Affiliate & Editorial Independence Disclosure
In compliance with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) 16 CFR Part 255 and the Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) 심사지침.
1. Strict Algorithmic Separation (Article 10 Compliance)
CloudScanr operates with complete algorithmic separation between our cloud pricing benchmarks, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculations, and commercial affiliate partnerships. No cloud provider can pay to alter their ranking, score, or placement order in our search and comparison engine. All rankings are computed deterministically from objective hardware specifications and public rate cards.
2. Affiliate Relationships & Outbound Deal Routing
When you click certain outbound buttons (such as "Deploy Deal" or links under /go/{slug}) and register or launch a server, CloudScanr may receive an affiliate referral commission or hosting credit from the respective cloud provider.
This referral compensation comes at zero additional cost to you. In many cases, our partner links provide special promotional signup credits (e.g. $200 free trial credits for new accounts) that reduce your starting infrastructure expense.
3. 공정거래위원회 '추천·보증 등에 관한 표시·광고 심사지침' 고지
본 사이트의 일부 상품 링크 및 제휴 링크(/go/*)를 통해 클라우드 서비스 가입 또는 서버 배포가 이루어지는 경우, CloudScanr는 해당 클라우드 공급자(예: DigitalOcean, Vultr, Hetzner 등)로부터 일정액의 수수료 또는 서비스 이용 크레딧을 제공받을 수 있습니다.
단, 플랫폼 내 모든 가격 정보, 인스턴스 성능 지수, 36개 차원 TCO 총소유비용 산출 및 추천 순위는 객관적 하드웨어 규격과 수학적 알고리즘에 의해서만 결정되며, 경제적 이해관계에 따라 순위가 변경되거나 왜곡되지 않습니다.
4. Privacy-Preserving Attribution
To prevent click fraud without tracking personal browsing history, CloudScanr hashes client IP subnets using SHA-256 with rotating salts. We do not store raw IP addresses or sell user data to advertising brokers.