Affiliate disclosure & editorial policy
How we make money, how we pick what to recommend, and how we keep the two separate.
Affiliate links
Some outbound links on this site are affiliate links. If you sign up for a tool through one of those links, ANN Live may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Affiliate links are most common in our best-of, compare, and alternatives articles. Where they exist, the article shows a disclosure block at the top.
How that affects what we recommend
It doesn't. Picks in best-of and compare articles are based on hands-on testing and editorial judgement, not affiliate program economics. We do not accept payment to be listed, ranked higher, or favorably reviewed. If a tool is in a list on this site, it earned the slot.
What "hands-on" means
For tool reviews, "hands-on" means the editorial team has actually used the product on real work — typically across multiple sessions, not a five-minute demo. Where a pick is based on a more limited evaluation (a benchmark run, a public demo, a community-validated result), the article says so.
Sponsorships
If a video or article is sponsored, the sponsorship is labelled at the top, in any video chapter markers, and in the YouTube description. Sponsored placements do not appear inside best-of, compare, or alternatives articles. They are limited to dedicated sponsor reads.
Corrections
If we get something wrong, we correct it in the article and add a note at the bottom describing the change. Material corrections that affect a recommendation will also trigger a tweet and an email to subscribers.
Reach us
Editorial: editorial@annlive.com. Sponsorship inquiries: same address with the subject line starting "Sponsorship".
Last updated: April 2026.