For vendors

Some vendors pay us to be included on Clean Books Report. That payment never affects the rankings or the review itself.

How to ask

Rates are available by email. Write to hello@cleanbooksreport.com with the product name and the pages you have in mind, and the reply will include rates.

What stays the same

Every vendor, paying or not, is scored on the same rubric. The rubric behind the scores is public, and the ranked lists show where each product lands.

The full set of tool scorecards and scorecards for bookkeeping services show the evidence behind each level, and the head-to-head pages use the same scores.

Get listed

A scorecard page for the product, labelled Paid listing.

What payment buys

  • A scorecard page for the product, with a link to it
  • The label Paid listing beside the product
  • A chance to correct a price or plan detail before it goes live

What payment never buys

  • A higher rank or a changed score
  • A say in the criteria or the weights
  • The removal of an evidence link or a low criterion score

Review

A written review page beside the scorecard.

What payment buys

  • A full written review page for the product
  • The label Paid listing on the review and the scorecard

What payment never buys

  • A positive verdict
  • Edits to the score, the rank or the wording of the verdict
  • A review published before the product has been used in a test company

Mention

A short mention on one relevant page, labelled Sponsored.

What payment buys

  • A short mention with a link on one page that fits the product
  • The label Sponsored and a sponsored link attribute

What payment never buys

  • A place among the ranked entries
  • A change to any score