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Methodology

How We Review Safety software

Here's how we pick, check, compare and recommend each tool, and how we keep paid spots apart from our picks.

Our Evaluation Process

1. Category Research

Before comparing any tool, we research the category. We look at:

  • Key buyer needs and pain points
  • Common features across tools
  • Pricing benchmarks
  • Integration requirements

2. Competitor Identification

We pick the tools in each category from:

  • Review sites: user reviews and ratings
  • Vendor pages: features, plans and who each product is built for
  • Community feedback: forums and social media

3. Hands-On Testing

Where a tool lets us, we sign up and run the same task in each one, timed step by step. Hands-on reviews show the date of the test, the plan we used and screenshots. When we could not test a tool, we say so and why. We look at:

  • Onboarding experience and time-to-value
  • Core feature functionality
  • Performance and reliability
  • Integration capabilities
  • Mobile experience
  • Customer support responsiveness

4. Pricing Analysis

We document actual pricing, not just starting prices. Every price on the site comes from the vendor's own pricing page and shows the date we checked it and a link to the page we read it on. This includes:

  • All pricing tiers and their features
  • Per-user vs. flat-rate pricing
  • Annual vs. monthly pricing differences
  • Hidden costs (add-ons, overage fees)
  • Enterprise/custom pricing notes

5. Writing & Review

Each category has one editor who owns its prices and picks. Before an article is published or updated:

  1. Every price and plan fact is checked against its source and dated
  2. Each tool gets an honest line on who should pick something else
  3. The article is read for clarity and fact-checked again

Our Rating Criteria

Our editorial picks don't come with a single numerical score, because one number can't fit every team. Instead, we focus on helping you understand:

  • Who should use it — The ideal user/team profile
  • Who should avoid it — Poor fit scenarios
  • Key strengths — What it does better than alternatives
  • Key weaknesses — Genuine limitations to consider
  • Value assessment — Is it worth the price?

How the Match Score Works

The scale on our home page and comparison pages gives each of two tools a match score for your team. It is personal: it changes with the team size and priorities you choose, and it only compares the two on the scale.

  • Price for your team: the yearly bill for the entry paid plan at your team size, including seat minimums and free plans that cover your team. The cheaper tool scores higher.
  • User rating: the tool's G2 rating. Ratings we haven't verified count as average.
  • Track record: how many G2 reviews back the rating, on a log scale, so 10,000 reviews beat 100 but not by a hundredfold.
  • Free plan: whether you can start for $0.

"What matters most?" sets how much each factor counts, and "Set your own weights" lets you choose them yourself. The score is the weighted average, from 0% to 100%. Prices come from each vendor's pricing page and are billed yearly where offered. Products that only sell by quote are shown as "Quote" and score in the middle on price. Partners never change the score.

How We Handle Affiliate Relationships

We may earn commissions when you sign up for tools through our links. However:

  • We recommend tools we genuinely believe are best, regardless of affiliate programs
  • We clearly disclose affiliate relationships
  • We include tools without affiliate programs if they're the best option

Some links on this page are affiliate links. We may earn a commission if you buy, at no cost to you. Some tools are our partners; we may earn money from them, and a partner may be placed higher.

Every listing, partner or not, goes through our editorial process. A partner may carry a "Featured" label next to its name, and some pages have a Featured spot above our comparison. When a partner is placed first in a ranking, its card reads "#1 on this list", never "Our pick".

  • Partners never change prices, G2 ratings, scores or our verdicts
  • We write the copy for featured spots ourselves; vendors don't approve it
  • Links to partners are marked as sponsored for search engines

Keeping Content Fresh

Prices and plans change often. We recheck prices against each vendor's page, update the "checked" date when we do, and correct pages when a product changes. Every article shows when it was last updated.

Questions or Feedback?

If you spot an error, have a suggestion, or want us to cover a tool, please contact us.