How our comparison pages are ranked

1. Each page is built on named Finantrix buyer guides. Every vendor those guides assess is included; none is added or left out by hand.
2. Vendors are ordered by the best rating they carry in those guides (Leader, then Strong Contender, then any other rating), then by how many of the page's guides assess them, then by name.
3. The rating and the reasoning behind it are the guide's. Each row links to the guide that assesses the vendor, where its strengths and considerations are set out in full.
4. Payment plays no part. Paid placements, claimed profiles and Executive Forum membership are not inputs to the order, and no vendor can buy a place on these pages.
5. Directory listings in the same category that no guide rates are shown after the ranked table, alphabetically and unranked.
6. The date on each page is when it was last reviewed against its guides. When a guide is corrected, the page follows on its next build.

What a vendor can and cannot pay for across the site is set out in the editorial policy.