General Terms and Conditions (GTC) for kifox.ai

Effective date: April 26, 2026

§ 1 Scope and Subject Matter of the Contract

(1) These General Terms and Conditions (hereinafter “GTC”) apply to the use of the website kifox.ai (hereinafter “Portal” or “kifox.ai”), operated by:

Pierre Kühnert
Finkenweg 13
04643 Geithain
Germany
Email: [email protected]
(hereinafter “Operator”)

(2) The kifox.ai portal provides an editorially managed comparison of artificial intelligence tools (hereinafter “AI tools”). Users can obtain information about AI tools, compare them, rate them, and, where applicable, be redirected to the respective providers via affiliate links.

(3) These GTC apply to all persons who access the portal, submit ratings, or register as a provider of an AI tool.

(4) The authoritative language of these GTC is German. Should translations be offered in the future, the German version shall remain legally binding in case of doubt.

(5) Deviating, conflicting, or supplementary general terms and conditions of providers or users shall not become part of the contract unless the Operator expressly agrees to their validity in writing.

§ 2 Definitions

For the purposes of these GTC, the following definitions apply:

  • User – any natural person who accesses the kifox.ai portal without registering or submitting a rating.
  • Reviewer – natural persons who submit a rating for a listed AI tool via the portal.
  • Provider – natural or legal persons who offer their own AI tool and wish to have it listed on kifox.ai.
  • Affiliate Partner – providers who, in addition to being listed, participate in an advertising or commission agreement with the Operator via an affiliate network (e.g. Impact, Awin).
  • Listing – the publication of an AI tool on kifox.ai, including a detail page and inclusion in comparison overviews.

§ 3 Use of the Portal by Users

(1) Use of the portal as a user is free of charge and possible without registration.

(2) The content of the portal serves exclusively informational and comparison purposes. It does not replace individual advice and does not constitute binding recommendations.

(3) There is no entitlement to uninterrupted availability, completeness, or up-to-dateness of the content provided.

(4) Systematic, automated, or machine-based extraction of data from the portal (e.g. by scraping, crawling, or comparable methods) without the Operator’s express written permission is prohibited.

§ 4 Ratings by Users

4.1 Requirements

(1) Ratings may be submitted without registration. A prerequisite is that the reviewer is at least 16 years old.

(2) A rating is only publicly displayed on the portal after confirmation of the email address provided by the reviewer (double opt-in).

(3) In principle, only one rating per AI tool is permitted per reviewer. Multiple ratings, in particular through different email addresses or pseudonyms, are not permitted.

4.2 Content Requirements

(1) Ratings must be based on the reviewer’s own actual experience with the AI tool being rated.

(2) Ratings must in particular not contain:

  • insults, hate speech, discrimination, or derogatory statements,
  • false statements of fact or untrue information,
  • advertising or self-promotion of any kind,
  • multiple or fake ratings,
  • abusive criticism or derogatory comparisons with competing tools,
  • URLs, links, or references to external content,
  • ratings without actual personal use of the tool,
  • content that violates applicable law or the rights of third parties (e.g. personal rights, trademark rights, or copyrights).

4.3 Publication and Moderation

(1) After confirmation of the email address, the rating is published immediately (post-moderation system).

(2) Other users can report ratings using the designated function if a violation of these GTC is suspected.

(3) The Operator reserves the right to shorten, remove, or refuse publication of ratings without stating reasons if they violate the GTC, applicable law, or common decency, or if there are justified doubts as to their authenticity.

4.4 Correction and Deletion of Ratings

(1) Reviewers may have their rating corrected once by email to [email protected]. A further correction via this route is not possible.

(2) In justified individual cases (e.g. typos, incorrect tool assignment), the Operator may make additional corrections, but is not obliged to do so.

(3) The reviewer may request the complete deletion of their own rating at any time. An informal email to [email protected] is sufficient for this purpose.

4.5 Rights of the Provider Regarding Ratings

(1) Providers have the right to respond publicly and visibly to ratings of their own tool. This function is currently handled via email to the Operator; a direct reply option via the portal is in preparation.

(2) If a provider considers a rating to be untrue or unlawful, they may notify the Operator by email to [email protected], stating the reasons and, where possible, providing evidence. The Operator shall review each case individually and decide at its duly exercised discretion.

4.6 Rights of Use to Ratings

(1) By publishing a rating, the reviewer grants the Operator a non-exclusive, free-of-charge right of use, unlimited in time and territory, to publish, store, edit (in particular shorten), and make the rating publicly accessible within the portal and comparable media.

(2) The right is non-exclusive; the reviewer retains the right to use the same rating elsewhere.

§ 5 Provider Listings

5.1 General

(1) AI tool providers may request inclusion of their tool in the portal from the Operator. A prerequisite is that they have reached the age of 18 or, in the case of legal entities, have valid authority to represent them.

(2) Inclusion takes place solely at the Operator’s initiative and after editorial review. There is no entitlement to inclusion in the portal.

(3) Providers may have multiple AI tools listed. A separate provider account may be required for each tool if the tool is managed as an affiliate listing.

