Please read these in full before using the service, especially the bolded parts. Subscribing means you accept all of these terms.

1. Nature of the service

1. AI-bid (the "Platform") provides two services: a free public AI-tool board, and a paid data subscription (API quota, historical data, bulk comparison, and export).
2. Rank is determined solely by the public signal score (star count + 0.25 × fork count) and cannot be bought, bid for, or influenced by any payment. A subscription never changes any entry's rank.
3. "Subscriber" means an individual or entity that pays for data access; "quota" means the monthly API calls included in the tier, as published in the quota rules.

2. Accounts & eligibility

1. A Subscriber must be an individual of full legal capacity, or a duly incorporated and validly existing legal entity.
2. Subscribing means you have read and accepted all of these terms. Business users must ensure the person acting has proper authority.
3. One entity may hold several subscriptions, but may not split itself across entities to evade quota limits or abuse controls.

3. Acceptable use

1. Keep your API keys confidential. Do not publish, lend, or share them beyond the authorised scope; rotate immediately on suspected leakage.
2. Do not exceed your quota and do not bypass or attempt to bypass rate limits, authentication, or quota controls.
3. Do not resell, sublicense, or claim data-distribution rights over subscription data. When publishing analysis based on Platform data, credit the source and link to these terms.
4. Do not use the service for any unlawful purpose, including scanning or crawling content the Platform has excluded.

4. The board & ranking

1. Rank is based on the public signal score = star count + 0.25 × fork count, with the formula, parameters, and inclusion list published once in the methodology notes. No other factor affects rank — including payment.
2. The Platform offers no "rank guarantee", "rank lock", or "pay to rank higher" service. Anyone claiming to influence rank is not authorised by the Platform, and payments made to them are unrelated to the Platform.
3. The Platform may review and exclude abnormal signals (sudden spikes, star farming, reciprocal starring); excluded signals do not count toward rank, and no compensation is owed for their exclusion.
4. Including or removing an entry is an editorial decision made under the published inclusion criteria, unrelated to any payment.

5. Payment & billing

1. Fees are collected via the merchant-of-record (MoR) checkout. A payment is deemed successful on the signature-verified asynchronous callback from the payment provider.
2. Subscriptions are billed monthly or yearly; quota resets each month and does not roll over. Prices and quotas are published in the quota rules.
3. Auto-renewal charges shortly before each period ends. You may cancel at any time before renewal; cancellation stops future charges and keeps the current period active until it ends.
4. Invoices are issued within 3 business days of request and reflect the actual service. Requests to change the item description or to overstate the amount will be refused.

6. Subscription terms & changes

1. Subscription periods run monthly or yearly from the date of successful payment.
2. Upgrades take effect immediately with a pro-rated charge; downgrades and cancellations take effect at the end of the current period.
3. If the Platform fails to deliver the data service for more than 72 consecutive hours for reasons on its side, the period is extended by the affected days.

7. Refunds

1. Subscription fees are in principle non-refundable. The refundable cases, process, and timelines are set out in the Refund Policy.
2. Fees are not refunded where access was terminated for a breach; if a review finds the Platform erred, the fee is refunded in full.

8. Enforcement

1. On finding a breach (API abuse, data reselling, key sharing, attempts to influence rank), the Platform may take one or more of: rate-limiting, suspending access, terminating the subscription, blacklisting, or reporting to the competent authority.
2. Minor breaches get a 24-hour fix window. Serious breaches (unlawful use, attacks, bulk data theft) are terminated immediately without refund.
3. Third-party claims, administrative penalties, or criminal liability arising from your use are borne by you alone. Where the Platform pays first, it may recover the full amount from you.

9. Intellectual property

1. Page design, code, trademarks, and datasets are owned by the Platform.
2. Entry names and icons belong to their respective owners; inclusion constitutes fair use for public signal statistics and retrieval.
3. During your subscription you may use API data within its scope. After termination you must not continue to bulk-retain, resell, or mirror API data; the board's free public data is unaffected.

10. Liability

1. The service is provided "as is". We do not warrant uninterrupted, error-free, or risk-free operation; changes in third-party signal sources may affect rank.
2. Our total liability to a Subscriber is capped at the subscription fees that Subscriber actually paid.
3. We are not liable for interruptions caused by force majeure (natural disaster, war, government action, carrier failure, large-scale cyber-attack).
4. We make no promise as to the business outcome of your use of the data (traffic, conversions, sales).

11. Changes to these terms

1. We may amend these terms for legal or business reasons, announcing changes on-site at least 7 days in advance.
2. Continuing to use the service means you accept the amended terms. If you disagree, you may stop using it and settle any unperformed period.

12. Governing law & disputes

1. These terms are governed by the laws of Ireland, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules — chosen to match the Platform's merchant-of-record and data-processing arrangements inside the EEA. Mandatory consumer-protection rules of your country of residence remain unaffected.
2. The parties will first attempt to resolve any dispute in good faith. If unresolved within 30 days, the dispute is referred to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Dublin, Ireland; EU/UK consumers may alternatively bring proceedings in their local courts.
3. If any provision is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions stay in effect.