What we are building
Folkbench presents service profiles, provider claims, reproducible observations, measurement windows, and publication history in one place. These materials help inspect a service; they do not replace a user’s own technical, legal, or commercial review.
The public Beta is still a foundation. A schema, contract, or placeholder does not mean a provider, probe, payment flow, or production deployment is live.
Who Folkbench serves
- People and teams comparing AI APIs, model services, and service operators.
- Vendors maintaining a reviewed profile and participating in controlled evaluations.
- Folkbench operators reviewing evidence, scoring versions, corrections, and publication snapshots.
Service principles
- Separate provider claims, observed facts, measured results, calculations, and editorial explanation.
- Show measurement dates, sample limits, missing data, and uncertainty.
- Publish only reviewed and sanitized snapshots; keep raw process evidence private.
- Correct material errors through a documented, evidence-led process.
Working with Folkbench
Vendors may provide public sources, maintain service information, authorize a controlled test tenant, and respond to evidence or correction requests. Participation does not guarantee publication, a score, a ranking position, or a particular conclusion.
Enterprise, research, or data cooperation must preserve the same evidence and publication boundaries as the public directory.