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How We Plan Every Pick

The Planner Protocol — the checklist a site must pass before it makes our list

Last updated: September 2026

Why PornPlanner Exists

Plan First

Most people find porn the hard way: a search, a dozen tabs, three fake download buttons and a pop-up that will not close. PornPlanner was built to skip that part. We sort free tubes, premium sites, live cams and AI porn sites into clear categories, so you can pick where to go before you click, not after.

This page is our planning notebook, opened up. If you are a visitor, it shows what a site has to get right to earn a place on our list. If you run a site, it shows what we look at, and why no payment can get an unsafe or broken site onto the list.

The list keeps growing, but the rules for getting on it stay the same. Nothing is hidden, so you can check our work yourself.

Want to see the result? Open the PornPlanner list of the best porn sites on our homepage.

The Founder

Who Signs Off

A list is only as good as the person who decides what goes on it. At PornPlanner, that person has a name.

Simon Dolce — Web Developer and Creator of PornPlanner

Simon Dolce

Web Developer & Creator of PornPlanner

Simon Dolce is a web developer based in the US and the person who started PornPlanner, a project built to help people plan smarter, safer and more satisfying adult entertainment. He designed the Planner Protocol described on this page, and he looks at the sites on our list the same way he looks at his own code: does it load fast, does it work, and can you trust it.

Simon decides which sites make the list, which ones get dropped and where each one sits. AI can help with research and wording, but it never makes that call, and nothing is published until he has checked it.

His rule fits in four words: code first, hype never. A site earns its spot by working well, not by promising a lot.

The Planner Protocol

6 Checkpoints

Before a site lands on PornPlanner, it goes through the same six checkpoints, in the same order. Simon Dolce put the list together to keep personal taste out of the picture and give every site the same fair test.

Safety First

We start by making sure the site will not hurt your device. We look for malware, sneaky redirect chains and domains already flagged as unsafe. A site that fails here stops here: it never reaches the next checkpoint and never reaches our list.

What's Really Inside

Big promises are easy. We compare what the site says it has with what you actually get: how much content there is, how good it looks and how often new stuff arrives. Sites that pad their numbers, recycle the same videos across categories or use misleading thumbnails lose ground.

Phone and Desktop Test

Most people browse on their phone, so that is where we look first, then on a desktop and a tablet. We check the menus, the search, the video player and how quickly pages load. A site that looks great on a computer but falls apart on a phone does not get a free pass.

The Pop-Up Count

Free sites need ads to survive, and we do not hold that against them. What we do count is how the ads behave: pop-unders, full-screen interruptions, fake close buttons and banners that cover the video. The more a site fights you, the lower it drops.

Price and Payment Check

For paid sites, we look at what you can see before you hand over a card: a secure connection, a known payment provider, and prices and renewal terms shown clearly before checkout. Hidden rebills and surprise upsells count against a site.

Final Placement

A site that clears the first five checkpoints gets its place on the list, inside the category where it fits best. A free tube and a premium site go through the same six checkpoints, but not every checkpoint weighs the same for both: ads matter more for free sites, while content quality and value for money matter more for paid ones.

How We Use AI

Out in the Open

We use AI tools, and we would rather say so than let you guess. Here is exactly where they fit:

Anything AI helps produce on PornPlanner is read, checked and corrected by a person before it goes live.

What AI Helps With

  • Images: Some blog illustrations, category icons and our detective mascot are made with AI image tools.
  • Research and first drafts: AI helps us sort notes, sum up long pages and give a rough shape to an article before we rewrite it.
  • Polishing: AI helps with clearer wording and a tidy layout across the blog.

What AI Never Decides

  • Who makes the list: Every site is picked, placed and ranked by a person who has opened it and used it.
  • Who gets dropped: Removing a site from the list is always a human decision.
  • Our opinion: The tone, the honest takes and the "skip this one" warnings come from people, not software.
  • Business deals: AI plays no part in deciding who we work with.

AI tools change quickly, so we come back to this section whenever the way we use them changes.

Money and the List

Straight Talk

You deserve to know how the lights stay on, so here it is in one line:

Money never gets a site past our checkpoints. A site that is unsafe, broken or buried in pop-ups stays off PornPlanner, whatever it offers us.

PornPlanner is free to use because some of our links are affiliate links or paid partnerships: if you click through and sign up, the site may pay us, at no extra cost to you. That money keeps the lights on. It does not change the rules: every site, partner or not, goes through the same Planner Protocol before it can appear on the list.

What Stays the Same for Everyone

  • Safety is not for sale: No deal lets a site skip the Safety First checkpoint.
  • Same checkpoints: The six checkpoints on this page apply to every site, free or paid, partner or not.

Run a site and think we got a fact wrong? Tell us. Wrong facts get checked and fixed. A different opinion on how good your site is will be heard, but it will not change what we write by itself.

Keeping the List Fresh

Always Moving

A plan is only useful if it is up to date. Porn sites change owners, add paywalls, pile on ads or simply vanish, and a great pick can turn bad without warning. That is why the list keeps moving:

  • Ongoing checks: When a site changes hands, goes offline or suddenly fills up with ads, we take another look.
  • Regular re-tests: Sites already on the list are run through the Planner Protocol again from time to time, and the busiest categories get checked most often.

Corrections

Tell Us

Spotted Something Wrong?

For corrections, questions about how we test, or a site you think we should look at:

This policy covers everything published on pornplanner.com: the main list, every category and the blog.