How affiliate links work on this site, and why they don't drive our recommendations.
The short version
Some articles and comparisons on DevOps Compass contain affiliate links — links to tools, platforms, or services where we may earn a small commission if you click through and make a purchase or sign up. This is disclosed here, as required, and doesn't cost you anything extra: the price you pay is the same whether you use our link or go directly to the vendor.
Not every external link on this site is an affiliate link. Many links — to official documentation, GitHub repositories, or other technical references — are included purely because they're useful, with no commercial relationship involved.
Editorial independence
The tools and services referenced across DevOps Compass's articles are chosen because they're what we'd genuinely use to solve the problem at hand — not because they pay the highest commission. If a free, open-source tool is the better answer, that's what gets recommended, affiliate relationship or not.
We don't accept payment in exchange for a specific recommendation, and we don't let a vendor review or approve an article before it's published. As stated on the About page: no vendor sponsorships shape what we write.
Where you'll see them
When an affiliate link appears in an article, it's typically in context — for example, a mention of a paid monitoring platform, a managed CI/CD service, or a cloud cost tool discussed as part of a troubleshooting guide or comparison. We don't use pop-ups, redirect chains, or link cloaking to obscure where a link goes.
If you have a question about whether a specific link on the site is an affiliate link, you're welcome to reach out to Arctica, the team behind DevOps Compass, and we'll answer directly.