Compare Financial Products
We track down the best products and services from America’s leading brands so you don’t have to. See our reviews & analysis for the following topics.
We track down the best products and services from America’s leading brands so you don’t have to. See our reviews & analysis for the following topics.
Our product comparisons bring you the facts so you can make informed decisions.
Comparing products one by one from multiple providers can be time-consuming and confusing. Through informational guides and product overviews, we cut through the noise and bring our readers a rundown of our favorite options on the market.
We combine our reviews and research with helpful comparison tools that allow you to view customized pricing from multiple providers at once across a range of categories.
Our writers, reviewers, and editors do their best to compare products side-by-side against the same criteria you would, to bring our readers the most important information all in one place.
Education is the first step to making smart decisions.
We aim to answer our readers’ toughest questions and prepare them to make educated decisions on day-to-day products and services. Our Commerce Team has curated a host of expert freelance writers from various backgrounds to bring our readers trusted opinions on the topics we write about.
The topics we cover range from understanding Workers’ Compensation in California, to figuring out what type of travel coverage you may need on your next vacation to Baja Mexico.
Our method of evaluating products is simple but effective: what would we look for as a consumer?
As part of our review process, our team aims to inspect each product from the consumer’s point of view and highlight the elements that matter most to us as Californians and consumers.
We opt for “like-for-like” comparisons:
Although the variables we look at differ based on the category, the features we compare remain the same across all providers within each category; Affordability, popularity, customer satisfaction rates, noteworthy product features, and more.
Our team works to compile the most important information on each product and present it to you in the clearest way possible. We work on breaking down the jargon and the fine print to make it easy to understand which products and services may be the best fit for you.
We aren’t swayed by sponsored products. As part of the long-standing trust with our readers, we always work to provide you with the facts and our honest opinions fueled by research. Our editorial team does not receive direct compensation from our advertisers. Learn more about the LA Times Compare editorial policy here
Policy Details
LA Times Compare is committed to helping you compare products and services in a safe and helpful manner. It’s our goal to help you make sound financial decisions and choose financial products with confidence. Although we don’t feature all of the products and services available on the market, we are confident in our ability to sound advice and guidance. We work to ensure that the information and advice we offer on our website is objective, unbiased, verifiable, easy to understand for all audiences, and free of charge to our users. We are able to offer this and our services thanks to partners that compensate us. This may affect which products we write about as well as where and how product offers appear on our website – such as the order in which they appear. This does not affect our ability to offer unbiased reviews and information about these products and all partner offers are clearly marked. Given our collaboration with top providers, it’s important to note that our partners are not involved in deciding the order in which brands and products appear. We leave this to our editorial team who reviews and rates each product independently.
At the LA Times Compare our mission is to help our readers reach their financial goals by making smarter choices. As such we follow stringent editorial guidelines to ensure we offer accurate, fact-checked and unbiased information to all readers. Learn how we are compensated by our partners.