The only business accountability platform paid for and controlled by consumers. Plus, we're better.
Turns out clean data has a market. It's just not the one companies want to fund.
Every platform that covers companies is paid for by the companies it covers. That's not a conspiracy — it's just a business model. And it means the data can never fully be trusted.
This one is funded by you. Standing Index doesn't take money from companies. No ads, no enterprise contracts, no company can pay to improve their record. All any company can do to improve their standing is do better next time.
The only money we'll ever take is from people who want companies held accountable. $0.99 a month isn't a subscription. It's everyone who's been on the wrong end of bad data pitching in to make sure no one else has to be.
We ask the same question over and over again: does this company do what it says it will? We believe in a healthy business environment that encourages honest business practices as a means of competition.
Most platforms answer to the companies they cover. Their business model depends on it. Ours doesn't. Standing Index was built to answer to you. The result is a different kind of record — structured, consistent, and immune to the money that corrupts every other platform in this space.
Every major review platform is paid for by the companies it rates. That's not a conspiracy — it's a business model. Ours isn't. You pay for it.
We don't ask how you felt. We ask what happened. Five specific questions — asked the same way, every time. That's what turns experience into data.
Same questions, every company, every time — so the data is actually comparable. No other platform can say that.
We don't take complaints or adjudicate disputes. Companies can't pay to remove records or improve their standing without improving their actual behavior.
Every platform has them. Other platforms struggle with scrubbed reviews and paid placement. Our risk is being completely unfiltered. We think that's the better problem to have.
The record shows where companies are falling short. It also shows where a better operator could walk in and win immediately — because the people who've already been burned are right there in the data.
If you're building an ethical company in a space where trust is already broken, Standing Index can connect you with the people who left records about the companies you'd be competing with.
Explore the Ethical Entrepreneur featureSearch an industry. See which companies have consistent gaps between what they promise and what they deliver.
Tell us you're building an ethical company in that space. We notify people who've left records and offer to introduce them to you.
Your first customers, partners, and employees are already out there. Standing Index connects you with them.