How We Weight Crowd Sentiment (And Why Trustpilot Counts Less)

Not all opinions are worth the same. A detailed Reddit thread from someone who ran a tool in production tells you more than a one-line 5-star rating posted during an onboarding incentive. Here's exactly how we weight what the crowd says.

Independence beats volume

Some review platforms skew promotional — their ratings are uniformly glowing in a way that hides real friction. When that happens, we weight independent sources and structured pro/con data higher, and we say so on the page.

Recency matters

Sentiment changes fast: an outage, a price hike, or a new competitor can shift a verdict in weeks. We re-synthesize weekly and stamp each verdict with its last-updated date.

We show our work

Every verdict lists its sources, the number of opinions behind it, and how each was weighted. No black box — you can check the basis for any claim.