THE SOFTWARE COST COMPASS
PLAIN-LANGUAGE PRIVACY

Your inputs, with clear boundaries.

Public comparisons work without an account. Do not enter secrets, personal customer information, or private credentials into workload fields or product submissions.

Comparison inputs

Workload values and stack selections are stored in the page URL so you can share them. Anyone with that URL can see those values. Page URLs may also be present in browser history and service request logs. Exported reports are downloaded to your device.

Vendor accounts

We process your name, email, password hash, session information, and product submissions to operate vendor accounts. Authentication and application records are stored using Cloudflare infrastructure. Session cookies are needed to keep you signed in. Signing out revokes the current session.

Public product information

Approved product names, descriptions, categories, and website links are public. Account email addresses and internal review notes are not part of public directory listings. Withdrawing a product removes it from public listings but retains the account’s record.

Payments

Where billing is enabled, Stripe processes checkout and billing details. We store customer and subscription identifiers and status to determine account access. Card details are handled by Stripe, not collected in our application.

Operational records

Service logs and rate-limit records support security and troubleshooting. This application does not require advertising cookies to compare products. Hosting and payment providers process information according to their own applicable terms.

Your controls

You can edit or withdraw submitted products in your dashboard, sign out, and manage an enabled subscription through Stripe’s billing portal. Full account deletion and password recovery are not currently available as self-service actions. Do not treat withdrawal as deletion of all records.