# Criteria weighter

> Weight comparison criteria, score each product from 1 to 5, and see a ranked total you can explain.

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## What does the criteria weighter calculate?

You add criteria with weights and products with a 1–5 score on each. It ranks products by the weighted average. If the weights do not add to 100, it still normalizes them and tells you the sum. Nothing is stored on a server.

## How to use it

Name criteria as decisions: “admin can launch it,” not “best UX.”

Set weights to how much that decision matters for this reader. They do not have to sum to 100. The rank uses the relative weights.

Score only what you can source. A blank score counts as zero, which will punish a product you forgot.

If a 10-point weight change would swap the winner, say that in the article instead of hiding the weight.

### Does a higher total mean the product is better?

It means it scored higher on the weights you set. Change the weights and the winner can change. Publish the weights with the ranking.

### What does 1 to 5 mean?

You define it per criterion and keep it stable. Do not use 5 as a synonym for “I like it.”

### Can I share the result?

Copy the numbers into the shortlist. This page does not save a project.

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