Editorial policy

This page documents how editorial decisions get made on janitor-ai.io — how reviews are produced, how affiliate revenue is separated from editorial calls, how corrections work, and where I draw hard lines. It's meant to be actionable: if the site ever violates something on this page, I want it to be easy for a reader to say "this violates your own policy."

Editorial independence

No platform pays for a favourable review here. That includes Janitor AI itself. Coverage is determined by what platforms are relevant to readers based on search demand and user interest — not by which platforms have affiliate programs, and not by which ones offered a partnership. If a platform is relevant, it gets covered whether it has an affiliate program or not.

The clearest test of this is that plenty of reviews on this site cover platforms with zero affiliate relationship — Character.AI, most notably — held to the same standard as ones we do earn on. If the rankings ever start correlating suspiciously with commission rates, that's a policy failure and I want to hear about it.

Affiliate disclosure

Some CTAs on this site are affiliate links. When you click one and go on to sign up or subscribe at the destination platform, the site may earn a commission on that qualifying action. This applies to Janitor AI, some of the alternatives we cover, and various supporting tools mentioned in reviews. It does not apply to informational links (documentation, Reddit threads, Discord, status pages) — those are just links.

Where a CTA is affiliate, it's an affiliate link on every reader visit. There's no separate "sponsored review" category on this site — we don't do those. If a platform pays for coverage, it wouldn't run here.

Corrections

Editorial corrections get taken seriously and processed within seven business days. The correction workflow:

• Reader flags an inaccuracy via LinkedIn or the contact channel below.
• The claim gets re-verified against the original source, current platform behaviour, and any additional community reports.
• If confirmed as wrong, the review gets updated. A note appears in the correction log below with the date, the affected review, the original claim, the corrected claim, and a one-line note about why the original was wrong.
• The dateModified on the affected review updates. If the correction is material (changes a recommendation or a factual claim readers might act on), it also appears as a changelog entry at the end of the review itself.

Minor typos and formatting fixes don't trigger the correction log — they just get fixed. Substantive factual corrections always do.

Sources and verification

Every factual claim in a review needs at least one verifiable source. First-party sources (the platform's own documentation, changelog, or official Discord announcements) are preferred. Community reports on Reddit and Discord count as supporting sources but never as sole sources for numerical or feature claims. Pricing claims cross-reference against the actual provider dashboards (e.g., OpenAI's usage page, DeepSeek's platform.deepseek.com dashboard) when they involve BYOK costs.

Where a source is contested or where community reports contradict official documentation, both get named and the disagreement gets acknowledged in the review.

What this site won't do

A few hard limits. We don't publish sponsored reviews disguised as editorial. We don't accept payment to remove or reduce criticism. We don't rank platforms based on affiliate commission rates. We don't republish or paraphrase reviews written by anyone else without attribution. We don't make claims we can't defend to a reader who challenges them.

Author identification

Every editorial page on janitor-ai.io identifies its author by name in the byline. All editorial work on this site is currently produced by Melissa Blake. When that changes, the affected pages will be updated with a new byline. Guest contributors, if any, would be identified with their own author profile page.

Where this policy applies

This policy governs the Janitor AI review and every other editorial page on janitor-ai.io. It runs alongside the methodology that documents how reviews get produced and the about page that covers who operates the site. Legal ground rules sit in the terms of service, privacy policy, age verification page, and the 18 U.S.C. § 2257 statement.

Contact for corrections and editorial questions

Editorial corrections, review requests, and press queries reach the editor directly on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/melissablake1. Corrections receive an acknowledgment within seven business days and, if confirmed, publication of the update within fourteen days from the initial report.

Last reviewed: July 9, 2026 · by Melissa Blake