How AI Cilantro Works

FTC Disclosure

Some links on this site are affiliate links. If you click one and end up purchasing the tool, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you. The exact rate varies by program, anywhere from a fixed bounty to a recurring percentage. We don't disclose individual rates per page (it's noise to you), but the high level is: we make money when you buy through our links.

Why we recommend what we recommend

Every program on this site passed three checks before we listed it:

1. Stability check. Has this program shut down, slashed rates, or changed terms multiple times in the past 18 months? If yes, we don't list it. We don't want to recommend a tool that ghosts our affiliate accounts in 6 months.
2. Payment track record. Multiple independent sources (Affpaying, Trustpilot, Reddit affiliate threads) checked for unpaid commissions or canceled accounts. Programs with payment-failure complaints get excluded.
3. Cookie attribution audit. We check the cookie window and attribution model match what the program publishes. Last-click resets, sticky cookies, first-touch, we know which path each program takes.

Keeping listings current

Before we list a tool, we check its pricing, the details on each page, and that its terms haven't quietly changed. We re-check listings regularly, and when something is off we update or remove the page.

What we DON'T do

• No fake countdown timers. SaaS deals don't expire in 24 hours. The countdowns you see on other sites are FTC-flagged dark patterns.
• No "only 3 left!" scarcity. SaaS doesn't run out of stock. If you see this on another site, that's a tell.
• No clickbait. We don't invent fake urgency or list "secret" deals that don't exist. What we recommend, we have actually tested.
• No pay-to-play rankings. We don't rank tools higher because they pay us more. Higher-paying programs and lower-paying ones both get listed when they earn it.

If something's wrong, tell us

Found a code that doesn't work? Saw an outdated price? Email us at [email protected] or reply to any AI Cilantro newsletter. We fix things in hours, not weeks.