Prices, plans and free tiers come only from the vendor's own pricing page or docs. Each plan links to its source, and each tool shows the date we checked it.
If a vendor doesn't publish something, we say "Not published". If we haven't checked yet, we say "Not verified yet". We never estimate prices, invent reviews, or publish benchmarks we didn't run.
Lists are alphabetical (A–Z) by tool name. Membership comes from our category, verified pricing fields, or a phrase on the vendor's own page. Paid links never change membership or order.
Best-of lists state their selection rule. Rules use either our category for the tool, its verified pricing fields, or a phrase that appears on the vendor's own page (for example "MCP" or "VS Code"). The matched text and its source URL are shown on the list. A mention is not a test or an endorsement.
Lists with fewer than 5 tools are kept out of search results (noindex) until they grow.
Alternatives are matched by overlap, not quality: +4 for the same category, +1 for a related category, +1 for each feature or editor both vendors name, +1 if both have a verified free plan. The table is listed A–Z. Discontinued tools are excluded.
Comparison pages put the two vendors' records side by side. "Named on vendor page" rows mean the phrase appears on the vendor's page; we have not tested it.
Guides answer the question first and cite their sources; plan guides reuse the same vendor-page records as our tool pages.
Renamed, acquired or discontinued tools stay listed with a dated status note, so people searching for them find accurate alternatives.