5.2 Registration as a Basic Listing

(1) Providers who wish to obtain a free standard listing shall send the Operator the required information by email to [email protected], in particular:

  • Name of the provider or company name
  • Address and contact details
  • Link to the AI tool
  • Description of functions and target groups
  • Logo and, where applicable, additional image materials
  • Suggested categorization

(2) The Operator reviews the submitted information and, after successful review, creates the tool editorially on the portal. Notification of publication is sent to the provider by email.

(3) In the case of a basic listing, the Operator creates the detail page editorially on the basis of the information provided by the provider and its own research. The provider has no direct access to edit the detail page.

5.3 Affiliate Listing

(1) Affiliate listings require that the provider is a member of an affiliate network (e.g. Impact, Awin) and that an affiliate connection with the Operator has been established.

(2) Affiliate partners receive a provider account in the portal with extended editing rights. In particular, they may:

  • maintain their own texts and descriptions,
  • upload their own images and screenshots,
  • embed videos,
  • design their own CTA buttons (calls to action),
  • integrate direct affiliate links to their own tool page,
  • customize their own logo and branding.

(3) All content is subject to final review and approval by the Operator. The Operator may at any time require changes from the provider or remove content that violates these GTC, applicable law, or the portal’s editorial standards.

5.4 Obligations of the Provider

(1) The provider warrants that all information submitted by them is truthful, current, and complete.

(2) In particular, the provider must not:

  • make false or misleading statements about the tool,
  • defame or disparage competitors,
  • submit fake ratings, whether personally or through commissioned parties, for their tool or against competing tools,
  • post pornographic, violence-glorifying, far-right extremist, or otherwise illegal content,
  • post content that infringes third-party intellectual property rights (in particular copyrights, trademark rights, or personal rights).

(3) The provider is obliged to notify the Operator without undue delay of changes to essential tool characteristics (e.g. scope of functions, prices, URL, change of provider).

5.5 Rights of Use to Uploaded Content

(1) The provider warrants that they own all rights to the content uploaded by them (texts, images, logos, videos, descriptions) or have the necessary rights of use to have the content published on kifox.ai.

(2) The provider grants the Operator a non-exclusive, worldwide, free-of-charge right of use to the content provided by them, limited in time to the duration of the listing, for display in the portal and for supplementary marketing use in connection with kifox.ai (e.g. presentation as a “listed tool,” mention in overview articles, social media posts on its own behalf).

(3) Trademarks, logos, and other identifiers of the provider remain the property of the respective provider. Their use takes place exclusively within the scope of the listing and the marketing purposes specified in paragraph 2.

(4) The provider shall indemnify the Operator against all third-party claims arising from the infringement of third-party rights by the content uploaded by the provider. This also includes reasonable legal defense costs.

5.6 Right of the Operator to Remove a Tool

(1) The Operator reserves the right to remove a tool from the portal, in particular if:

  • the provider violates these GTC or applicable law,
  • the tool is no longer available or usable,
  • the tool has fundamentally changed functions and the provider fails to provide updated information despite being requested to do so,
  • the provider has made false statements,
  • there are justified concerns regarding the seriousness of the tool or provider.

(2) There is no obligation to provide prior notice insofar as this is unreasonable due to the severity of the violation.

§ 6 Affiliate Compensation

(1) The Operator works with various affiliate networks (e.g. Impact, Awin) and may receive commissions for referring clicks or sales via the portal.

(2) The amount and modalities of the commission are governed by the respective contract between the provider and the affiliate network. The Operator does not itself become a contractual partner of the provider’s end customers.

(3) Affiliate listings are identified as such on the portal. In particular, affiliate links on the detail page are marked with the notice “Advertisement” below the corresponding button and on the overview pages with a corresponding notice in the pop-up next to the button.

(4) If an affiliate partner terminates its affiliate relationship with the Operator, the listing shall remain as a pure basic listing. The provider account shall be blocked; the detail page shall be reset to the editorial standard layout.

§ 7 Intellectual Property

(1) All content of the portal that has not been expressly uploaded by providers or reviewers is protected by copyright. The holder of the rights is the Operator. This includes in particular:

  • the structure, layout, and design of the portal,
  • editorial comparison texts and descriptions,
  • the category system and tool database structure,
  • graphics and image materials created specifically for the portal,
  • the rating system.

(2) Logos, brand names, and other identifiers, as well as the providers’ own texts and images, remain the property of the respective owner.

(3) The Operator researches factual information about AI tools (e.g. scope of functions, prices, features) from publicly accessible sources and presents this information in its own editorial wording. Factual information as such is not subject to copyright protection; the rights to the specific textual presentation belong to the Operator.

(4) Any reproduction, distribution, or other exploitation of the portal’s content beyond the limits of copyright law requires the Operator’s prior written consent.

§ 8 Liability

8.1 Liability for Tool Recommendations

(1) The portal presents a comparison of AI tools based on publicly accessible information and information provided by the providers. The Operator assumes no liability for the accuracy, completeness, or timeliness of the tool descriptions.

