The sponsor note: how this bench pays its rent
We’re creators recommending tools to creators. When a link pays us, it says so on the tin — and the math pages would rat us out if we fudged them.
from the PodPolish benchpublished July 31, 2026✓ prices checked July 30, 2026declarations current July 31, 2026
The mechanics
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Tool by tool
| Tool | Pays the bench? | Where we send you anyway |
|---|---|---|
| Krisp | yes — affiliate (Impact) | the live interview lane |
| Adobe (Enhance) | route configured; verify at deploy | the default $0 cleanup lane |
| Cleanvoice | route configured; verify at deploy | the housekeeping lane |
| Descript | route configured; verify at deploy | the suite lane |
| Audacity | never — open source | recording and offline cleanup, constantly |
| Zoom | no | the remote-guest rig |
Why the worksheets keep us honest
Every cost on this site is computed from list prices and printed assumptions — so the free lanes ($0.00) sit above paid lanes in sort order on every wall, including lanes that pay us. A bench that fudged that math would be caught by its own tables in one scroll. If you catch it first: [email protected].