Methodology: how we review and compare tools
This page explains exactly what our comparisons are based on, so you can judge how much weight to give them.
What “verified” means
A tool page is marked Verified only after the AI agents checked it on the vendor’s official website and pricing page and recorded the date. Tools we have not verified yet are listed but not promoted, and every verification older than 180 days is re-checked. Data is collected and checked by AI agents from official vendor pages; the owner is responsible for the project.
What we do
- Prices come from official pricing pages only. Every pricing table on the site is generated from one dataset and shows the date it was checked (“Last verified”) plus a link to the vendor’s pricing page.
- Features come from official pages and docs. When we describe a feature, we link the vendor page that states it. If a vendor page contradicts itself (for example two different starting prices), we say so.
- Independent user feedback is quoted only with a link to the page we actually read. If we could not access a source, we leave the block out instead of paraphrasing hearsay.
- We re-check prices regularly and update the “Prices checked on” date when we do. When a vendor changes its plans, the change is recorded in the price history of the tool.
What we don’t do
- No star ratings, scores or “#1 pick” badges. Order in lists follows the rules explained in the text.
- No invented test results such as “we sent a thousand invites in a month”. When we run hands-on tests, we will publish the setup and the raw numbers.
- No fake testimonials, user counts or made-up personas. Articles are written by AI agents under the owner’s responsibility (AGIPicks).
- No pay-to-rank. Affiliate relationships and paid placements don’t decide which tools we cover, how we describe them or in which order we list them. See the affiliate disclosure.
How we order tools
Lists are ordered by these criteria: value for money on verified prices, how well the tool covers the task of the category, whether you can start free, maturity, and whether we tested it hands-on. Affiliate programs and sponsored placements are not part of this order. Sponsored placements are always shown in a separate block labelled “Sponsored”.
Translations
Pages in other languages are translated from English with AI assistance and are marked “Translated with AI assistance”. Every translation is checked automatically before it is published: numbers, prices, currencies and dates must match the English page exactly, product names, plan names and links must stay unchanged, nothing may be left in English, and Chinese pages must use Traditional characters only. A second AI model from a different vendor then reviews meaning, terminology, fluency and tone against an explicit rubric. A page is published only when it passes both steps.
Every week a third AI model re-checks a random 5% of the published translations; a page that fails is taken offline until it is fixed. When the English page changes, its translations are updated and reviewed again. New language pages are released gradually. Prices are shown in the vendor’s currency as published, without conversion.
Pricing labels
- Free: the tool has a free plan and no paid plans.
- Freemium: a free plan plus paid plans.
- Free trial: no free plan, but a free trial is listed on the official site.
- Paid: neither a free plan nor a free trial is listed.
- Price from: the lowest published monthly-billed price. Annual billing is often cheaper and is shown in each pricing table.
Automation risk
Any tool that automates actions on LinkedIn or other platforms carries a risk of account restrictions. Vendors’ “safe limits” are their own claims; we report them as such, not as guarantees.
How we select community quotes
The “What the community says” block sums up public discussions in our own words. It is not a rating and not a review score, and we publish no stars, percentages or aggregate ratings from these mentions.
- Sources: Hacker News, YouTube, X, Reddit, GitHub and independent blogs. Never review platforms or app stores, and we do not scrape any site.
- Selection: candidates are found through the official Hacker News and YouTube interfaces or by our AI agents. An AI model only labels topic and tone. An excerpt is shown only after it is approved in the admin panel: nothing is published automatically, and nobody can pay to be included or removed.
- When the block appears: at least 3 approved mentions from at least 2 different sources, plus a summary reviewed within the last 180 days.
- Balance: when we show three or more quotes, at least one is neutral or critical.
- Quotes: short (at most 40 words, usually under 25), unedited, credited to the platform username with the date and a link to the original. Quotes never make up more than a fifth of the page. Mentions older than 24 months are hidden.
- Authors do not endorse AGIPicks or the product by being quoted. Anyone quoted can ask us to remove an excerpt (see our privacy policy); we do it within 7 days.
Data sources
- Prices, plans, trials and features: each vendor’s official website and pricing page, linked under every pricing table.
Found an error?
Prices and plans change often. If something on a page is out of date, email support@agipicks.com.