Policy last updated 2026-06-04

Affiliate Disclosure

The short version

Quick answer: Some links on this site are affiliate links. If you click through and sign up, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Commissions never decide what we recommend or in what order, and our editorial opinions are independent of any affiliate relationship.

What this means in practice

The Automations Guide participates in the 44 affiliate programs listed below, and we apply to more over time. When you click a link to one of these tools and sign up for a paid plan, we may receive a commission from that company.

Every live affiliate program

44 programs as of October 13, 2026, generated from the site's link registry. A tool not listed here pays us nothing.

  • ActiveCampaign
  • AdCreative.ai
  • Apollo.io
  • Appy.AI
  • Beehiiv
  • Cal.com
  • Clay
  • Close
  • Constant Contact
  • Descript
  • Diginius
  • Findymail
  • Flocksy
  • FullEnrich
  • Instantly
  • Kit
  • KrispCall
  • Laxis
  • Leadfeeder
  • Leadpages
  • Lemlist
  • Lusha
  • Make
  • MoltSets
  • Motion
  • Nutshell
  • Pabbly
  • RB2B
  • Relevance AI
  • Reply.io
  • Runable
  • Signal House
  • Smartlead
  • SmartReach
  • Surfer
  • Trainual
  • Trigify
  • UpLead
  • Vapi
  • VoiceOS
  • Watermelon
  • Wispr Flow
  • Woodpecker
  • ZeroBounce

That commission does not change your price. The tool costs the same whether you find it via this site, Google, or a friend's recommendation.

How we keep recommendations honest

  • We say what a recommendation rests on. Prices and plan limits come from the vendor's own pricing page, with the date we read it. We do not claim hands-on use of the tools we cover.
  • We tell you the trade-offs. Every tool has weaknesses. We name them. If a tool is overhyped, we say so, even when it pays well.
  • Editorial opinion is independent of payout. The highest-paying affiliate program is not automatically the top recommendation. We don't write "best of" lists where the order is set by commission rate.
  • We disclose the relationship. This page exists, and the footer of every page links to it.

How we research

Each article is researched from the vendors' own documentation and pricing pages. Every price in a comparison's tools panel comes from the RevOps pricing index, which records the date each figure was read from the vendor's page and leaves the cell empty when a vendor publishes no number. Ian's eight years of RevOps work decide which tools get compared and what matters in the comparison; we do not run a test lab, and we do not claim hands-on testing. When a tool is the wrong call for most teams, we say so, even if it pays well, and some tools we recommend most often have no affiliate program at all.

How affiliate links are marked

We don't mark every affiliate link individually because the FTC standard is clear, prominent disclosure (which this page provides). For transparency: any link that goes through /go/[tool] on this site, or that points to a tool's signup page from a recommendation, is likely an affiliate link.

FTC compliance

This disclosure is provided in accordance with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's Endorsement Guides and the Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising .

Questions

If you have questions about a specific recommendation, our affiliate relationships, or how we make money, email ian@theautomationsguide.com. We'll always tell you the truth.