How We Make Money

Transparency is important to us. Here is exactly how RetireGrader earns revenue:

Affiliate Partnerships

RetireGrader earns referral fees when visitors click affiliate links on our site and sign up for financial services. These links are routed through our /go/ directory and are clearly identified with appropriate disclosures.

Our affiliate partners may include IRA providers, robo-advisors, financial planning services, and other retirement-related products.

What This Means for You

• Our plan analysis is based entirely on DOL Form 5500 data, not affiliate relationships
• Plan rankings and comparisons are never influenced by whether we have an affiliate relationship
• We only partner with services we believe may be relevant to our audience
• Clicking an affiliate link does not change the price you pay for any service

Editorial Independence

Our editorial content and data analysis are completely independent from our revenue operations. The team that creates plan profiles, calculators, and guides does not consider affiliate relationships when creating content.

See our Editorial Guidelines and Methodology for more details on how we create content and analyze data.