Privacy Policy & Affiliate Disclosure

1. FTC Affiliate Disclosure & Monetization Policy

In compliance with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines (16 CFR Part 255) and EU Consumer Protection Directives, please be advised that AI Tools Compare participates in B2B software affiliate and referral programs, including programs managed via PartnerStack, Rewardful, FirstPromoter, Dub Partners, and direct vendor partnerships.

When you click on outbound referral links on our website (including links routed through /go/*) and subsequently register for a free trial or paid subscription, we may receive a referral commission from the software vendor at zero additional cost to you—and in many cases, our links unlock extended free trials or partner discounts.

Editorial Independence Guarantee: Compensation received from affiliate partnerships never influences the technical ratings, feature matrices, pricing calculations, or pros/cons published in our software comparisons. We routinely recommend open-source and free alternatives alongside commercial SaaS products.

2. Privacy Policy & Data Collection

AI Tools Compare respects your privacy and minimizes data collection:

• No Mandatory User Accounts: You can browse all software benchmarks, pricing matrices, and comparison guides without creating an account or submitting personal information.
• Anonymous Analytics & Server Logs: Our hosting provider (Cloudflare, Inc.) processes standard edge request metadata (anonymized IP address, browser user-agent, and referring URL) strictly for security, DDoS protection, and aggregate traffic measurement.
• Affiliate Attribution Cookies: When you click an outbound vendor link (e.g., /go/cursor), the destination software vendor or affiliate network (such as PartnerStack or Rewardful) may set a standard referral attribution cookie in your browser to credit our publication for the referral.

3. Your Rights Under GDPR & CCPA

Because we do not store personal user profiles, mailing lists, or payment data on our servers, we hold no personally identifiable information (PII) to sell or share with third parties. For any privacy-related inquiries or data requests, please contact privacy@aitoolscompare.io.