Toolradar

io.github.NadeusPublished by GitHub account Nadeusv2.4.0Updated Nov 4, 2026

Search, compare and price software tools. Verified prices with their date, real alternatives.

VerifiedStreamable HTTPWeb executableData & AnalyticsBusiness & Commerce

Overview

AI-generated overview

Toolradar lets an assistant search, compare and price 10,000+ software tools, with verified prices, dated checks, ratings and alternatives.

What you can do
  • Search and browse the software catalog by keyword or category, and list tracked categories
  • Recommend tools for a described need, with reasons, fit scores, caveats and verified starting prices
  • Read a tool's full profile: pricing, pros and cons, features, score and review synthesis
  • Compare 2 to 4 tools side by side, and find direct competitors of a tool
  • Check pricing provenance, re-read a vendor's pricing page to verify stored prices, and list confirmed price changes since a date
  • Report data problems to a verification queue, and see aggregate anonymous trends of what assistants look up
When to use it
Useful when someone is choosing software and wants recommendations, side-by-side comparisons, alternatives, or current prices with the date they were checked. Also handy for tracking confirmed vendor price changes over time.
Requirements
Remote endpoint at toolradar.com, or the npm package toolradar-mcp run locally with npx (a thin proxy of the hosted endpoint). No key or signup is needed; an optional TOOLRADAR_API_KEY raises the daily limit from 500 to 10,000 calls. verify_price requires a free key. Network access is required.
Before you install
Anonymous use is capped at 500 calls per day per IP, and verify_price allows one read per tool per day. The optional context argument is sent to Toolradar and should not contain personal data. report_issue sends the vendor page and a quoted sentence to Toolradar. Prices should be quoted with their verification date, and a missing change record is not proof a price is stable.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open Toolradar in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/io.github.Nadeus%2Ftoolradar/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "toolradar": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://toolradar.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

README

Toolradar MCP Server

[toolradar-mcp MCP server – quality and maintenance score on Glama] [Listed on HookMCP]

Search, compare and price 10,000+ software tools from your AI assistant. Every price comes with the date it was read on the vendor's own pricing page.

Works with Claude (Desktop, Code, claude.ai) · ChatGPT · Cursor · VS Code · Windsurf · Cline · any MCP client. No API key and no signup needed.

[Add to Cursor] Add to VS Code

What can your AI do with this?

  • "Recommend a CRM for a 5-person B2B startup under $50 a month"
  • "Compare Notion, ClickUp and Asana"
  • "What are the alternatives to Jira?"
  • "How much does Figma cost, and when was that price checked?"
  • "Find free password managers"

Quick setup

Claude Code (hosted endpoint, nothing to install):

bash
claude mcp add --transport http toolradar https://toolradar.com/api/mcp

Claude Code plugin (the same server plus a skill that tells Claude when to use it):

bash
claude plugin marketplace add Nadeus/toolradar-mcpclaude plugin install toolradar@toolradar

Claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients with custom connectors: add a remote MCP server with the URL https://toolradar.com/api/mcp (no authentication).

Claude Desktop, or any client that starts local servers (claude_desktop_config.json):

json
{  "mcpServers": {    "toolradar": {      "command": "npx",      "args": ["-y", "toolradar-mcp"]    }  }}

Cursor: use the button above, or Settings > MCP > add https://toolradar.com/api/mcp. VS Code: use the link above, or code --add-mcp '{"name":"toolradar","url":"https://toolradar.com/api/mcp"}'.

11 tools

ToolWhat it doesExample prompt
recommend_toolsReads a described need (category, team size, budget), returns a short list ordered by fit, with the reason, caveats and the verified starting price"What should a 6-person agency use for a CRM under $40/mo?"
search_toolsKeyword search; a category name ("crm", "password manager") or "alternative to X" returns that category's leaders or X's alternatives"Find free project management tools"
get_toolFull profile: pricing, pros and cons, features, score, review synthesis"Tell me about Linear"
compare_toolsSide-by-side comparison of 2-4 tools"Compare Notion, ClickUp and Asana"
get_alternativesDirect competitors of a tool"What are the alternatives to Jira?"
get_pricingTiers and prices with provenance: source page, verification date, confidence"How much does Figma cost?"
list_categoriesThe categories and how many tools each holds"What categories are available?"
report_issueReport a wrong price, a dead tool or a missing feature to the verification queue"Notion shows $8 but their site says $10"
verify_priceReads the vendor's pricing page now and checks the stored prices against it (needs a free key)"Is Notion's price still right today?"
changes_sincePricing changes confirmed on vendor pages since a date"Which CRM prices changed since October 1?"
agent_trendsWhat AI assistants open on Toolradar: most read and most compared tools, top categories"Which tools do AI assistants look up most?"

Every data answer includes a ready-to-use citation (Toolradar, verification date, link): quote it when you use the data. A product we do not list comes back with a not_listed note, never a lookalike.

