Who does the testing.
The owners and managers who run our tests.
These are the hosts behind Studio 53 — each one runs real listings and puts every tool through the same rubric before it earns a score.
Why we sign every review
Anonymous review sites are easy to run and easy to buy. Ours are signed because a name attached to a score is the cheapest form of accountability there is — if we get a fee or a feature wrong, you know exactly who to write to, and we publish the correction.
What that covers
Between them, the team maintains 94 management-company reviews and 74 host-software reviews, plus the two rankings those pages feed. Every one lists what the provider itself publishes — and says “not published” where a company keeps a number to itself, rather than inventing one to fill the table.
What we do not do
We take no payment for placement, run no affiliate-commission programme, and do not accept gifts or trades in exchange for coverage. No company sees a review before it goes live. The full standard is on our editorial policy, and the scoring itself is set out on how we test.