AI Explained
The AI terms that actually show up when you're buying software
Not another "what is an LLM" explainer. We only write about the AI plumbing we've actually run into while testing a real tool — credits, usage caps, per-seat AI add-ons — explained plainly, tied back to something we've reviewed.
FAQ
About this section, honestly
Why this reads differently from every other "AI explained" page you've seen.
Why do you only cover AI concepts tied to tools you've reviewed?
Because that's the only way we can back a claim with something concrete. If we can point to a real pricing page, a real credit meter, or a real usage cap we've hit ourselves, the explanation stays grounded. General AI theory is everywhere already — we'd rather add the pieces nobody else is tying back to an actual buying decision.
Are these explainers written by AI, or by a person?
A person writes and edits every explainer, based on what we ran into while testing a tool. We do use AI tools ourselves in the process — this is a software review site, after all — but the judgment calls and the final wording are ours, not generated wholesale.
How is this different from every other "what is AI" article online?
Most AI explainers are written to rank for a keyword, not because the author ran into the concept firsthand. Ours starts from the opposite direction: something confusing showed up while we were testing a real tool, so we wrote it down. If a topic isn't tied to something we've actually seen, it doesn't get a page here.
Do these explainers ever recommend or promote a specific tool?
They may reference a tool as an example — the way a browser-based coding tool might show up in a piece about credit-based billing — but the goal is to explain the mechanic, not to sell the tool. If you want our actual opinion on a tool, that's what the Reviews section is for.
How often is new content added to this section?
Whenever a new review surfaces a concept worth explaining — there's no fixed schedule. This section is intentionally slow-growing; we'd rather publish a handful of well-grounded explainers a year than pad it out with filler on a schedule.
Can I suggest a term or concept I want explained?
Yes — that's genuinely how this list grows. If you keep running into a term nobody explains simply, let us know and we'll look into whether it's something we can tie to a tool we've tested.