Comparison Methodology
How We Conduct Our Ratings Explained
At YakGuides, we believe in complete transparency about how we evaluate and compare products and services. Our methodology ensures fair, unbiased comparisons.
Our Evaluation Process
Internal Analysis
In conducting internal product or service analysis of third-party vendors, we seek objective datapoint elements which place all vendors on a level playing field from which we can quantify each product or service specifically.
What Others Are Saying
In addition to reading reviews and analysis online, we use a proprietary tool to crawl third-party review and comparison sites, industry forums, articles and comments found on the web.
Customer Ratings
We give past customers the opportunity to rate the products and services we compare, and each customer can only vote once.
Vendor Commissions & Referral Fees
While other comparison and review companies allow advertising and referral fees to influence their ratings, we do not. We do occasionally receive referral fees from some vendors, but these relationships have absolutely no effect on our ratings.
Our Commitment
Each methodology makes up an equal 33% of a total rating. We are committed to providing honest and objective assessments, and we will never allow referral fee relationships to interfere with what we believe are non-biased opinions based on quantitative and qualitative analysis.