Last revised: July 27, 2026

Editorial Policy and Review Standards

OnTheWeb publishes independent software research for people comparing tools for work. Our objective is to explain practical trade-offs clearly, not to make a product look better than the evidence supports.

What we publish

We focus on comparison guides, buying criteria, migration considerations, and feature or pricing explainers for business software. An article must help a reader make a specific decision: for example, whether a product fits a team size, workflow, technical constraint, or budget model. We do not publish pages that are only a list of keywords, a product feed, or a placeholder for future content.

How we research

  1. We define the decision the article is intended to answer and the criteria readers can use to evaluate it.
  2. We check primary sources where available, including provider documentation, pricing pages, security pages, release notes, and product terms.
  3. We distinguish documented product facts from editorial interpretation. A provider can change a plan, feature, or policy at any time, so readers should confirm time-sensitive details directly with that provider.
  4. When we use a trial, demo, or reproducible workflow, we describe the scope of that experience. We do not present a general editorial opinion as a universal performance guarantee.
  5. We publish source links in the article when they materially support a factual claim, then revisit articles when a reader, provider, or routine review identifies an important change.

Independence and commercial relationships

Editorial coverage is chosen for reader usefulness. A commercial relationship does not buy a favorable conclusion, ranking, or removal of limitations. If a link is compensated, referral-based, or sponsored, we disclose that relationship near the link and use the appropriate link attribute. Standard outbound links are not represented as paid recommendations.

We do not sell positive reviews. Sponsored material, if ever accepted, must be clearly labelled and kept separate from independent reviews. It is not a substitute for editorial content.

Accuracy, corrections, and retirement

Software changes quickly. We welcome correction requests at [email protected]. Please include the article URL, the specific claim, and a primary source when possible. We assess factual corrections promptly and update or annotate the article when warranted.

If an article is too short, outdated, insufficiently sourced, or no longer useful, we remove it from navigation and the sitemap while it is rewritten. We would rather present a smaller, dependable catalogue than inflate it with low-value pages.

Before publication, every article also passes a repository-level gate that rejects placeholders, non-functional links, automatic-publication markers, and unsupported first-person testing or survey claims. The production build separately verifies the rendered word count. A page must clear both checks before it can be part of the public catalogue.

Use of automation

Automation can assist with editorial operations, but it is not an approval to publish. New articles require an editorial review of their purpose, evidence, links, disclosure, and reader value before they are added to the public catalogue. We do not use an unattended daily publishing schedule.

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