Affiliate Disclosure & Advertising Policy

How We Earn Revenue

LLMJudge.com is an independently operated AI evaluation platform. We earn revenue through three channels:

1. Affiliate Commissions. When you click a link to a model provider (such as "Try on Anthropic →" or "Try on OpenAI →") and subsequently sign up or make a purchase, we may earn a referral commission from that provider. This costs you nothing extra — the provider pays us a percentage of the revenue you generate. We participate in affiliate programs with Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Cloud, Mistral AI, Amazon Web Services, and other AI infrastructure providers. Affiliate links on our site are marked with the rel="sponsored" attribute as required by search engine guidelines.

2. Display Advertising. We display clearly labeled sponsored advertisements on model detail pages and select content pages. All advertisements are marked with "SPONSORED" and "AD" labels to distinguish them from editorial content. Advertisers include AI tooling companies, evaluation platforms, and infrastructure providers.

3. Direct Sponsorship. Companies may sponsor specific sections of the site (such as sidebar placements on model pages). Sponsored placements are always labeled and never influence the content, scores, or rankings on the page where they appear.

How We Maintain Editorial Independence

Our core commitment: affiliate relationships, advertising, and sponsorships never influence our LLM Judge Index™ scores, rankings, or editorial recommendations.

Evaluation scores are determined by our methodology, which combines automated benchmark data, API performance metrics, community preference votes, and editorial assessment. Whether a model provider has an affiliate relationship with us has zero effect on that model's score. A model with no affiliate program receives the same rigorous evaluation as one that pays us commissions.

Our evaluation methodology is published in full on our Methodology page. Our editorial standards are described on our Editorial Process page. Both are available for public scrutiny.

What This Means for You

When you see a "Try on [Provider] →" button on our site, clicking it may result in us earning a commission if you sign up. You are under no obligation to use our links — you can always navigate directly to any provider's website. We recommend the models our data supports, regardless of whether we earn affiliate revenue from that recommendation.

If you find LLMJudge.com useful and want to support our work, using our affiliate links is the simplest way to do so at no additional cost to you.

FTC Compliance

This disclosure is made in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's guidelines on endorsements and testimonials (16 CFR Part 255). We disclose all material connections between LLMJudge.com and the companies whose products we evaluate and recommend.

An affiliate disclosure banner appears at the top of every page on our site, linking to this full disclosure page.

Current Affiliate Relationships

As of April 5, 2026, LLMJudge.com has affiliate or referral relationships with the following companies: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Cloud, Mistral AI, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and PartnerStack (affiliate network). This list is updated as relationships change.

Models from providers with no affiliate relationship (such as Meta's Llama and DeepSeek) are evaluated and recommended on the same basis as models from affiliate partners. Our current #6 ranked model (Llama 4 405B) generates no affiliate revenue for us — it earned its ranking on merit.

Questions

If you have questions about our affiliate relationships or advertising policies, contact us at partnerships@llmjudge.com.

For questions about our evaluation methodology, contact research@llmjudge.com.