Listed
Free
Auto-approved. Visible immediately.
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Methodology
How we score trust.
Charity Navigator ethics. Developer-native surface. You cannot buy a Cleared badge — you earn it. You can buy Spotlight for distribution only.
Cleared
From $149/mo
Attested badge. Methodology-backed checks.
Spotlight
From $49/mo add-on
Category placement + sponsored landing. Visibility report — not rankings.
Listed checks (automatic)
- Valid origin URL and contact email
- At least one endpoint with path, method, and price
- Light manifest probe (non-blocking)
- Honeypot + basic spam filtering
Cleared checks (attested)
- Manifest schema valid and stable over recheck window
- Receipt present on settled calls (canary probes)
- Confidence and method on structured fields where applicable
- Disclosure present — no invented data
- Public recheck timestamp on every listing
Spotlight (distribution only)
- Requires Cleared tier
- Category placement and banner fields — curated templates only
- Does not change attestation score or methodology results
- Deliverable: one category placement plus monthly visibility reporting — not a ranking guarantee
- Outbound links marked sponsored with
rel="sponsored nofollow"