles. Affiliate terms come from the network's dashboard, not forum posts. URLs are stored.

Hands-on verdicts

Every featured tool is used by us before it ships a verdict. Strategies come with the actual prompts, configs, and step-by-step we ran.

Re-verification cadence

Verified pages auto-flip to "Stale" after 90 days and re-enter the queue. Pricing changes, model deprecations, and product shutdowns are caught early.

AI as research-assist only

We use LLMs to draft outlines and find candidate sources. We never publish AI-generated content directly. Every published word is human- authored or human-verified.

How we make money

Some links on this site are affiliate links - when you sign up for a tool through them, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Affiliate revenue does notinfluence which tools earn the Verified badge or which appear in "PRIMARY" recommendation slots on a strategy. Sponsored placements, when they exist, are explicitly labeled as such.

Found a problem?

If a price is wrong, an affiliate program has been retired, or our verdict no longer reflects the product, please tell us. We'll re-verify and update the badge.

This page describes our current methodology. As our research framework evolves (more reviewers, automated source-snapshotting, public review queue), this page will be updated and the change date noted here.