Find best (ranked)
find_bestFor 'best for ' and 'cheapest ': returns the theme's vendors ranked by entry price (cheapest first, quote-only last), each with its verified compliance facts (HIPAA/SOC 2/GDPR), free-tier flag, best-for tags, the entry plan's source and its citation (figure, plan, source page, read date and record URL in one line). Conjunctive fact filters narrow it to what this index has actually CONFIRMED — requireHipaa / requireSoc2 / requireGdpr / requireFreeTier (e.g. 'best CRM for HIPAA' = section 'crm-software' + requireHipaa:true). Omit all filters to rank the whole theme by price. Set section to the theme slug from list_sections. Never infers a fact it has not verified.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| section | No | Theme slug to query (default "ai-receptionists"). A theme is any of the 275 pricing topics this index covers: the deep hub sections (e.g. ai-receptionists) plus the many catalog topics (e.g. vpn-services, web-hosting, password-managers). list_sections and list_coverage return the full slug list. | |
| requireGdpr | No | Only vendors with confirmed GDPR compliance. | |
| requireSoc2 | No | Only vendors with a confirmed SOC 2 attestation. | |
| requireHipaa | No | Only vendors with confirmed HIPAA support (a BAA). | |
| requireFreeTier | No | Only vendors with a genuine $0 forever plan. |