saasrankedSoftware, ranked on the facts

How we score

How we rank software, where the facts come from, and what we do not claim.

In short

Points out of 100

Every ranking starts with a list of rules: concrete, checkable facts such as "the vault is end-to-end encrypted", "a free plan with no data cap" or "the plan renews at the price you first paid". Each rule has a fixed number of points. Rules are grouped, and the groups add up to 100.

A rule is a yes-or-no fact, a list (for example the systems a product has apps for, where each one earns its share), or a number with published thresholds (for example a price: $3 a month or less earns full points). The build computes the points from the facts; nobody types a score.

Only generally available features count: a feature in beta, preview or early access earns nothing until it ships.

The list follows the points. A tie goes to the lower price, then to the name. A category is ranked once at least 8 products have been scored.

Where facts come from

Facts come from pages we opened and read: the vendor's pricing, feature, security and help pages, and audit reports the vendor publishes. Each fact stores the page's URL and the date we read it, and every product page lists those sources.

Concerns such as breaches, regulator orders or security bulletins come from the vendor's own notices, regulators or established news outlets. They are listed on the product page; they do not change the points unless a rule covers them.

Independent labs

For antivirus, half the points come from labs that run the same tests on every product and publish the results:

These are the only test results that earn points on this site.

Prices

Prices are in US dollars before tax, as the vendor's price page shows them. Many vendors discount the first term, so we record the renewal price when the vendor publishes it, and some categories score it. Where a vendor shows only euros, we convert at the European Central Bank reference rate (€1 = $1.1186 on 8 October 2026).

Guides

Guides are written from Microsoft's documentation: Microsoft Learn and Microsoft Support. Every step, command and menu path cites the page it comes from, and the guide shows the date it was checked against that documentation. Fixes start with the least risky step. Guides never recommend products, PC cleaners or driver updaters.

How we work

Research and first drafts are AI-assisted. The rules that keep that honest are built into the site: a product page cannot be published with a fact that has no source, a citation that points nowhere, or wording that claims a test we did not run.

Categories and their rules