Effective date: July 28, 2026 Last updated: July 28, 2026
AI Models Compared (“we”, “us”, “our”) operates the website https://aimodelscompared.com (the “Site”). This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect when you visit the Site, why we collect it, how it is used and shared, and what choices you have. By using the Site, you agree to the practices described in this policy.
Who We Are
AI Models Compared is an independent publication that reviews and compares AI coding models, assistants and developer tools. The Site is operated by an individual publisher. Our website address is https://aimodelscompared.com, and you can reach us at [email protected].
Information We Collect
Information you provide to us
We do not require you to create an account or register to read this Site. You provide information to us only when you choose to. If you leave a comment, we collect the name, email address and website address you enter in the comment form, together with the content of your comment. If you contact us by email, we receive your email address and whatever information you include in your message.
Information collected automatically
Like most websites, we and our service providers automatically receive certain technical information when you visit, including your IP address, browser type and version, operating system, device type and screen size, the referring page or search query that brought you here, the pages you view, the date and time of your visit, and how long you spend on a page. An approximate geographic location (typically country or region level) may be derived from your IP address. We do not attempt to identify individual visitors from this information.
Cookies and Similar Technologies
A cookie is a small text file placed on your device by a website. Similar technologies include local storage, pixels and software development kits. We and our service providers use these technologies for four purposes: to make the Site function correctly, to remember your preferences, to measure how the Site is used, and to serve and measure advertising.
If you leave a comment on the Site, you may opt in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. They last for one year.
Most browsers allow you to refuse, block or delete cookies through their settings, and to be notified before a cookie is stored. Blocking cookies may affect parts of the Site. For advertising cookies specifically, see the Advertising section below for opt-out links.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics 4, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, to understand how visitors find and use the Site. Google Analytics sets cookies and collects information such as your IP address, the pages you view, the source that referred you, and general device and browser characteristics. We use this information only in aggregate, to see which articles are useful and how the Site performs. We do not use Google Analytics to identify individual visitors.
Google’s handling of this data is governed by the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from collecting data about your visits by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, or by blocking analytics cookies in your browser.
Advertising
The Site may display advertising served by third-party advertising vendors, including Google. We use advertising to keep the content on this Site free to read.
Third-party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to this Site or to other websites. Google’s use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to this Site and/or other sites on the Internet.
You may opt out of personalised advertising by Google by visiting Google Ads Settings. You may opt out of personalised advertising by many other vendors at optout.aboutads.info or, if you are in the EEA or the UK, at youronlinechoices.com. Opting out does not remove advertising; it means the advertising you see is less likely to be tailored to you.
You can read more about how Google uses information from sites that use its services in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.
Comments
When visitors leave comments on the Site, we collect the data shown in the comment form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string, which help with spam detection. Comments and their metadata may be retained indefinitely so that follow-up comments from the same person can be recognised and approved automatically rather than held in a moderation queue.
An anonymised string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to check whether you use it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available at automattic.com/privacy. After your comment is approved, your profile picture, if you have one, is visible to the public alongside your comment.
Embedded Content From Other Websites
Articles on this Site may include embedded content such as videos, images or posts from other websites. Embedded content from another website behaves exactly as if you had visited that other website directly. Those websites may collect data about you, set their own cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with the embedded content, including tracking your interaction if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
How We Use Information
We use the information described above to operate, secure and maintain the Site; to publish and moderate comments; to understand which articles are read and how the Site performs so we can improve our content; to serve, measure and improve advertising; to respond to messages you send us; and to comply with legal obligations or enforce our terms.
How We Share Information
We do not sell your personal information for money. We share information only in the following circumstances.
With service providers who operate the Site on our behalf. These currently include our hosting provider; Cloudflare, Inc., which provides content delivery, HTTPS and security filtering, and which necessarily processes request metadata including IP addresses; Google LLC, for analytics and advertising as described above; and Automattic Inc., which operates the Gravatar avatar service.
Where required by law, such as in response to a valid legal process, or where we believe disclosure is necessary to protect our rights, your safety, or the safety of others, or to investigate fraud or abuse.
Data Retention
Comments and their metadata are retained indefinitely so that follow-up comments can be recognised automatically. You may ask us to delete a comment you left, together with its metadata, at any time. Analytics data is retained according to the data-retention setting configured in our Google Analytics property and Google’s own retention policies. Server and security logs held by our hosting provider and by Cloudflare are retained for limited periods under their respective policies.
Your Rights in the EEA and the UK
If you are located in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, you have the right to request access to the personal data we hold about you, to have inaccurate data corrected, to have your data erased, to restrict or object to our processing of it, and to receive a copy of it in a portable format. Where our processing is based on your consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your national data protection supervisory authority.
Our legal bases for processing are: your consent, for analytics and advertising cookies where consent is required; our legitimate interests in operating, securing, measuring and improving the Site; and compliance with legal obligations. To exercise any of these rights, email us at [email protected].
Your California Privacy Rights
If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what personal information we collect and how it is used and disclosed, to request deletion or correction of that information, to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising, and not to be discriminated against for exercising any of these rights.
We do not sell personal information for money. However, the use of third-party advertising cookies described in the Advertising section may be treated as sharing for cross-context behavioural advertising under California law. You can opt out using the links provided in that section, or by blocking advertising cookies in your browser. To make any other request, email us at [email protected].
Children’s Privacy
This Site is intended for a general, professional audience and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years of age, or under 16 where a higher age applies under local law. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.
Data Security
The entire Site is served over encrypted HTTPS connections, and we rely on our hosting provider and on Cloudflare for infrastructure security. We take reasonable measures to protect the limited information we hold. However, no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
International Data Transfers
Our service providers, including Google, Cloudflare and Automattic, may store and process information in the United States and in other countries where they or their subcontractors operate. Where personal data is transferred out of the EEA or the UK, those providers rely on transfer mechanisms such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses. Details are set out in their own privacy policies, which are linked above.
Links to Other Websites
The Site contains links to websites we do not operate, including the websites of the products we review. If you follow such a link, you will be subject to that website’s own privacy policy and terms. We are not responsible for the content or privacy practices of any third-party website, and we encourage you to read their policies before providing any personal information.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the Site, to the services we use, or to applicable law. When we do, we will revise the effective date shown at the top of this page and post the updated policy here. Material changes will be described at the top of the page. Please review this page periodically.
Contact Us
If you have any question about this Privacy Policy, or if you would like to exercise any of the rights described above, please email us at [email protected]. We aim to respond to all legitimate requests within 30 days. If the link above does not work in your browser, you can also write to us at the same address, spelled out here to defeat automated address harvesting: ibelieveczr [at] gmail [dot] com.