Transparency & Data Methodology

Every vignette price on Autovig comes from a named operator source, carries the date it was last checked, and has a maximum age after which it must be checked again. This page describes that process, the checks that enforce it, and the limits of what an editorial comparison site can tell you.

Where the prices come from

Prices are not written into articles. They live in one structured data file per country, and every single price row records four things:

• the official operator amount, separated by vehicle class and validity period;
• validFrom — the date that price came into force;
• verifiedAt — the date a person last read that figure against the source;
• sourceUrl — the exact operator page the figure was read from.

Nine countries are covered today, each tied to its national operator: ASFINAG (Austria), the Federal Office for Customs and Border Security (Switzerland), edalnice (Czech Republic), eznamka (Slovakia), DARS (Slovenia), Magyar Közút Toll Division (Hungary), CNAIR (Romania), BGTOLL (Bulgaria) and e-Vinieta (Moldova).

Autovig publishes the official operator channel for each country and does not present reseller prices in this pre-launch comparison. We hold no accreditation from any operator and act on nobody's behalf.

How often the data must be re-checked

The review windows below are not a marketing promise — they are limits enforced by automated checks that fail the build when a page or a price falls behind.

Two further checks run alongside: a page may not carry a review date in the future, and a page whose text changed without being re-reviewed is flagged for review rather than published quietly.

A maximum age is a ceiling, not a schedule. It means a figure older than its window cannot stay published; it does not mean the site is monitored around the clock.

When a price or a rule changes

1. 1 The operator wins. If the operator portal and this site disagree, the operator's current price is correct and ours is the error.
2. 2 The data file is corrected first — new amount, new verifiedAt, and the source URL it was read from. Prose that repeats a figure is corrected in the same pass, so pages cannot drift apart from the data.
3. 3 The correction ships with the next release. Content validation, SEO checks and the pre-launch wording guard all run before a build is published. We do not promise a fixed turnaround time for a correction.

To report something wrong, send the page URL, the country, the language version and the sentence or table that looks incorrect. If your travel or activation date matters to the rule, include it — periods and prices change during the year. Reports that concern an order, an activation or a refund have to go to the operator: we have no access to operator accounts.

Who writes this and what it is worth

Pages are written and reviewed by the Autovig editorial team. We do not claim official accreditation, a partnership with any road authority, or a licence to sell vignettes. What we do claim is narrower and checkable: each figure names its source and its check date, so you can verify it yourself in one click before you drive.

Deliberate limits

• No payments. At this stage Autovig does not sell vignettes, process payments or hold orders. Purchases happen on the operator's own portal.
• Vignettes only. Section tolls, tunnels, bridges and city charges are separate from the vignette and are not included in the prices shown.
• Not legal advice. Enforcement, fines and appeals are decided by national authorities under their own rules.
• Estimates are labelled. Where a scheme is announced but not yet in force — the Belgian vignette planned for 2027, for example — figures are marked as estimates with their source and current status, and are not presented as confirmed prices.

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Methodology version 2.0 — 24 July 2026