AiReviewPlace is reader-supported. To keep our reviews free, we sometimes earn commissions from affiliate links and display advertising. This page explains exactly how that works and — importantly — how we keep it from influencing our editorial judgement. This disclosure is provided in line with the U.S. FTC's endorsement guidelines.
1. What affiliate links are
Some outbound links to the tools we review are affiliate links. If you click one and sign up or purchase, the company may pay us a commission. This costs you nothing extra — the price is the same as going to the site directly.
Not every link is an affiliate link, and the presence or absence of one tells you nothing about our opinion of a tool.
2. How we keep it honest
- Affiliate relationships never affect our ratings, trust scores, scam-risk signals or rankings.
- We score tools we have no affiliate relationship with using exactly the same criteria.
- We routinely rate affiliate-partnered tools lower than non-partnered ones when they deserve it, and we flag billing or trust concerns regardless of any relationship.
- Our scoring methodology is public on our Editorial Standards page so you can check our work.
3. Advertising
We may also display advertising (for example, contextual display ads). Ads are separate from our editorial content, and advertisers have no input into our reviews, scores or which tools we cover. Any sponsored placement, if we ever run one, is clearly labeled as sponsored.
4. Why we do this
Independent research takes time. Affiliate commissions and advertising let us keep our reviews free to read and free of paywalls, while staying independent of the companies we cover. If a tool is overpriced, low-quality or risky, we will say so — commission or not.
5. Questions
If you ever feel a review reads as biased, please tell us via the Contact page. We take editorial independence seriously and will review any concern.