Here's exactly how the Legit Cannabis Score is built — what we measure,
how we weight it, and why it's designed around the real risks of cannabis B2B.
The basics
Simple for users. Rigorous under the hood.
Three steps. No friction. Free to use.
1
Search any company
Look up any company by name. See their overall Legit Score and top-level summary — no account required.
2
Read real reviews
Anonymous reviews from vendors, agencies, and partners who've actually worked with them — verified by work email or LinkedIn.
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Sign with confidence
Know their track record before you commit. Or leave your own review and help the next vendor make a smarter call.
The score
8 dimensions built for cannabis B2B relationships.
Every sub-score is rated 1–10. Each dimension was chosen because it maps directly to the real costs of a bad cannabis industry relationship — from bounced payments to license holds to compliance cost-shifting.
1
Pays on time
Do they honor payment terms, or is net-30 net-90 in practice? Do invoices require constant chasing? Have they ever paid in cash with no paper trail, or had a bank account close mid-relationship?
2
Communication
Are they responsive when a compliance hold delays your delivery, or do they go dark and leave you holding product? Do you hear about problems before they affect you — or after?
3
Honors agreements
Do purchase orders and pricing hold, or do they renegotiate after your harvest based on market conditions? Is a signed agreement a starting point for further demands?
4
Decision-maker access
When a license hold, banking issue, or urgent dispute needs resolution, can you reach someone with authority — or are you stuck in a loop with a junior buyer who can't approve anything?
5
Approval & PO speed
How long does it take to get purchase orders, Metrc transfers approved, and payments signed off? In a perishable, regulated market, slow approvals have a direct dollar cost.
6
Fair in disputes
When a batch fails testing, a delivery comes up short, or a price dispute arises — do they negotiate in good faith, or use their license and size to pressure smaller vendors into absorbing losses?
7
Compliance burden sharing
Do they push all compliance costs downstream — testing fees, packaging requirements, Metrc integration, track-and-trace overhead — or do they share the regulatory burden fairly with their partners?
8
License & regulatory stability
Is their license secure and in good standing, or are you at risk of a sudden administrative hold, ownership transfer, or regulatory shutdown that leaves you with cancelled orders and no recourse?
The tiebreaker
"Would you work with them again?"
This single question is weighted more heavily than any individual sub-score. It captures the overall relationship quality in a way that no individual dimension can — and it's the question every vendor is actually asking.
YesHigh weight
MaybeNeutral weight
NoStrong negative
Score calculation
How the overall score is calculated.
The Legit Score is a weighted composite of all 8 sub-scores plus the "Would work again" signal. No single dimension dominates — the score reflects the full relationship.
Score weighting
Would work again
Highest weight
Pays on time
High weight
Fair in disputes
High weight
Compliance burden sharing
High weight
Communication
Standard weight
Honors agreements
Standard weight
Decision-maker access
Standard weight
Approval & PO speed
Standard weight
License & regulatory stability
Lower weight
Trust & verification
Not all reviews carry the same weight.
Verified reviews contribute more to a company's score. The more verified a reviewer's relationship, the more their rating counts.
Verified contract
Verified relationship
Reviewer has uploaded a document confirming a direct working relationship. Accepted: redacted contracts, invoices, SOWs, or CRM screenshots showing the engagement. Highest trust tier.
1.5× weight
Verified LinkedIn
Verified LinkedIn
Reviewer has connected their LinkedIn and their employment history confirms a relevant role at the time of the engagement. LinkedIn is accepted as evidence of the reviewer's professional identity and context.
1.3× weight
Verified email
Verified work email
Reviewer has confirmed their work domain via email verification. Confirms they are associated with a real business. Accepted as a baseline identity signal alongside the review.
1.1× weight
Unverified
Unverified
Review submitted without identity verification. Unverified reviews appear on company profiles as context only — they do not count toward the public Legit Score. All reviewers can choose to remain unverified.
Context only
Recency weighting
Companies change. The score reflects that.
A new CEO, a new procurement lead, a new culture — Legit is built for exactly this. Recent reviews carry more weight, so the score tracks reality, not history.
Last 12 months
Full weight
Most recent reviews drive the score. This is the signal that matters most to vendors deciding whether to sign.
12–24 months
Reduced
Still relevant context, but weighted less. A company that improved recently shouldn't be penalized forever for old behavior.
2+ years ago
Low weight
Historical data only. Provides trend context but has minimal impact on the current score. Shown with clear timestamps.
Score trend is often the most valuable signal
A company improving from 4.2 → 8.1 over 18 months is information no platform surfaces today. Legit tracks and shows score history so vendors can see trajectory, not just a snapshot.
Score integrity
Designed to be impossible to game.
The product is only valuable if the data is trustworthy. Every part of the methodology is built to protect that.
No pay-to-remove reviews
Companies can subscribe to see their full breakdown and respond to reviews. They cannot pay to remove or hide negative reviews. Ever.
One review per relationship
Reviewers can only submit one review per company. Duplicate submissions from the same work domain are flagged and removed.
Outlier detection
Reviews that deviate significantly from the consensus are flagged for additional verification before counting toward the score.
Reviewer anonymity
Reviewers are never identified to the company being reviewed. Anonymity is structural — not a policy that can be overridden.
Minimum review threshold
A Legit Score is only displayed when a company has received at least 3 verified reviews. Single-review scores don't appear publicly.
Company right to respond
Subscribed companies can post a public response to any review. Responses are clearly labeled and appear alongside the original review — not instead of it.
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