Editorial standards

Contents

1. Every claim has a source
2. Governance claims are read literally
3. One standard for every platform
4. No paid placement
5. How we use AI tools
6. Corrections

Every claim has a source

Each factual statement about a platform links to a source we opened, with the date we read it. Unverifiable claims are left out or marked as not published. Figures supplied by vendors or their clients are labelled as such.

Governance claims are read literally

Security and governance language is easy to stretch. We record what a vendor's page actually states, such as "every action is logged" or "enforces source-system permissions", and do not infer features it does not describe.

One standard for every platform

Every platform is profiled with the same structure, including its limits and the situations in which another platform is the better choice. The publisher's own product is held to that standard.

No paid placement

No vendor pays to be included, ranked or described. Links to vendor sites are for convenience.

How we use AI tools

Our editors use AI tools for research assistance and drafting; no statement is published until it has been checked against the source it cites.

Corrections

Tell us when something is wrong. Verified errors are corrected promptly and recorded in the page's change log.

Further reading

• Guide · Build vs buyBuild or buy an AI operating system for your companyThe choice is rarely binary. Most companies end up buying the platform, owning the data and building only the parts that make them different.
• Guide · GovernancePermissions, approvals and audit for company AI agentsThree controls decide whether an AI agent is safe to let loose on company records: what it can access, what it can do without asking, and whether anyone can see afterwards what it did.
• Guide · CostWhat an AI operating system costs a 200-person companyPer-seat, per-action and per-company pricing produce very different bills for the same headcount. We worked through each model with published list prices.