License Audit Defenders is a directory, not a ranking. This page explains how firms get listed, how they are described, how the order is decided, and what happens when you ask to be matched — so you can judge the listings the same way we write them: on the facts.
Firms come from public research and direct submissions via the for-firms page. We do not accept payment for placement, ordering, or favorable description. We take no money from software publishers.
Every listing carries real pros and real cons in the same neutral register. Independence is recorded as a pro; reseller, Big-Four or vendor-side-audit ties as a con. Facts, not verdicts.
Firms appear in neutral alphabetical order everywhere — the directory, vendor pages and country pages. No firm is scored, ranked, or recommended above another.
A firm appears on a vendor, service or country page only when it genuinely covers that combination. Coverage claims are checked against the firm’s public materials.
We confirm each firm’s practice, the vendors and jurisdictions it covers, and whether it is independent or also resells licenses. Listings compiled from public sources are labelled until confirmed.
When you submit a brief we route it to the firms that cover your vendor and need. Firms reply to you directly. We add no markup and no referral fee, and no software publisher sees your brief.
We do not rank firms. We do not sell leads to the highest bidder. We do not publish prices or fees. We do not give legal advice — pages describe how audits and negotiations typically run, as information, not advice. And we never publish a private email address; the intake reaches us directly and securely.
Questions about a specific listing? Use the contact page — corrections are reviewed against the firm’s public materials and updated with a visible review date.
Browse the directory with these rules in mind — or tell us your vendor and need, and compare the firms that come back.