What happens to a tool that gets acquired or shut down?

The profile stays up and gains a disclosure that says what happened, who acquired it, and roughly when. We track three states: operating normally under a new owner, winding down, and discontinued.

The state changes what the tool is allowed to do on the site. A product that runs normally under new ownership keeps its place in rankings, because it is still a real option. A product that is winding down is dropped from other tools' rankings, since recommending something that is being switched off would be actively unhelpful.

Its own alternatives page stays, and becomes more useful rather than less: people searching for a discontinued tool are usually looking for what to move to.

If your product has been acquired, merged, or sunset and the site does not reflect it, tell us through the claim link on the page. This is one of the corrections we act on fastest.