Terms of use

These terms are an agreement between you and Cratepick ("we"). By using Cratepick you agree to them. If you use Cratepick for a business, you agree on its behalf. Our privacy policy explains how we handle personal data.

1. What Cratepick is

Cratepick is a directory of software for small businesses. Listings describe tools made by other companies. We try to keep them accurate, but prices and features change. Always check the tool's own site before you buy. We aren't part of any deal between you and a tool's maker.

Cratepick is in a free beta. There are no paid plans or payments yet. Before any paid feature starts, we'll update these terms and email signed-in members first, as section 12 describes.

2. Accounts

You must be at least 16 and able to agree to these terms. Keep access to your email secure, because it's how you sign in. One account per person; don't create accounts to vote, review or earn credits more than once.

3. What you post

You own the reviews, comments, launch details and edits you post. You give us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, show, adapt for display, and share them on Cratepick and in our open data feeds. The licence ends when you delete them, except for copies already shared or kept as the law requires. You confirm you have the right to post them.

Don't post anything that is:

• false or misleading, including reviews of tools you haven't used, reviews of your own or a competitor's tool, or reviews written for payment from a maker;
• part of a swap or arrangement to review each other's tools;
• spam, advertising, links to promote something, or written by a bot on your behalf;
• abusive, hateful, harassing, illegal, or someone else's private information;
• copied from someone else without permission.

We may hold, edit for formatting, hide or remove content, and suspend or close accounts that break these rules. Our moderators include people and automated checks. If we remove something of yours, you can ask us why at [email protected].

4. Reviews and review credits

Members earn review credits for reviews that pass moderation. Every approved review earns the same credit whatever its star rating; we never reward positive reviews. Credits have no cash value, can't be bought, sold or transferred, and are only for boosting a tool you make. We may take back credits from a review that's later removed, and we may change how many credits a review earns or a boost costs. Because reviewers may have earned credits, we say so on every page that explains reviews.

5. Launches, listings and boosts

If you launch or claim a tool, you confirm that you make or run it, or are allowed to act for the business that does. Launch details must be accurate. We review every launch and listing edit and may decline or change them. A boost puts your tool in a labelled "Boosted" spot for a set time; it doesn't add upvotes or change how job and industry lists are ranked. We may reject or end a boost that breaks these terms; credits spent on a boost that we end early are returned.

Makers who don't want their tool listed, or want a listing corrected, can write to us and we'll act on it promptly.

6. Votes and rankings

Rankings follow the rules on How we rank. Nobody can pay for position. Don't buy, trade or automate votes. We remove votes that look automated or co-ordinated, and may remove a tool from rankings if its maker tries to game them.

7. Reporting content and takedowns

Use "Report" on any comment, or email [email protected] about anything else, including copyright or trademark complaints. Tell us where the content is, what's wrong, and how to reach you. We'll review it and tell the person who posted it when the law requires.

8. Open data

Listing data in our open feeds (tools.json, llms.txt, RSS) may be quoted with a link back to the tool's Cratepick page. Members' reviews and comments are not part of that permission.

9. Things we can't promise

Cratepick is provided "as is". We don't promise it will always be available, error-free, or that any tool listed will suit you. To the extent the law allows, we aren't liable for indirect or consequential losses, or for anything a third-party tool does. Our total liability to you for any claim is limited to the greater of 100 US dollars or what you paid us in the last 12 months. Nothing in these terms limits liability that can't legally be limited, or takes away rights you have as a consumer where you live.

10. Ending things

You can stop using Cratepick and delete your account at any time from your account. We may suspend or close accounts that break these terms, or end the service with reasonable notice. Sections 3, 8, 9 and 11 continue after that.

11. Law and disputes

If you're a consumer, you keep the protection of the mandatory laws of the country you live in, and can bring a claim in your local courts.

12. Changes

We may update these terms. If a change matters, we'll update the date above and tell signed-in members by email before it takes effect. Using Cratepick after that means you accept the new terms.

Contact

Cratepick. [email protected]