The rule that matters
Affiliate partnerships never influence scores, rankings, or model coverage. There are no paid positions in any table, leaderboard, or recommendation — ever. Rankings are computed from benchmark data using the public methodology, and that pipeline has no input from partners.
How affiliate links appear
Every affiliate placement is labeled “Affiliate disclosure” on callout boxes and includes the same disclosure in article resource lists. Placements are matched to page intent, kept outside ranking tables, and removed when there is no relevant partner or they hurt the reading experience.
Current partners
This list is generated from the same registry that builds live referral links, so it stays aligned with the programs currently active on BenchLM.
- outrank.so — AEO/SEO content engine we use for ranking research.
- ElevenLabs — Text-to-speech and voice AI — the standard for production voice agents.
- Browse AI — No-code web scraping and monitoring — turn any website into structured data or an API.
- Netlify — Deploy frontends, edge functions, and AI apps with a managed build and preview workflow.
- Kimi — Kimi's official referral flow with invite code P449PL applied.
Questions
If a placement ever looks like it conflicts with ranking neutrality, we want to know — reach out on X.