Editorial Policy

Sortlark Editorial Team writes every page on this site. Independence comes first. A vendor cannot buy a rank, a pick or a verdict. Sponsored placements are labelled Sponsored and sit apart from editorial picks. If a placement and a pick ever point the same way, the pick still has to earn its place on price, fit and evidence.

How picks are made: we start with the job, not the vendor list. For a fleet of 1 to 20 trucks, for a flower shop on a peak day, or for a cold room with lot and expiry rules, we list the checks that matter on the floor. We then review vendor docs, pricing pages, changelogs, public reviews and published benchmarks. We compare the tools against the same criteria and the same weights, set out in our scoring method. The tool that fits the stated job best leads. A tool with a wider feature list does not win if the extra features sit unused and the price and contract terms hurt a small operation.

Money pages are re-checked every 45 days. That means prices, plan limits, trial terms and contract notes on pages that compare paid tools. If a vendor changes a price or a limit, we update the page, change the last verified date and keep the old figure out of the table. Pages that are not money pages are checked when a vendor change or a reader correction gives us a reason to check them.

Corrections: send a correction with the page, the line and the source that proves the fix. We check it against the vendor source. If we got it wrong, we fix the page, note the correction and the date, and keep the fix visible. If the source is unclear, we say so on the page and remove the claim until it can be checked. We do not quietly rewrite a pick after a vendor complains. A complaint with evidence gets the same check as a reader note with evidence.

AI assistance: AI helps draft text on this site. Editors check every fact and every price against the source before publication. AI does not decide ranks. AI does not invent people, quotes, test results, user counts, awards, credentials or photos. No such material appears here. If a fact cannot be tied to a vendor doc, a pricing page, a changelog, a public review or a published benchmark, it does not stay in.

No paid editorial ranks. No vendor pays for a higher place. No affiliate payment changes order. Sponsored material is labelled. Editorial material is not for sale.