Category partnerships
Be the answer when an engineer asks an AI which tool to use
AICodeReview.cc is a reference site that AI assistants pull from when engineering teams research code review tooling. Our pages were cited 52,000 times in the last 30 days by AI crawlers and answer engines. Buyers increasingly ask a model before they ask Google, and the model answers from pages like these.
52,000
AI citations
trailing 30 days
47
pages cited
distinct, per average day
51
tool reviews
tested and rated
297
in-depth posts
growing weekly
99
glossary entries
the definitions models quote
450
indexed pages
all crawlable
Sources: Google Search Console and AI crawler citation logs, trailing 30 days as of July 2026. Page and review counts are live from the site as you read this. For completeness, Google search traffic over the same window was 8,700 impressions and 205 clicks - this is a young site, and the AI citation figure is the number that matters here, not the search traffic. Ask and we will send the current export for any of these.
Why this site, specifically
Two audiences read every page
The engineering lead comparing tools, and the model that will summarise this category for the next thousand people who ask. We write for both. That is why the site publishes a machine-readable index at /llms.txt alongside the human pages.
Ads expire, pages compound
Dev-tool keywords run $15-40 per click on Google Ads. A month here costs roughly what 10-20 paid clicks cost, except these pages keep ranking, keep getting cited, and get refreshed for as long as you are a partner.
Independence is the product
A directory nobody trusts converts nobody, and a model will not cite a page it reads as an advertorial. The editorial wall is what makes the placement worth buying. It is not for sale, which is precisely the point.
A partner, not a slot
Direct line to the founder. Launching something? We cover it. No ticket queue, no account manager, no media kit ping-pong.
What a partnership includes
Every placement below is labelled as sponsored. None of them exist for an unsponsored tool.
A rebuilt tool page
Your page opens with a partner panel - your headline, your positioning, your product visual, and two live CTAs above the fold. You write that copy. The editorial review underneath stays ours.
A sticky conversion rail
A pinned card follows the reader down your page, with a repeat CTA after the verdict. Our pages run several thousand words; without this, a reader convinced at the bottom has nothing to click.
The homepage partner slot
A dedicated band above the tool grid, seen by every visitor regardless of what they came looking for. Your position in the grid below stays wherever the rating puts it.
A unit on all 297 posts
The placement with the most reach. Your unit runs in the sidebar of every article on the site, including the comparison pages where readers are actively choosing and have not decided yet.
Guaranteed roundup placement
A full ranked entry with screenshot in every relevant best-of and alternatives post, plus a labelled row in the comparison tables. Your rank stays editorial. The entry is guaranteed.
A block in the AI answer layer
A named section in /llms.txt and /llms-full.txt - the files AI crawlers read directly - with a full entry underneath, plus sponsor markup in the page structured data.
The newsletter
A dedicated mention in the weekly issue, plus inclusion in the launch roundups. Being straight with you: the list is new and small, so treat this as an extra that grows into value over your term rather than a reason to sign. It is included at no extra cost however large it gets, and we will tell you the exact size if you ask.
Quarterly page refresh
We keep your pricing, features, and screenshots current all year. Ship something new and we cover it. Your pages never go stale on our watch.
Quarterly performance report
Clicks, impressions, and AI citations for your pages, sent to your inbox. Real numbers, including the quarters where they are flat.
Category Partner
$300/month
or $2,500/year - save $1,100
One partner per category
For as long as you are a partner we will not take on a directly competing tool in your category. Other categories may have their own single partner, and your placements never share a page with a rival's. Categories are defined honestly and narrowly - a static analyser and a runtime testing tool are not competitors, and we will not pretend otherwise to sell a second slot.
Your pages go live within 24 hours of sign-off. Month to month, cancel whenever - the placements come down at the end of the period you have paid for.
What it does not buy
Worth reading before you get in touch, because these are not negotiable and it saves us both a call.
- Your rating
- Scores come from the same weighted criteria applied to every tool, before and after a deal.
- Your ranking
- The homepage grid, category lists, and comparison tables sort on merit. Partners do not move up.
- Removal of criticism
- Cons, trade-offs, and negative verdicts stay in the review. You do not get approval over our copy.
- Silence about competitors
- We keep reviewing and recommending your rivals above you wherever that is the honest answer.
The full rules are in our sponsorship disclosure. If a partner ever reads as bought, tell us and we will fix it.
Current partners
Want the current numbers for your category?
Tell us which tool you are, and we will send the citation and traffic export for the pages you would be on - before you commit to anything.
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