How We Review Tools: Our Review Method

ToolReviewHub publishes reviews of SaaS, AI and online tools. This page explains exactly how those reviews are made, what we check, and what we do not do, so you can judge how much weight to give them.

What our reviews are based on

Most reviews on this site are research-based reviews. We read the product’s own public pages, record what they say, and organise it so you can compare tools quickly. For each review we look at:

The official pricing page, for plan names, prices, billing options (monthly vs yearly) and usage limits.
The official homepage and product pages, for what the product does, who it is for and its main features.
The official FAQ and help pages, for free plans, trials, supported platforms and restrictions.
Public third-party sources, only when the vendor does not publish a price clearly.

Our longer, hand-written reviews (for example the ones with screenshots of the vendor’s pricing page) also include the date we checked the page. Pricing changes often, so always confirm on the vendor’s website before you buy.

How we word prices

A price with no label comes from the vendor’s own pricing page when we checked it.
A price marked “Reported” comes from third-party sources, and those sources sometimes disagree. We show a range or say the sources differ.
Costs per unit (for example “cost per clip”) are our own arithmetic from the published price and limits, and are labelled as such.
If we cannot find a reliable price, we say so instead of guessing, and we may keep the page out of search results until we can.

Hands-on testing

We do not claim to have tested every product hands-on. When we have actually used a product, the review says so. When a review is based on public information only, it says that too, usually in the method note at the bottom of the page. We never describe results, speed or output quality that we did not measure ourselves. Claims that come from the vendor (such as user counts, accuracy or “increase your views by X%”) are labelled as the vendor’s claims.

Star ratings

Star scores shown on older review pages are an editorial indicator, not user votes and not a lab test, and they are not based on an audited scoring formula. For that reason we do not send them to search engines as structured review ratings. Visitors can leave their own rating and comment on a review, and those are the experiences of the individual reader. We are moving towards rating only the products we have used ourselves, with the criteria listed on the page.

Affiliate links, sponsorships and independence

Some links on this site are affiliate links. If you buy through them we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. They are marked as sponsored in the page code and disclosed on the page. See our Affiliate Disclosure.
A commission does not change what we write about a product’s pricing, limits or drawbacks. We include the downsides we can find in the vendor’s own terms and plans.
Sponsored content is labelled as sponsored. See Advertise With Us.
We do not accept payment to change a review’s conclusions.

Keeping reviews accurate

We re-check prices and plan limits, starting with the pages that get the most visitors and the ones vendors tell us about.
When a product changes its name or business model, we update the review. For example, Munch now operates as Munch Studio and our review reflects that.
We remove or hold back pages about products we cannot verify, and we do not publish reviews that could help someone harm or spy on others.

Corrections and contact

If you spot a wrong price, a missing limit or an outdated feature, please contact us with a link to the vendor’s page. We will check it and fix confirmed errors, usually within a few days.

Last updated: November 1, 2026.