How SnagCompare rankings work
Best match is designed to reward strong customer feedback backed by meaningful review volume, useful pricing, fast report delivery and companies we have verified directly.
The 100-point best-match score
Partner status is not included in the numeric score. Every company receives points from the same six factors.
| Factor | Maximum | What earns points |
|---|---|---|
| Confidence-adjusted rating | 40 | Higher Google ratings supported by more reviews |
| Review volume | 18 | More published Google reviews, with diminishing returns |
| price | 13 | Lower published prices for a comparable one-bedroom inspection |
| Report delivery speed | 9 | Shorter promised time from inspection to completed report |
| Company verification | 10 | Manual verification by SnagCompare |
| Accreditations | 10 | Confirmed third-party credentials — see below |
Ratings and review volume
A perfect score from a small sample is less reliable than a strong score supported by hundreds or thousands of customers. We therefore adjust each rating toward a conservative 4.0 baseline representing 100 reviews:
Adjusted rating = (reviews × rating + 100 × 4.0) ÷ (reviews + 100)
The adjusted result supplies up to 40 points. Review volume supplies another 18 points using a logarithmic scale capped at 2,000 reviews:
Review points = 18 × min(ln(1 + reviews) ÷ ln(2001), 1)
This means a company rated 4.5 from 2,000 reviews ranks above a company rated 5.0 from only 25 reviews when their other details are equal.
Price and report speed
Price points use a published one-bedroom fee so unlike property sizes are not compared. When a dedicated price is unavailable, a starting price is used only if its note explicitly says it applies to a one-bedroom property.
| price | Points | Report delivery | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| AED 600 or less | 13 | 12 hours or less | 9 |
| AED 601–800 | 10.4 | Up to 24 hours | 7.2 |
| AED 801–1,000 | 7.8 | Up to 48 hours | 4.5 |
| AED 1,001–1,500 | 4.3 | Up to 72 hours | 2.7 |
| Above AED 1,500 | 1.7 | More than 72 hours | 0.9 |
| Not published | 0 | Not published | 0 |
Published prices are starting quotes and may exclude VAT or optional services. Always confirm the final scope, price and delivery commitment directly with the company.
What the blue verification check means
Verified by SnagCompare means our team has spoken with and manually vetted the company. Verification adds 10 points. It is a trust signal based on that direct contact, not a guarantee of every future inspection or report.
Every Recommended partner must also be verified. A verified company does not need to be a commercial partner and does not automatically receive priority placement.
Accreditations
Beyond our own verification, we confirm whether a company holds specific third-party credentials: Government Licence Verified, DLD Property Inspection, RICS Verified and InterNACHI Certified. Each is checked and confirmed individually — a company is never assumed to hold one because it holds another.
Accreditations share 10 points across the four credentials, split evenly:
Accreditation points = 10 × (confirmed credentials ÷ 4)
A company confirmed on all four earns the full 10 points; one confirmed on a single credential earns 2.5. An unconfirmed credential earns nothing — we do not assume a company holds one it has not shown us.
Missing information and tie-breakers
A missing rating, price or report-delivery time earns zero for that component. We do not estimate or invent unpublished information. This policy rewards companies that give customers complete, comparable details.
Within the Recommended and standard groups, companies are ordered by score, then review count, then company name. When a visitor chooses another column sort, Recommended partners remain grouped first and the selected value orders each group.
Google supplies public ratings and review counts. SnagCompare maintains price, delivery, verification and partnership information from direct research and company contact. Ranking rules last reviewed 14 September 2026.