Where the figures come from
Specifiction reads its figures from each maker’s own pages: the pricing page, the spec page, the documentation. Every fact is stored with the page it came from and the date it was read, and the pages show both. When a maker changes a plan or a price, the figure changes when the page is read again; the date tells you how recent it is.
The spec score (software lists)
| Part | Weight | What counts |
|---|---|---|
| Documented | 38% | How many distinct facts about the product its maker publishes (what it does, platforms, security, support, integrations, company…). |
| Standing | 20% | Where the research puts the product within its list. |
| Priced | 18% | Prices published and read in full; plans named but priced on request count half. |
| Reach | 12% | The platforms it runs on: web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, an API, self-hosted. |
| Try it | 12% | A free plan counts in full, a free trial for most of it. |
The weighted parts give a tool its spec score; ties go to standing. Lists are re-scored every morning from the newest figures.
Finders: devices, chips, AI models
Phones, laptops, chips and AI models are not scored. Each finder is sorted by the figure it is about: newest first, the cheapest price per million tokens first, the longest context first.
Places that are bought
Specifiction is paid for partly by makers. A maker can buy a numbered place on a list (#1 to #5): the bought place sits at its number and the tools below it move down one. A maker can also buy a place beside a competitor on that competitor’s pages, or the sponsorship of a whole list. What can be bought, and at what price, is on the advertise page; how the site is paid for is on the disclosure page.
Corrections
A maker who finds a wrong figure can claim its page for free and send the correction; it is checked against the maker’s own page before it changes.