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Affiliate Disclosure

Required by the FTC. Also: it's the right thing to do, regardless of regulation.

The short version

Stack Checked is funded by affiliate commissions. When you click a link to a tool reviewed on this site and sign up, the company sometimes pays me a referral fee. You pay the same price either way (and usually get a small discount through the link).

Which links are affiliate links

Every external link to a paid tool, product, or service in a review may be an affiliate link. We mark in-line CTAs explicitly when they are.

Links to free tools, documentation, news articles, and our own pages are never affiliate links.

Programs we participate in

Stack Checked participates in affiliate programs run by, among others:

We don't accept fees for review placement, "guest posts," or sponsored content. We also don't promote tools we haven't tested.

Editorial independence

Reviews are written before any affiliate relationship is added. If a tool isn't worth the money, the review will say so — even when the company has a generous affiliate program. The link is added second, never first.

If a vendor ever asks us to soften, remove, or alter a review in exchange for an affiliate relationship (or its continuation), we will say no, and we will note the request publicly in the review.

Amazon-specific disclosure

Stack Checked is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com.

Questions?

Email info@stackchecked.com. If you ever notice a review that you think reads more like an ad than an honest review, tell us — we'll fix it or take it down.

Last updated: 2026.