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Affiliate Disclosure

Last updated Apr 8, 2026 By Daniel Emrich, Editor Reading time 3 min

Some outbound links on AIDiveForge are affiliate links. If you sign up for a tool through one of our links, we may earn a commission at no additional cost to you. This page explains exactly how that works, how we mark affiliate links, and why it doesn't influence what we list or how we rank.

The short version
  • Some "Visit [Tool]" buttons are affiliate links — we earn a small commission if you sign up.
  • You never pay more by clicking our link than by going direct.
  • Every affiliate link is marked rel="sponsored" and labeled underneath the button.
  • Editorial rankings are independent. We don't take placement fees, ever.

AIDiveForge is a curated directory and comparison platform for AI tools. We take the time to research, test, and document each tool we list so you can make informed decisions about the software you use in your business and personal work. Running that operation — hosting, editorial review, tool testing, newsletter — costs money. This page explains how we pay for it.

How we fund the site

Some of the outbound links on this site are affiliate links. This means that if you click one of those links and then sign up for or purchase the tool on the vendor's website, we may receive a commission at no additional cost to you. You will never pay more by using our link than you would by going directly to the tool's website.

Affiliate commissions help us cover the costs of hosting, editorial review, tool testing, and continued development of the AIDiveForge platform. They do not influence our editorial opinions or which tools we choose to list.

Every tool listing on AIDiveForge has a prominent "Visit [Tool Name]" button near the top of the page. When that button points to an affiliate-tracked URL, you will see a short note directly underneath it that reads:

What you'll see "Affiliate link — we may earn a commission at no cost to you."

If there is no such note, the link is a plain outbound link and we are not compensated for the click.

Under the hood, affiliate links on this site use the HTML attribute rel="sponsored", while plain outbound links use rel="nofollow", in accordance with Google's link attribute guidance.

Editorial independence

We only list tools we believe are genuinely useful. The presence of an affiliate relationship does not guarantee a listing, promote a tool higher in our rankings, or alter the content of our reviews. Tools that offer affiliate programs are treated the same as tools that do not.

If a review contains criticism of a tool, that criticism is not softened because we earn commissions from it. If a tool does not meet our quality bar, we do not list it regardless of commission rates. We have de-listed paid affiliates before when their product quality declined, and we will again.

We do not accept paid placements. You cannot pay us to be listed, to rank higher, to be featured in the weekly newsletter, or to earn an "Editor's Pick" badge. Not now, not ever.

Amazon Associates disclosure

If and when AIDiveForge participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, we are required to state the following: As an Amazon Associate, AIDiveForge earns from qualifying purchases. As of this writing, we are not an Amazon Associate.

Questions

If you have questions about our affiliate relationships, a specific listing, or how we make money, please reach out through the contact page. We answer every honest question.

This disclosure is provided in accordance with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Endorsement Guides and is updated whenever our monetization model changes.