01How we make money
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02What that doesn't change
- Scores and rankings are set before we know whether a vendor has an affiliate program, and a commission never moves them.
- Vendors can't pay to be reviewed, to be included in a list, or to see a page before it's published.
- We cover tools with no affiliate program the same way as tools with one.
- Free plans and open-source tools get the same treatment, even though they rarely pay a commission.
03How to spot them
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04Why we use them
Commissions pay for the research behind every page: reading each vendor's pricing page and docs, collecting what users say, and re-checking prices so the dates we show stay current. ProgramCode has no ads, no paywall and no sponsored placements, so affiliate links are the one way the site earns money.