How we score
Each ranking on this site is scored against a published set of weighted criteria, visible on every ranking page in the methodology block. The criteria are chosen to reflect the decisions a real buyer makes when evaluating tools in this category, and the weights are documented in the page frontmatter so they can be inspected.
Scores reflect editorial judgement informed by hands-on testing, vendor documentation, primary-source pricing pages, and verified user reviews from G2, Capterra, and TrustRadius. We re-test and re-score the catalogue at least quarterly. The “Updated” date on every ranking is the date we last verified the entries.
How we update
The catalogue is reviewed continuously and updated quarterly. When a vendor changes pricing materially, ships a new feature that affects scoring, or (rarely) exits the market, we re-test and update within two weeks. The “Updated” date on each page is the date the latest editorial review took place; the references list at the bottom of every ranking shows the primary sources we used.
Corrections
Rankings are re-checked on a fixed schedule, and any graded field that changes is re-scored, dated, and logged in an internal correction record. When a figure turns out to be wrong, the page is updated within two weeks.
See the latest ranking at /rankings/.