How We Review AI Tools

Reddit Review Collection

Subreddits

We search these tax and accounting subreddits:

• r/taxpros
• r/accounting
• r/CPA
• r/tax
• r/taxpreparation
• r/Bookkeeping

Collection Process

We use Reddit's public JSON API to search for posts and comments mentioning each tool. The process:

1. Query each subreddit for the tool name
2. Include only content where the tool name appears (case-insensitive)
3. Exclude removed/deleted posts and content shorter than 20 characters
4. Remove duplicates based on permalink
5. Sort by upvotes (highest first)

Data Collected

For each Reddit mention, we store:

• Author username
• Post/comment content (truncated to 500 characters)
• Upvote count
• Permalink
• Subreddit name
• Timestamp

AI Sentiment Analysis

We use OpenAI's GPT-4o-mini model to analyze Reddit discussions and generate sentiment summaries. This runs daily via an automated script.

Process

1. Collect the top 15 Reddit comments (by upvotes) for each tool
2. Submit to OpenAI with our analysis prompt
3. AI returns a sentiment label (positive/mixed/negative) and summary paragraph
4. Save to database, updated daily

Analysis Prompt

The prompt used for sentiment analysis:

You are analyzing Reddit discussions about an AI tax tool called "[Tool Name]".
Below are real Reddit comments from tax professionals discussing this tool.

Task:
1. Determine the overall sentiment: "positive", "mixed", or "negative"
2. Summarize the recurring themes and feedback (e.g., accuracy, pricing, support, ease of use, integrations)
3. Keep the tone professional but conversational
4. Output exactly 1 concise paragraph (max 75 words - be comprehensive)
5. Be specific about what tax pros like or dislike

Comments:
[Top 15 comments with upvote counts]

Format your response as JSON:
{
  "sentiment_label": "positive" | "mixed" | "negative",
  "summary": "Your one-paragraph summary here (max 75 words)"
}

Model Configuration

• Model: GPT-4o-mini (OpenAI)
• Temperature: 0.3
• Response Format: JSON
• Summary Limit: 75 words max, 500 characters max

Community Voting

Tax professionals can vote for tools they use and trust. Voting requires a TaxProExchange account. Each user can vote once per tool, and votes are counted in real-time.

Tools are sorted by vote count (highest first).

Update Frequency

• Reddit Reviews: Collected daily
• Sentiment Analysis: Regenerated daily when new reviews are found
• Vote Counts: Updated in real-time

Our Commitment to Transparency

• All Reddit mentions link to the original post/comment
• Sentiment summaries are labeled as "AI Summary"
• Upvote counts and author names shown when available
• All claims verifiable via source Reddit discussions
• Reddit content presented as found, unedited