tpdowns.com is an independent editorial publication covering SaaS, AI tools, and the business software small companies and freelancers actually use. Every article on this site comes from real research: pricing pages, vendor documentation, user reviews on G2 and Capterra, and where possible, hands-on free trials.
The site is funded entirely by affiliate commissions on tools that get recommended on their own merit. Affiliate rates never influence the editorial. If a tool is bad, the article says so. If a free tool is better than a paid one, the article says so.
Editorial principles
Independent. No paid placements, no sponsored posts, no "thought leadership" advertorials. Vendors do not get to review or approve coverage before it publishes.
Useful. Every article answers the question that brought you here. If you searched for "best CRM for a NZ small business," you get the recommendation and the reasoning — not three thousand words of preamble.
Honest about affiliate links. Every article with affiliate links discloses them at the top. Affiliate relationships never determine which products get covered or how they're ranked.
Kept up to date. Software pricing and features change. Articles are dated, and updates happen when something material shifts in the products covered.
The author
Toby Downs is an independent tech writer based in New Zealand. He writes about software his readers have to choose between — not aspirational enterprise tools, not "AI-powered" hype, just practical comparisons of what works.
Contact
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