Who we are, what we publish, how the site is funded, and why we write about the parts of AI that don't go stale.
AI Compass is an independent site publishing plain-English explainers about artificial intelligence, together with a small set of free tools that run entirely in your browser. It is written for people who want to use these tools well in their actual work — not for researchers, and not for people looking to be sold something.
Most writing about AI tools goes out of date almost immediately. A model gets upgraded, a price is cut, a feature that was exclusive to one product ships in all three, and the confident ranking you just read is quietly wrong. Meanwhile the genuinely useful knowledge — what these systems are actually doing, which differences between tools matter, how to check a claim — barely changes at all.
So we bias hard toward the durable part. Our guides describe the dimensions along which tools really differ and give you a repeatable way to test candidates against your own work, rather than declaring a winner with a shelf life of six weeks.
Articles carry a named byline and a publication date. Our contributors write on technology, engineering and small-business operations; where a piece covers a specialist area it is written by someone who works in it. Adrian Wells edits the site and maintains the tools and the pricing data.
The only frequently-changing data we publish is model API pricing, and we keep it in a single maintained table with a verification date and links to each provider's own pricing page. You can inspect the whole thing on the model pricing page. If the date there looks stale, treat the figures as indicative and check the provider.
AI Compass is free to read and supported by display advertising served through Google Ad Manager. Advertisers have no input into what we cover or what we conclude, we do not sell placement in any guide or in the tool picker, and no article is written or amended at an advertiser's request. Our editorial standards set out how we keep that line.
We are not affiliated with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google or any other AI provider. We are not a reseller or a consultancy. Nothing here is legal, financial, or professional advice — it is general information, and decisions with real money or real risk attached should involve someone qualified who knows your situation.
Corrections, questions and suggestions are all welcome at hello@urdupoetry.top, or via our contact page.