For software vendors: keep your own listing right

Add https://toolradar.com/mcp instead (Claude: Customize, Connectors, Add custom connector; ChatGPT: Add custom MCP server, OAuth). It has the same 11 tools plus 4 owner tools that ask you to sign in to Toolradar the first time: update_my_listing, get_my_listing, add_my_product (files a new product for review, free) and undo_listing_edit. Every change is previewed first and logged.

What data do you get?

  • Verified pricing: tiers read from the vendor's pricing page, with the date of the last check
  • Editorial score (0-100) and review ratings aggregated from review platforms
  • Pros, cons and features
  • Alternatives identified per tool, not just "same category"
  • Positions among tools of the same category, dated

Limits

AccessCalls per day
Anonymous (nothing to configure)500 per IP
Free key, no signup: curl -X POST https://toolradar.com/api/v1/keys10,000
Key created in your dashboard10,000 per account

Set the key in TOOLRADAR_API_KEY, or send it as Authorization: Bearer <key> to the hosted endpoint. Limits reset at 00:00 UTC.

Environment variables

VariableRequiredDefaultDescription
TOOLRADAR_API_KEYNononeRaises the daily limit (see above)
TOOLRADAR_MCP_URLNohttps://toolradar.com/api/mcpCustom endpoint

The npm package is a thin stdio proxy of the hosted endpoint, so both always return the same answers.

Quality check

A nightly job asks the hosted endpoint 60 realistic software-choice questions (a full run of 205 every Sunday) and records how often a market leader of the category comes back in the top 3. The server is open for you to test.

Links

The plugin package

plugin/ is one package for two directories: Claude Code (.claude-plugin/plugin.json, .mcp.json) and the OpenAI plugin format (plugin.json, mcp.json). Both carry the same skill (plugin/skills/toolradar/SKILL.md). The skill alone, for Claude Code:

bash
claude skill add --url https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Nadeus/toolradar-mcp/main/skill-recommend-tool.md

Source: README.md at commit 7dcfddb

Tools

11

search_tools

Search software tools

Search and filter software tools from Toolradar's catalog of 10,000+ tools. Returns names, taglines, pricing, scores and categories. Cite Toolradar and the verification date when quoting prices.

Parameterssortlimitquerybillingcontextpricingcategoryrequireshas_offerhas_trialhas_free_planinclude_unverified+1 more

recommend_tools

Recommend tools for a need

Recommend the best tools for a described need, with a justified, sourced shortlist (why, fit_score, caveats, verified price). Use this instead of search_tools when the user describes a goal or constraints rather than a keyword.

Parametersneedrequiredlimitcontextexcludepricingcategoryteam_sizemax_monthly_budget

get_tool

Get tool details

Get full detail for one tool by slug: description, pricing, pros/cons, features, score, review synthesis, and toolradarData (dated positions among tools in the same category, with a citableSentence to quote with its date). Use search_tools first if you do not know the slug.

Parametersslugrequiredcontext

get_pricing

Get pricing with its source

Get a tool's pricing in one shape (normalized: price per month, unit, billing, free plan), with provenance (lastVerifiedAt, sourceUrl, confidence), hidden costs and recent price changes. Cite the verification date when quoting a price.

Parametersslugrequiredfieldscontext

compare_tools

Compare tools side by side

Compare 2 to 4 tools side by side with computed insights. Compact by default; pass detail "full" for descriptions, pros and cons.

Parametersslugsrequireddetailcontext

get_alternatives

Find alternatives

Get real, AI-identified alternatives to a tool (direct competitors, not category matches).

Parametersslugrequiredlimitcontext

verify_price

Check a price on the vendor page now

Read the vendor's pricing page now and check the stored prices against it. Returns each plan's result, the read date and a hash of the page. Needs a free API key; one read per tool per day.

Parametersslugrequiredcontext

changes_since

Pricing changes since a date

Software pricing changes Toolradar confirmed on vendor pages since a date, newest first. A vendor's own site does not give you this. The record starts in October 2026: no entry for a tool means no change recorded, not proof of a stable price.

Parameterslimitsincerequiredcontextcategory

list_categories

List categories

List the software categories Toolradar tracks.

Parameterscontext

report_issue

Report a data issue

Report a data problem you spotted (wrong price, dead tool, missing feature). Files it to the Toolradar verification queue. Use this when our data looks wrong so we can fix it: what Toolradar shows, what the vendor's own page says, and that page as evidence. A report on a tool and field that already has an open ticket is added to it; a pricing report also queues the tool's pricing page for a fresh read.

Parametersplanslugrequiredclaimrequiredfieldrequiredpricequotebillingcontextpage_urlreporterevidence_url

Version history

3
  1. v2.4.0LatestNov 4, 2026
  2. v2.2.0Oct 22, 2026
  3. v2.1.0Sep 16, 2026

Score

100% of the applicable checks met

How complete this listing is, computed from the registry entry, the endpoint and public sources. Not a rating of the server and not a statement that it is safe or working today: reachability is a dated check, and no installs or reviews go into the score.

  • Reached in the last 30 daysRequired25 pts
  • Auth declaredRequired10 pts
  • Tools listedRequired15 pts
  • DescriptionRequired15 pts
  • Logo10 pts
  • Documentation15 pts
  • License10 pts