How is the Alpha Score calculated?
Every tool gets 5 pillar scores from hands-on testing, each out of 20: Signal Quality, Transparency, Price-to-Value, Usability, Community Verdict. Add them up and you get the Alpha Score out of 100.
Across the 40 fully tested tools, scores run from 41 to 95. Low scores stay low. The full method is on our How We Test page.