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Our methodology
Every rating here rests on three inputs, and two of them carry the same pull. Cost counts for 40% and offer counts for 40%, so what a service charges and what a plan actually includes move a verdict as much as either one alone. Trust counts for 20%. Features still matter, but reliability is what decides whether a service keeps the people who sign up.
That balance shapes the trade-offs you will see. A brand can look generous on limits and still ask more each month, or undercut on price and hand you less inside the plan. Because the money-related factors sit so high, two services that feel very different day to day can finish close together on a tech score. Read the fit and the catch together instead of chasing the top line alone.
The order of any list is plain to state: partners are listed first in every ranking, and everything else follows by score. Tiers keep the depth visible too. Full reviews carry the reasoning end to end, while profiles give you the core numbers, pricing and limits in a shorter form, so you can move between a quick check and a closer read.
Sourcing is the last piece. Details come from official brand pages, regulator registers and other cited sources, so a figure on a profile or inside a full review traces back to the place it was published. Across supplements, gym kit and sporting equipment, the same method applies: price, plans, quotas and what is included, weighed the same way each time.
This page explains how ThriveCue scores and ranks brands.
What we cover
This site compares telehealth, supplements, sports nutrition, fitness equipment, wearables, running shoes, sports gear, health devices, brain training.
What we score
Every brand is scored on a scale of 1 to 10 on the criteria below. The overall score is the weighted average of these criteria.
| Criterion | Weight |
|---|---|
| Cost | 40% |
| Offer | 40% |
| Trust | 20% |
How rankings are ordered
Rankings apply the following priorities in order; a later priority only breaks a tie in the earlier ones:
- Brands with a paid offer serving the current view come before those without one.
- Within each of those groups, brands available in your country come first, followed by those marked unavailable.
- Within each availability group, brands marked as lacking a required licence come after the others.
- Where these priorities tie, affiliate network links come before our own referral or direct partner links.
- Among network offers, an offer explicitly listing your country comes before a broad default offer. Within each of those groups, known expected commission per click comes before unknown values, and higher expected commission comes first. Ties are broken by commission terms (lifetime, revenue share, then per sale or lead) and then higher payout. For referral or direct partner offers, only explicitly listing your country breaks the commercial tie; their payout is not used as expected commission per click.
- Only after all the earlier priorities tie do rated brands come before those marked "not rated yet", followed by higher overall score.
When no country is selected, eligible active offers serving at least one country qualify for the paid group, including offers limited to particular countries. We use the highest recorded expected commission per click across an offer's base value and country values. When a country is selected, its value is used where recorded, otherwise the offer's base value applies.
A brand with a lower score can therefore appear above one with a higher score because of the earlier priorities. Featured cards and sponsor strips sit outside the ranking. A booked placement is labelled "Sponsored"; when none is booked, the featured card shows a partner picked by the commission it pays us, labelled "Featured".
Countries
Global rankings list every relevant brand. When a brand does not accept customers from your country, we mark it and point you to an alternative. Country pages list only brands available in that country.
Sources
Facts come from each brand's own website and documents, public registers, affiliate network listings and other published sources, including independent reviews. Each fact on a page shows its source link and the date we checked it. When a brand publishes no country list, its countries come from its affiliate programme listings, and the page says so. The editorial policy explains how facts are checked.
Keeping it current
Scores change when the facts behind them change. A ranking is published once at least five brands in it are scored, and a brand gets a review page once enough of its key facts are confirmed. Spot a mistake? Write to [email protected].
This page is written by the ThriveCue Editorial Team.