Credit cards, sourced and rated
Official fees and rates, true-cost math, and independent ratings — kept visibly separate and dated, never guessed.
This directory covers 29 credit cards from 9 issuers. Every fee and rate is taken from the issuer’s official terms, shown with its source and the date we last verified it, and scored by a published methodology that partner status cannot change. Always confirm final terms with the issuer before applying.
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29 cards · verified starter set
We show where every fee and rate came from and when we last verified it. Always confirm final terms on the issuer’s site before applying.
Travel
American Express Gold Card
$3253.7/5Premium travel · Travel
American Express Platinum Card
$895 ($195 per additional card)3.6/5Cash back · No annual fee
Bank of America Customized Cash Rewards Credit Card
$03.8/5Student · Cash back
Bank of America Customized Cash Rewards Credit Card for Students
$03.9/5Student · Travel
Bank of America Travel Rewards Credit Card for Students
$03.9/5Cash back · No annual fee
Blue Cash Everyday Card from American Express
$03.9/5Secured · Credit building
Capital One Platinum Secured Credit Card
$04.5/5Cash back · No annual fee
Capital One Quicksilver Cash Rewards Credit Card
$04.1/5Student · Cash back
Capital One Quicksilver Student Credit Card
$04.2/5Cash back · No annual fee
Capital One Savor Cash Rewards Credit Card
$04.3/5Student · Cash back
Capital One Savor Student Credit Card
$04.3/5Travel
Capital One Venture Rewards Credit Card
$953.7/5Cash back · No annual fee
Chase Freedom Flex
$04.2/5Credit building · Cash back
Chase Freedom Rise Credit Card
$04.2/5Cash back · No annual fee
Chase Freedom Unlimited
$04.3/5Travel · Premium travel
Chase Sapphire Preferred Card
$95 (no first-year waiver)4.3/5Premium travel · Travel
Chase Sapphire Reserve
$795 ($195 per authorized user) — raised from $550 in June 20253.8/5Cash back · No annual fee
Citi Custom Cash CardNot accepting new applications
$03.7/5Cash back · No annual fee
Citi Double Cash Card
$04.2/5Balance transfer · No annual fee
Citi Simplicity Card
$0 — "no annual fee, ever"4.2/5Cash back · No annual fee
Discover it Cash Back
$04.2/5Secured · Credit building
Discover it Secured Credit Card
$04.3/5Student · Cash back
Discover it Student Cash Back Card
$04.2/5Student · Cash back
Discover it Student Chrome Credit Card
$04.2/5Cash back · No annual fee
Navy Federal cashRewards Credit Card
$04.5/5Cash back · No annual fee
PenFed Power Cash Rewards Visa Signature Card
$04.4/5Cash back · No annual fee
U.S. Bank Cash+ Visa Signature Card
$04.1/5Cash back · No annual fee
Wells Fargo Active Cash Card
$04.5/5Balance transfer · No annual fee
Wells Fargo Reflect Card
$04.2/5
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