Editorial standards

Contents

1. Sources before statements
2. The same rules for every product
3. No paid placement
4. How we use AI tools
5. Corrections

Sources before statements

Every factual claim about a product links to a source we opened, with the date we read it. If a claim cannot be verified, it is left out or marked as not published. Vendor figures are labelled as the vendor's.

The same rules for every product

Each product is described with the same structure: who it suits, who it does not, what it costs, its strengths and its limits. The publisher's own product is held to the same standard and its limits are stated as plainly.

No paid placement

No vendor pays to be listed, ranked or described. Links to vendor sites are provided for convenience.

How we use AI tools

AI tools assist our research and first drafts. A person checks every factual statement against its cited source before a page is published.

Corrections

Readers who find a fact that is wrong or stale can tell us. Verified errors are corrected promptly, and the change is recorded in the page's change log with the date.

Further reading

• Guide · ComparisonsAI operating system vs ERP vs copilotThree kinds of software now promise to run the business with AI. They hold different records, cost money in different ways and fail in different places.
• Guide · RolloutRolling out an AI operating system in 90 daysThirteen weeks, three phases, one department at a time. The sequence that keeps an AI rollout measurable and reversible.
• Guide · DefinitionsWhat an AI operating system is for a businessThe term covers four different kinds of product. They differ in one respect above all: whether the AI can see and act on the records the business actually runs on.