Editorial independence
Editorial decisions - what gets listed, how it is described, how it is categorised and how it is ranked - are made by the editorial side of TiorAI. Advertisers, sponsors and commercial partners do not control them.
Where a placement is paid for, it should be clearly identified as such on the page where it appears, and it should be distinguishable from organic editorial content. The formats this can take are set out in our Advertising & Affiliate Disclosure.
How tools are selected
Products reach the directory from a mix of sources:
- Official product websites and documentation
- Product launches and public announcements
- Developer communities and open-source repositories, including GitHub
- Launch platforms such as Product Hunt
- AI communities and practitioner discussion
- Submissions from tool owners and readers
- Our own editorial research across categories and use cases
Being listed means a product is catalogued. It does not mean a member of our team has personally used it. We do not claim hands-on testing of every entry in a directory of this size, and you should not read a listing as a hands-on review unless the page says it is one.
Research and verification
When an entry is created or revised, we check what we can against the vendor's own material. Depending on the product, that includes:
- That the official website resolves and belongs to the product
- The product description and the problem it claims to solve
- Pricing, plan names and free-tier limits
- Stated features and model support
- Integrations and platform availability
- Category and use-case classification
- Company information and public announcements
Vendor material is the primary source for what a product claims to do. It is not independent evidence that it does it well, and we try to write descriptions that reflect that difference.
AI-assisted content
TiorAI is a site about AI tools, and we use them. AI may be involved in research, drafting, summarising, classifying entries and other editorial workflows.
Three rules govern that use:
- AI-generated information is not published unreviewed. A model asserting something is not a source.
- Factual claims are checked against the primary source before they ship, wherever the claim matters.
- AI assistance never transfers responsibility. If something is wrong on this site, it is our error to correct, regardless of how the draft was produced.
Reviews, rankings and recommendations
Rankings, comparisons, "best of" lists and recommended alternatives are editorial assessments made against a stated use case. They are opinions supported by research, not measurements.
- Different readers have different requirements; the best tool for a solo creator is often the wrong tool for a compliance-bound team.
- Rankings change as products change. A list reflects the market at the time it was last reviewed.
- Paid placement does not secretly determine editorial ranking. Where money is involved in a placement, that placement is labelled.
The limits of these assessments are set out in our Disclaimer.
When pages are updated
Entries are revisited when something material changes. Typical triggers:
- Pricing or plan structure changes
- Significant new features launch
- A product shuts down or stops accepting new users
- A company is acquired or merges
- A product or company rebrands
- A major version or platform change lands
- Better information becomes available than we had before
A directory of this size will always contain entries that are behind the market. Reader reports are one of the most reliable signals we get about which ones.
Corrections
If we publish something factually wrong, we fix it. The kinds of error we correct, how to report one and what happens afterwards are set out in our Corrections Policy.
Requests that concern ownership, trademarks, logos or the removal of a listing are handled under our Content Removal & Intellectual Property Policy instead.