Terms of Service

Last updated: 2026-05-15

By using ToolDecker (the "Site") you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the Site.

1. Content nature (AI disclaimer)

  • ▸Tool descriptions, comparisons, and FAQ on the Site are partially AI-generated or AI-assisted.
  • ▸We do our best to verify, but AI output may be stale, inaccurate, or hallucinated.
  • ▸Verify pricing, availability, and terms on the tool's official site before making paid decisions.
  • ▸We do not provide investment, medical, legal, or professional advice.

2. Affiliate disclosure (FTC § 16 CFR 255)

  • ▸Some outbound links are affiliate links. When you sign up or purchase a listed tool through them, we may earn a commission.
  • ▸Affiliate relationships do NOT influence which tools we list, how we rank them, or how we describe them. Algorithm inputs are listed at /trust.
  • ▸We refuse paid submissions, paid ranking boosts, and paid edits to descriptions. We publish a monthly log of refusals.
  • ▸Per-tool disclosure appears at the bottom of each detail page.

3. DMCA / copyright complaints

  • ▸Believe the Site infringes your copyright? Email dmca@tooldecker.com with: (a) the work, (b) infringing URL, (c) your contact info, (d) good-faith statement, (e) signature.
  • ▸Our SLA: respond within 48h, remove validated requests within 7 days.
  • ▸Bad-faith / fraudulent DMCA notices are logged and may be referred to law enforcement.

4. User-submitted content

  • ▸By submitting a tool, you represent that you have the right to do so.
  • ▸You grant ToolDecker a non-exclusive license to display, translate, and AI-summarize the submission.
  • ▸We may decline, remove, or modify any submission without notice.
  • ▸Forbidden: links containing malware, illegal services, deepfakes, child-inappropriate content.

5. Accounts & login

  • ▸Login via OAuth (Google / GitHub), Magic Link email, or SMS OTP (CN region).
  • ▸We don't store your third-party passwords; OAuth only exchanges signed tokens.
  • ▸You are responsible for activity on your account. If compromised, email hello@tooldecker.com immediately.

6. Restrictions

  • ▸No automated scraping, brute-force, SSRF / XSS / SQL injection attempts, or rate-limit bypasses.
  • ▸We apply indexing-friendly robots policies for pages, JSON-LD, and llms.txt; commercial crawlers (MJ12, Ahrefs etc.) are blocked — see /robots.txt.
  • ▸LLM training crawlers (Claude-Web, GPTBot etc.) are allowed by default — see /robots.txt.

7. Disclaimer

  • ▸The Site is provided AS IS, without warranty of availability, accuracy, or fitness for purpose.
  • ▸We are not liable for losses arising from using the Site or any listed tool.
  • ▸Disputes are governed by the laws of Hong Kong SAR.

8. Changes

  • ▸We may update these terms; material changes will be announced on the homepage for 7 days.
  • ▸Continued use constitutes acceptance of the updated terms.