Affiliate Disclosure
Clear, upfront disclosure on how we fund our software testing without compromising our editorial integrity.
Summary (FTC Compliance): Productivity Software Reviews participates in affiliate partner programs with several SaaS providers. When you click on certain links on our site and purchase a paid subscription, we may earn a referral commission at zero extra cost to you.
How Affiliate Links Work
Running real-world software benchmarks—paying for test accounts, building sample workspaces, and keeping pricing guides updated—takes significant time and resources. Rather than cluttering our pages with intrusive pop-up ads or charging readers a paywall fee, we fund our work primarily through reader referrals.
When you click a link to a software tool in one of our comparison tables or verdict boxes:
- The price you pay never increases. You pay the exact same price (or receive a partner discount) as if you typed the vendor's URL directly into your browser.
- Commissions come from the vendor's marketing budget, not from your invoice.
Our Strict Editorial Firewall
Reader trust is our most valuable asset. To protect the integrity of our reviews, we enforce three strict rules:
- Compensation Never Dictates Verdicts: We regularly recommend free tools, open-source alternatives, and SaaS products that have no affiliate program at all whenever they are the best fit for small businesses.
- No Sponsored Reviews: Software companies cannot pay us to write a favorable review, remove a "Con" from a Pros & Cons box, or alter their score in our comparison tables.
- Clear Labeling: Every review article features a prominent disclosure notice right above the main content before you click any outbound link.
Questions?
If you ever have questions about our testing methodology or how a specific tool was evaluated, please reach out to us on our Contact page.