# Independence

Who pays us, what is never for sale, and how we pick the software we drive.

Updated 1 November 2026

**On this page**

1. [Who pays us](https://agentdrives.com/about/independence?via=md#pays)
2. [What is never for sale](https://agentdrives.com/about/independence?via=md#never)
3. [Anything paid says Sponsored](https://agentdrives.com/about/independence?via=md#sponsored)
4. [Safety findings stay private](https://agentdrives.com/about/independence?via=md#safety)
5. [How we choose what to drive](https://agentdrives.com/about/independence?via=md#choose)
6. [Our signed agent](https://agentdrives.com/about/independence?via=md#agent)

## Who pays us

Owners pay for an [Audit](https://agentdrives.com/audit) or [Watch](https://agentdrives.com/watch) of their own product. Builders pay for a [data plan](https://agentdrives.com/data?via=md#plans), and agents pay per call for our data.

Every drive is the same drive, whoever pays. A listing whose owner is our customer says **Owner is an AgentDrives customer**.

## What is never for sale

- **A level** L0 to L5
- **A ranking** A place in a list
- **A listing** In or out
- **Research** What it finds
- **The method** How we test

An owner who pays gets the fixes and new drives. The level still comes from what our agent did, the same as for every other product.

## Anything paid says Sponsored

A paid card or a featured spot carries the label **Sponsored**, and its link is marked sponsored for search engines. Paying never changes a level or a product's place in a list, and ads stay out of our API and MCP server.

## Safety findings stay private

When a drive finds a security problem, only the owner hears about it, in their report. We never publish it and never use it.

## How we choose what to drive

We pick products ourselves, and anyone can suggest one for free. An owner can also order a drive of their own product. Both are the same drive, listed at the level it reaches.

We drive every product again about every three months. A lower level goes live only after a second drive confirms it.

[Suggest a product](https://agentdrives.com/tools?via=md#suggest)

## Our signed agent

Every request our agent makes is signed, so a site can see who it is and decide to let it in or block it. It never solves a CAPTCHA or works around a bot check, and it stops when a product asks it to.

## Our agent

**Name**

AgentDrives Agent

**User-Agent**

`AgentDrivesAgent/1.0 (+https://agent.agentdrives.com/bot)`

**Signature**

Web Bot Auth, Ed25519, on 201 of 201 drives

**Signs as**

`https://agent.agentdrives.com`

**Listed by Cloudflare**

Since 24 October 2026

**To stop our drives**

Block `AgentDrivesAgent` in robots.txt

[How it behaves](https://agent.agentdrives.com/bot)

## Think we got one wrong?

We check it against the drive's evidence and publish every correction.

[Corrections](https://agentdrives.com/corrections?via=md)