How we write these guides

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Features, limits and prices come from the vendor's own product pages, pricing page, help center and changelog. Public reviews (G2, Reddit, Shopify App Store) are used to find common complaints, and the guide says when a point comes from them. Every guide shows the date its prices were last checked.

Guides are based on documentation unless they say we used the tool ourselves. When we have, the guide says what we did with it and when.

We use AI tools to help with research and first drafts. Before a guide is published, every price, limit and feature claim is checked against the vendor's own page. Screenshots are real captures of the vendor's site.

When a vendor changes its plans or prices, and otherwise every few months. The date at the top of each guide is the last time its facts were checked.

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