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Editorial Policy

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SaaSCron publishes explainers and news about the software-as-a-service (SaaS) industry. This page explains how we choose topics, how articles are written and checked, and what we do when we get something wrong.

What we publish

Every day we publish three articles at fixed times (07:00, 12:00 and 17:00 New York time):

  • Two evergreen explainers. Guides that answer common questions about SaaS: how it works, how it is priced, measured, built, sold and secured. We update them when the facts change.
  • One news story. A development in the SaaS industry, based on an official source such as a company announcement, a regulatory filing or published data.

How we choose topics

Explainer topics come from keyword research: what people search for when they want to understand SaaS. We group related questions so that each guide answers one question well and links to related guides.

News stories come from official sources: company blogs, press releases, investor relations pages, regulators and public datasets. We pick stories that matter to people who build, buy or run SaaS products. We do not cover a story because someone paid us to.

AI-assisted drafting

SaaSCron articles are drafted with the help of AI language models. We say so openly because readers have a right to know how the content they read is made.

This is how it works:

  1. A software pipeline prepares a brief for each topic and an AI model writes a first draft. News drafts must link to the primary sources they are based on.
  2. The editor, Ricardo Machado, reads every draft. He checks the facts against the sources, edits the text and decides whether it is published. He can also delete a draft or send it back.
  3. No article is published without his approval. After approval, the article goes out at the next scheduled time.
  4. Automated checks run before every release. They test structure, links, images and metadata. They support the human review and never replace it.

AI is a drafting tool here, not an author. The editor is responsible for everything we publish. When an article includes the editor’s own experience or opinion, it appears in a clearly labeled Editor’s note.

We do not publish large volumes of automatically generated pages. Each article must answer a real question or report a real development, with information a reader can check.

Images

Article cover images are illustrations generated with an AI image model. They are not photographs and do not show real people, products or events. They never contain company logos. When an article uses a screenshot or another image, the caption says where it comes from.

Sources

  • News stories link to their primary sources. A primary source is the original document: the company’s own announcement, a filing, a court or regulatory document, or the published dataset. Coverage by other outlets is not enough on its own.
  • When we rely on another publication’s original reporting, we name it and link to it.
  • We quote short passages only, with attribution. The rest is written in our own words.
  • Numbers, prices and dates come from the source and are stated with the date they apply to, because SaaS prices and plans change often.
  • When a company does not disclose a figure, we say so. We do not estimate it and present the estimate as fact.

Fact-checking

Before publication, the editor checks:

  • names of companies, products, people and job titles;
  • every number, price, percentage and date against its source;
  • that each quote is accurate and attributed;
  • that every link works and goes to the right document;
  • that the headline matches what the article actually shows.

Claims the pipeline cannot match to a source are flagged for the editor. If a claim cannot be verified, it is removed or clearly attributed to whoever made it.

Headlines

Headlines say what the article is about. We do not use clickbait, withhold key information to make people click, or exaggerate. A headline must be supported by the article body.

Independence

  • Companies cannot pay for coverage, for a review, or to change or remove an article.
  • We do not accept gifts or free products in exchange for coverage.
  • If the author has a financial interest in a company covered in an article, the article says so.
  • Advertising, if we run it, never influences what we write.

The site does not show advertising today. We plan to show ads through Google AdSense in the future, in clearly labeled spaces marked “Advertisement” and separate from the article text. Advertisers have no say over what we publish.

We do not use affiliate links today. If we ever earn money when a reader buys a product through one of our links, the article will say so near the link.

Updates

Evergreen guides are reviewed and updated when facts change, such as a new pricing model or a new regulation. When we make a substantive update, the “Updated” date on the article changes. Fixing a typo or formatting does not change that date.

Translations

English is the original language of every article. Versions in Spanish, Portuguese, German, French and Japanese are produced with AI translation and checked by automated quality controls. If a translation fails those checks, it stays readable but is hidden from search engines until it is fixed. If a translation differs from the English article, the English version is the reference.

Corrections

When we make a mistake, we fix it and say so. Read the Corrections Policy to learn how to report an error and how corrections are shown.

Contact

Questions about this policy are welcome. See the Contact page.