As a leading authority in the world of tech and crypto, Techopedia’s team of expert reviewers, researchers, and analysts adhere to strict editorial guidelines to ensure that we deliver the most insightful and helpful information possible.
We pride ourselves on being trustworthy and honest; everything we do is founded on principles of unbiased research and total transparency.
Independent, Impartial Writers
Our number one priority is to provide our readers with honest and unbiased reviews and advice. We are dedicated to delivering accurate, objective information and will only endorse products and services that have met our rigorous testing standards.
As a strict rule of thumb, our testers will only recommend products and services that they would spend their own money on. Our reviews and guides are written with no other commercial or advertorial considerations in mind.
There is no review of a product or service on Techopedia that has been given a star rating in return for payment, and all content published is original to Techopedia, with no third-party influence.
Our marketing team sometimes produces sponsored content, but that is clearly marked as such and does not affect the scores of the products on buying guides and reviews created by the editorial staff.
Real-World Testing
When feasible, we conduct tests in real-life scenarios. After all, you don’t use a product in a laboratory, so why would we test it under those conditions? This approach enables us to offer a sincere and realistic assessment of a product’s functionality and performance in everyday use.
In cases where reviewing a product in this manner is not possible, such as how well a Project Management system performs in a real enterprise-level business, we evaluate the user experience and processes from a consumer’s standpoint. This may involve researching third-party hands-on reviews and testing customer service responses through mystery shopping.
For every product that we test, we spend hours researching and testing every other key provider on the market to ensure that we can gather as much evidence as possible to thoroughly assess a product’s viability against its competition.
Each product is tested against a rigorously-designed, independent framework. This allows us to analyze and accurately catalog our findings, so that we can directly compare each product side-by-side, and make honest recommendations and assessments in our guides and reviews.
The cornerstone of our content is thorough research and data-gathering. We don’t publish articles that lack evidence and careful sourcing. Our research undergoes comprehensive fact-checking, including verification by independent fact-checkers when necessary, and experts in the relevant topic.
While we do collaborate with commercial partners, editorial integrity always takes precedence over financial opportunities and is never compromised.
An overview of our review guidelines pages:
- How We Review and Test AI Tools
- How We Review and Test Antivirus Software
- How We Review and Test Accounting Software
- How We Review and Test Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software
- How We Review and Rate Cryptocurrencies
- How We Review and Test HR Software
- How We Review and Test Project Management Software
- How We Review And Test Spyware
- How We Review And Test VPN Services
- How We Review and Test VoIP Software and Systems
Our Editorial Guidelines
- Our writers remain impartial and honest, and have no affiliations to any brand or product.
- Product and service reviews adhere to strict guidelines, detailed on our review guidelines pages.
- All our content is based on data and research, with any claims backed up by measurable evidence, which we will publish so you can see it for yourself.
- No product or service is perfect, so we’ll tell you about the bad as well as the good.
- Everything we publish is fact-checked by independent checkers when appropriate.
- We only use authoritative and reputable sources, referencing more than one source where available.
- We decline perks or gifts from companies we feature or may feature in the future.
- We employ search engine optimisation (SEO) to enhance content visibility and accessibility.
- Any affiliate links in our content are clearly marked, and advertising or sponsored content is prominently highlighted.
- Our editorial team is profiled on About Techopedia, providing contact details.
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