Every Credit Card Has a Value.
We Compute It.
We rank U.S. credit cards by Net Annual Value, the amount you'd earn holding the card every year.
Why Card Selection Matters More Than Ever
Credit card balances are up. Rates are near record highs. And the cards themselves have gotten more expensive to keep.
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Tell us how you spend. We'll rank every card we track by what it's actually worth to you.
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Skip the calculator. Every category has its own ranking page, same math, filtered to the cards that fit.
Everyday cashback, points, and travel cards for individual spenders.
Cards for sole proprietors and small businesses: separate books, bigger limits.
First cards for undergrads: lighter approval bars, credit-building rules.
Deposit-backed cards for rebuilding: the graduation path to unsecured.
How This Works
No black-box scoring. Every ranking is math you can trace back to the source.
What a card earns you, net of what it costs to hold. The same method runs on every card, so the comparison is apples to apples.
Every figure traces back to the issuer's own published terms, quoted on the card's page so you can check it yourself.
The ranking is computed before any partner links are attached. What pays us has no bearing on the order.
Worth a Read
What is Net Annual Value (NAV)?
One number that says what a card is actually worth to hold for a year. The math, plain.
Is a credit card signup bonus worth it?
A one-time bonus isn't annual value. Why we count it in a card's Year 1 value, gated on whether your spending actually earns it.
Statement credits: what they are and how to value them
Uber Cash, travel credits, hotel certs: which credits to count at face value and which to discount.
How much is airport lounge access actually worth?
Static valuations run $300 to $1,000 a year. We let you set your own number from how often you actually fly.