Methodology

One product, several instruments. These are the rules every surface on this site follows; each instrument publishes its own detailed sourcing on top.

  1. Every number is computed, never typed

    Counts, scores and prices on these pages are generated at build time from data files (audit results, provider pricing pages, status APIs). If a fact can't be traced to a source, it doesn't ship.

  2. Dated provenance

    Data surfaces carry the date they were last verified. A stale date is shown, not hidden — freshness claims we can't back are worse than honest staleness.

  3. No manufactured proof

    We have no customers yet, so there are no testimonials, logos, or "trusted by N teams" anywhere on this site. The example audit on the homepage is our own score, including the checks we fail.

  4. Quote bases never mix

    Where providers quote differently (per-GPU vs per-instance nodes; exact retirement dates vs "no sooner than" wording), rows stay in separate, labeled tables with the provider's own words kept verbatim.

Found an error anywhere on this site? hello@answerfootprint.com — corrections outrank everything else and ship in the next rebuild.