ABOUT & METHODOLOGY
Show commercial content clearly, keep the boundaries.
Commercial Hub is APISpotlight's separate commercial area for discovering and understanding third-party AI API services and commercial options. It is not a ranking and does not replace Official Core's first-party benchmark data.
01Data and separation
This area uses its own private repository and deployment. It consumes only public snapshots of the Official Public Data Contract v1 at build time and never references Official internal implementations.
- Produces and displays no Official ranking or score
- Commercial relationships do not affect Official testing or historical data
- No database, tracking or automated voting is operated
02Placement rules
Partners, Sponsored placements and any future Developer Choice use distinct visual and semantic areas, so commercial placement is never misread as a quality ranking.
- Prices and benefits carry the most recent manual verification date
- Sponsored placements can buy position but change no other data
- Outbound links are clearly marked as leaving the site and as commercial relationships
03Developer Choice
Reviews and choice signals are reserved UI only: there is no voting system, no user accounts and no generated ranking.
04Exit and circuit breaker
A partner can request removal; the operator can also switch the whole commercial area off with enabled=false, without affecting Official Core.
05Wholesale / Marketplace
Wholesale / Marketplace is a separate Discovery Layer. Confirmed means only that public evidence meets the classification criteria. It does not guarantee quality, price, stability, authenticity, merchant credit, compliance or resale rights.
- Marketplace is not Partner; Provider is not Wholesale
- Open-source Gateways such as New API / One API do not enter the formal Wholesale area
- Watchlist is only a lead kept because evidence is insufficient; it is not a recommendation
Want to compare options or submit a Provider?
Start with the factual comparison and the public offers; Provider submissions continue to go through manual review.