New Site Radar vs columbus.tools

Disclosure: we build New Site Radar. Everything below about columbus.tools comes from its public pages as we read them on October 1, 2026 (sources at the bottom). Products change; if something here is out of date, email hello@newsiteradar.com and we will fix it.

columbus.tools (哥伦布) is a Chinese-language growth-intelligence site for AI tool sites, with leaderboards for tools, revenue, backlinks, keywords and trends. New Site Radar covers similar ground in English, focuses on sites registered since 2025, and shows a second-source check and evidence on every site page.

Side by side

What it tracks: New Site Radar: AI tool sites registered in 2025 or later that are gaining traffic; columbus.tools: AI tool sites: tool, revenue, backlink, keyword and trend leaderboards
Interface language: New Site Radar: English; columbus.tools: Chinese
Paid plan: New Site Radar: Pro $19/month or $149/year; columbus.tools: Pro $29/month or $199/year; one-time 1-month and 1-year passes via Alipay or bank card
Free plan: New Site Radar: 20-site monthly sample of the rankings, every site page, watchlist of 10 sites; columbus.tools: Full leaderboards are listed as a Pro feature on the pricing page
Second-source check of traffic numbers: New Site Radar: Yes: traffic is compared with a second, independent source (search-traffic estimates, or Tranco rank for brand-driven sites); sites only one source covers are labelled; columbus.tools: Not described on the pricing page
Revenue view: New Site Radar: Detected payment provider and real pricing, with a modelled revenue range and its confidence; columbus.tools: Revenue leaderboard (full list on Pro)
API / MCP: New Site Radar: Remote MCP server with 7 read-only tools (listing free, calls on Pro); columbus.tools: API and MCP access with unlimited calls, on Pro

	New Site Radar	columbus.tools
What it tracks	AI tool sites registered in 2025 or later that are gaining traffic	AI tool sites: tool, revenue, backlink, keyword and trend leaderboards
Interface language	English	Chinese
Paid plan	Pro $19/month or $149/year	Pro $29/month or $199/year; one-time 1-month and 1-year passes via Alipay or bank card
Free plan	20-site monthly sample of the rankings, every site page, watchlist of 10 sites	Full leaderboards are listed as a Pro feature on the pricing page
Second-source check of traffic numbers	Yes: traffic is compared with a second, independent source (search-traffic estimates, or Tranco rank for brand-driven sites); sites only one source covers are labelled	Not described on the pricing page
Revenue view	Detected payment provider and real pricing, with a modelled revenue range and its confidence	Revenue leaderboard (full list on Pro)
API / MCP	Remote MCP server with 7 read-only tools (listing free, calls on Pro)	API and MCP access with unlimited calls, on Pro

When columbus.tools is the better fit

You read Chinese and want the Chinese-language community around it (paid member groups, a daily X digest group on the yearly plan).
You need backlink, keyword or Google Trends leaderboards, which New Site Radar does not have yet.
You need to pay with Alipay.

When New Site Radar is the better fit

You want AI tool sites that launched recently and are starting to grow, before they are well known.
You want to know how far to trust each number: every figure is checked against a second source where one exists, and the evidence is on the site page (see the methodology).
You want to query the data from Claude Code, Cursor or Codex over MCP.

Try it: the growth rankings have a free monthly sample, and Pro unlocks the full board.

Sources

columbus.tools pricing page: https://columbus.tools/pricing (checked October 1, 2026)
columbus.tools home page: https://columbus.tools/ (checked October 1, 2026)
New Site Radar: pricing, methodology