# Rating methodology: 8 criteria, weights, verification procedure and change log

A service score is computed from 8 criteria with weights features 20, account stability 20, price per thread 15, entry barrier 10, learning materials 10, support 10, transparency 10, updates 5 (sum 100). Each criterion gets 0 to 10 points; the total is the weighted mean rounded to one decimal and is never typed in by hand. Card facts come from the vendors' official sites, each with a link and a check date; anything the site does not state is marked "no data".

## Independence

An independent rating of Telegram traffic software: vendors do not pay for placement or reviews, there are no referral links, scores follow the published methodology, reviews come only from verified Telegram accounts.

- No service pays for placement, a card, a review or a user review. The order is computed from the criterion points; the formula and the weights are published below.
- Links to vendor sites are direct, without referral or affiliate tags. No click from this site earns it money.
- The editors never write reviews and never accept them from vendor staff. Only reviews from a Telegram account verified by signing in or by direct contact with the editors are published; an author may ask to withhold the name, and the review then says so.
- Every fact on a card links to its primary source and carries a check date. Anything the vendor site does not state is “no data”, never a guess.
- The “editorial pick” is the current first place by points, not an advertising slot. Every change of points is logged below with a date.
- Vendors have a right of reply: corrections to card facts are checked against primary sources and applied with a log entry.

## Criteria and weights

| Criterion | Weight | What is assessed |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Features | 20 | How many of the 20 checklist modules exist and how complete they are. |
| Account stability | 20 | Warm-up, floodwait pauses, proxy applied before the first connection, honest account status when Telegram freezes it. |
| Price per thread | 15 | Cost of one concurrent thread or working account on the cheapest plan. |
| Entry barrier | 10 | Whether a PC, an install or environment setup is needed; whether a free trial exists. |
| Learning materials | 10 | Documentation, module guides, videos, templates. |
| Support | 10 | Contact channel, promised and measured response time. |
| Transparency | 10 | Per-target results, logs, statistics, export; a started job is not reported as a finished one. Honest marketing: no vendor-written ratings or reviews, no hidden affiliate links. |
| Updates | 5 | Release cadence and a public change log. |

## Point scale

| Points | Meaning |
| --- | --- |
| 0 | The criterion is absent or the site gives no data to assess it. |
| 3 | Present in a minimal form: one module of the group, e-mail-only support, price at least twice the niche median. |
| 5 | At the niche median. |
| 7 | Better than most: noticeably wider set, price below the median, documentation for every module. |
| 10 | Best in the niche at the check date. |

## Formula

Score = (20 × features + 20 × account stability + 15 × price per thread + 10 × entry barrier + 10 × learning materials + 10 × support + 10 × transparency + 5 × updates) / 100. The result is 0 to 10, rounded to one decimal. Ranks follow the score in descending order; on a tie the alphabetically earlier name ranks higher.

## Verification procedure

1. Card facts come only from the vendor's official site, its documentation and its Telegram channel. Third-party reviews and ratings do not count as sources.
2. Every fact records the page link and the date it was read. The source table sits at the bottom of every card.
3. Anything the site does not state is marked "no data". An empty field beats a guessed one.
4. The 20-module checklist is filled from the feature descriptions on the site; a module counts as confirmed when it is named explicitly.
5. Criterion points are set by one reviewer named on the card. Points are revisited at every re-check of a card, and every change is logged with a date.
6. Prices and scores are re-checked every two weeks. Every score or price change is logged with a date.
7. The schema.org AggregateRating reflects one editorial review per card. User reviews are added only with Telegram verification and a real date; the rating count in the markup then grows.
8. Links to vendor sites are direct, with no affiliate or referral tags. Vendors do not pay for placement.

## Change log

| Date | Change |
| --- | --- |
| 20 October 2026 | Launch: 14 cards, the main rating and 18 module ratings, the price table, 13 comparisons with TeleTraff, reviews, pricing and alternatives for every service. Criterion points are based on the vendors’ official sites, documentation and channels; every fact carries a link and a check date. |
| 20 October 2026 | TeleTraff, “Updates” criterion: 6 → 7. Grounds: the site’s guides section gained seven dated posts between 02.08 and 28.09.2026 and the API docs were updated; the service publishes no release log, hence no more than 7. Overall score 7.7 → 7.8. |

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Source: https://telegramsoft.review/en/methodology/. Other languages: [ru](https://telegramsoft.review/methodology.md), [uk](https://telegramsoft.review/uk/methodology.md). Facts come from the vendors' official sites, each with a link and a check date.