This server lets you search, recommend, compare, and inspect software tools with verified pricing, alternatives, and usage trends.
Recommend tools for a described need, with budget/team-size/category constraints and ranked fit.
Search and filter a catalog of 10,000+ tools by keyword, pricing model, category, and sort order.
Get detailed tool profiles, including pricing, pros/cons, features, scores, and review synthesis.
Compare 2–4 tools side by side.
Find alternatives/competitors for a specific tool.
Retrieve pricing tiers, pricing model, free-trial info, and expert pricing verdict.
List available categories and tool counts to discover valid category slugs.
Report data-quality issues such as wrong prices or missing features.
Verify stored prices against the vendor’s live pricing page, with a free API key.
Check confirmed pricing changes since a given date.
View aggregate trends showing what AI assistants read and compare most on Toolradar.
Provides access to Toolradar's data on Asana, including pricing tiers, features, scores, and alternatives, enabling AI agents to answer questions and perform comparisons.
Provides access to Toolradar's data on ClickUp, including pricing plans, features, ratings, and alternatives, allowing AI agents to recommend and compare.
Provides access to Toolradar's data on Figma, including detailed pricing tiers, features, scores, and alternatives, allowing AI agents to answer pricing queries and comparisons.
Provides access to Toolradar's data on Jira, including pricing, features, G2/Capterra ratings, and alternatives, enabling AI agents to find and recommend alternatives.
Provides access to Toolradar's data on Linear, including pricing, features, pros/cons, and alternatives, enabling AI agents to provide detailed tool information.
Provides access to Toolradar's data on Notion, including pricing, features, editorial scores, and alternatives, facilitating detailed tool analysis and comparison.
Provides data on new tools discovered via Product Hunt, enabling AI agents to recommend recently launched software tools with up-to-date information.
Provides aggregated Trustpilot ratings for software tools via Toolradar's database, allowing AI agents to include user review data in recommendations.
Click on "Deploy Server".
Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state.
In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@toolradar-mcp Find free project management tools"
That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed.
Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.
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.
"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"
Related MCP server: IndieStack
Claude Code (hosted endpoint, nothing to install):
claude mcp add --transport http toolradar https://toolradar.com/api/mcpClaude Code plugin (the same server plus a skill that tells Claude when to use it):
claude plugin marketplace add Nadeus/toolradar-mcp
claude plugin install toolradar@toolradarClaude.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):
{
"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"}'.
Tool | What it does | Example prompt |
| Reads 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?" |
| Keyword 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" |
| Full profile: pricing, pros and cons, features, score, review synthesis | "Tell me about Linear" |
| Side-by-side comparison of 2-4 tools | "Compare Notion, ClickUp and Asana" |
| Direct competitors of a tool | "What are the alternatives to Jira?" |
| Tiers and prices with provenance: source page, verification date, confidence | "How much does Figma cost?" |
| The categories and how many tools each holds | "What categories are available?" |
| Report a wrong price, a dead tool or a missing feature to the verification queue | "Notion shows $8 but their site says $10" |
| Reads the vendor's pricing page now and checks the stored prices against it (needs a free key) | "Is Notion's price still right today?" |
| Pricing changes confirmed on vendor pages since a date | "Which CRM prices changed since October 1?" |
| What 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.
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.
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
Access | Calls per day |
Anonymous (nothing to configure) | 500 per IP |
Free key, no signup: | 10,000 |
Key created in your dashboard | 10,000 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.
Variable | Required | Default | Description |
| No | none | Raises the daily limit (see above) |
| No |
| Custom endpoint |
The npm package is a thin stdio proxy of the hosted endpoint, so both always return the same answers.
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.
toolradar.com/for-agents: landing page and examples
toolradar.com/docs: API documentation
npmjs.com/package/toolradar-mcp: npm 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:
claude skill add --url https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Nadeus/toolradar-mcp/main/skill-recommend-tool.mdWhat AI assistants open on Toolradar while answering people, in aggregate and anonymous: most read tools, most compared tools, top categories, from verified assistant traffic.
Inputs: no named parameters.
Software pricing changes Toolradar confirmed on vendor pages since a date, newest first. The record starts in October 2026: no entry for a tool means no change recorded, not proof of a stable price.
Inputs: since (required), limit, category.
Compare 2 to 4 software tools side by side. Returns structured comparison with pricing, scores, pros/cons, and computed insights (best overall, best value, most reviewed).
Inputs: slugs (required).
Get alternatives and competitors for a specific software tool. Returns up to 10 alternatives sorted by editorial score.
Inputs: slug (required), limit.
Get detailed pricing information for a software tool including tiers, pricing model (free/freemium/paid), free trial availability, and expert pricing verdict.
Inputs: slug (required).
Get detailed information about a specific software tool including description, pricing, pros/cons, features, editorial score, review synthesis, and alternatives.
Inputs: slug (required).
List all software categories available on Toolradar with tool counts. Use this to discover valid category slugs for the search_tools filter.
Inputs: no named parameters.
Recommend the best software tools for a described need. Unlike search_tools (raw retrieval), this ranks candidates by fit, applies hard constraints (budget, pricing, category), and returns a justified, sourced shortlist with fit scores, caveats, verified starting prices, and next steps. Use this when a user asks 'what should I use for X'.
Inputs: need (required), limit, exclude, pricing, +3 more.
Report a data-quality issue you spotted while using Toolradar data (a wrong price, a dead/renamed tool, a missing or incorrect feature). Files a ticket to the verification queue. Use this when Toolradar data contradicts what you observe on the vendor's own site.
Inputs: slug (required), claim (required), field, evidence_url.
Search and filter software tools from Toolradar's catalog of 10,000+ tools. Returns tools with names, descriptions, pricing, scores, and categories. A product name we do not list comes back with a not_listed note instead of a lookalike.
Inputs: sort, limit, query, pricing, +1 more.
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 (TOOLRADAR_API_KEY); one read per tool per day.
Inputs: slug (required).
Recent tool additions, removals, and schema changes observed during successful MCP inspections.
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Scored across 11 tools
Most tools have clearly distinct roles, and the search_tools vs recommend_tools boundary is explicitly spelled out. However, get_tool already returns pricing, pros/cons, and alternatives, so it partially overlaps with get_pricing and get_alternatives and an agent may hesitate over which to call for pricing depth.
Nine of eleven names follow a clean verb_noun pattern (search_tools, compare_tools, get_pricing, list_categories, report_issue). The exceptions, changes_since and agent_trends, are noun-phrase/query style names that break the pattern but remain readable.
Eleven tools is well within a sensible range for a software-directory service and each one maps to a real job (retrieve, recommend, compare, price-check, monitor, report). No obvious padding or redundant duplicate endpoints.
The surface covers discovery, detail, pricing, alternatives, comparison, categories, recommendations, price verification, change history, and feedback, which is strong lifecycle coverage for a read-only data service. Minor gaps exist, such as no standalone review-retrieval or category-detail tool, but the category filter and embedded review synthesis largely cover these.
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