(2) The Operator is not liable for the functionality, availability, data protection compliance, or results of the listed AI tools. Contractual relationships exist exclusively between the user and the respective provider of the AI tool.

8.2 Liability for AI-Generated Content

(1) Some content on the portal (in particular images and supplementary texts) is created or edited with the help of artificial intelligence.

(2) The Operator endeavors to review this content carefully, but assumes no liability for complete substantive accuracy. AI-generated content does not replace professional advice.

8.3 Liability for Ratings

(1) Ratings exclusively reflect the personal opinion of the reviewers. The Operator does not adopt this content as its own.

(2) The respective reviewer alone is responsible for the content of ratings. The Operator reviews ratings only subsequently or on a case-by-case basis, in particular upon reports by users or providers.

8.4 Liability for External Links

(1) The portal contains links to external third-party websites over whose content the Operator has no influence. The respective provider or operator of the linked pages is always responsible for the content of those pages.

(2) Linked pages were checked for possible legal violations at the time of linking. Permanent monitoring of content is not reasonable without concrete indications of a legal violation. Upon becoming aware of legal violations, such links shall be removed immediately.

8.5 General Limitation of Liability

(1) The Operator shall be liable without limitation for damages arising from injury to life, body, or health resulting from an intentional or negligent breach of duty, as well as for other damages resulting from an intentional or grossly negligent breach of duty.

(2) In the event of a breach of essential contractual obligations (cardinal obligations), the Operator shall also be liable in cases of simple negligence, but limited to the typical, foreseeable damage under the contract. Essential contractual obligations are those whose fulfillment makes the proper performance of the contract possible in the first place and on whose compliance the contractual partner regularly relies and may rely.

(3) In all other respects, the Operator’s liability is excluded.

(4) Liability under the Product Liability Act remains unaffected.

§ 9 Contract Term, Termination, and Blocking

9.1 Termination by the Provider

(1) Providers may terminate their provider account at any time without observing a notice period.

(2) Termination shall be effected informally by email to [email protected] or, if technically available, via the account deletion function in the provider account.

(3) Upon termination, the provider account shall be deactivated. The tool listing shall generally remain in place unless the provider requests otherwise. Upon request, the listing together with associated ratings may be removed, provided that no conflicting third-party rights (in particular published ratings) are affected.

9.2 Termination and Blocking by the Operator

(1) The Operator is entitled to ordinarily terminate provider accounts with 14 days’ notice to the end of the month.

(2) Extraordinary termination and immediate blocking of the provider account are permissible in particular in the event of:

  • violation of these GTC,
  • false statements by the provider during registration or in the listing,
  • spam or other misuse,
  • multiple registrations with intent to deceive.

9.3 Consequences of Termination of the Contractual Relationship

(1) After termination of the contractual relationship, the provider account shall be deactivated and the provider shall no longer be able to use the provider area.

(2) Ratings relating to the tool shall generally remain in place, as they constitute personal expressions of opinion by the reviewers.

(3) In the case of content that is criminally relevant or obviously unlawful, the Operator may delete the content without consulting the provider.

§ 10 Data Protection

(1) Personal data is processed exclusively in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG).

(2) Details on data processing can be found in the Privacy Policy.

§ 11 Dispute Resolution

(1) The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution (ODR): https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/.

(2) The Operator is neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

§ 12 Applicable Law and Place of Jurisdiction

(1) The law of the Federal Republic of Germany shall apply, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

(2) In the case of consumers, this choice of law shall apply only insofar as the protection granted is not withdrawn by mandatory provisions of the law of the state in which the consumer has their habitual residence.

(3) If the provider is a merchant, a legal entity under public law, or a special fund under public law, the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from this contract shall be the Operator’s place of business in Geithain. The Operator is also entitled to bring action at the provider’s general place of jurisdiction.

§ 13 Amendments to the GTC

(1) The Operator reserves the right to amend these GTC at any time, in particular in the event of changes in the legal situation, expansion of the range of services, or technical adjustments to the portal.

(2) Providers shall be informed of amendments to the GTC by email to the email address stored in the provider account. Unless the provider objects to the amendments in text form within 30 days of receipt of the notice of amendment, the amended GTC shall be deemed accepted.

(3) The notice of amendment shall point out the significance of silence and the right to object. If the provider objects to the amendments in due time, the Operator shall be entitled to extraordinarily terminate the provider account.

(4) For users and reviewers, the version of the GTC published at the time of use or submission of the rating shall apply.

§ 14 Final Provisions

(1) Should individual provisions of these GTC be or become wholly or partially invalid or unenforceable, this shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions. The statutory provision shall apply in place of the invalid or unenforceable provision.

(2) The place of performance for all services arising from the business relationships with the Operator, as well as the place of jurisdiction, shall be—where legally permissible—the Operator’s registered office in Geithain.

(3) There are no oral side agreements. Amendments and supplements to these GTC must be made in text form; this also applies to the waiver of this clause.

Effective date: April 26, 2026