How we check the numbers

Where the facts come from

Every price, fee and plan detail on this site comes from a page we opened: the vendor's pricing page, feature pages, help center, fee schedule, or a public record such as the App Store. For each fact we store the page address, a short quote of the sentence that supports it, and the date we read it. You can see them in the Sources panel at the bottom of each page.

When a vendor's claim can't be checked independently (for example, how many landlords use a product), we label it as the vendor's claim. When we couldn't find something, we leave it blank rather than guess.

How often we re-check

An automated check re-reads each vendor's pricing page every week and flags any stored price quote that no longer appears; we confirm the change and record it in the price change log. Each table shows the date it was last checked.

How rankings work

Buyer's guides rank products with a points rubric that is published on each guide. Scores are calculated from the facts in our data (cost at your unit count, documented features, AI features, landlord or manager app ratings, and whether prices are published), not from impressions. The same rubric applies to every product on the list.

What we don't claim

We have not managed properties on every product, and we don't publish star ratings of our own. Where user reviews matter, we cite the public source, such as App Store ratings with the rating count and the date.

How AI is used here

We use AI tools to help draft and check text. Every fact in a draft is checked against our stored sources before it is published, and the numbers in tables are generated from the data files, not typed by hand.