New Site Radar vs Firsto
Disclosure: we build New Site Radar. Everything below about Firsto comes from its public pages as we read them on October 4, 2026 (sources at the bottom). Products change; if something here is out of date, email hello@newsiteradar.com and we will fix it.
Firsto is a product launch platform for makers, indie hackers and startup founders, with discovery through rankings, categories and permanent, searchable project pages. New Site Radar narrows discovery to AI tool websites registered in 2025 or later that are gaining traffic.
Side by side
- What it tracks
- New Site Radar: AI tool sites registered in 2025 or later that are gaining traffic
- Firsto: Product launches by makers, indie hackers and startup founders: daily launches at 8:00 UTC, rankings, categories and permanent project pages
- Interface language
- New Site Radar: English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese
- Firsto: English (other languages not checked)
- Paid plan
- New Site Radar: Pro $19/month or $149/year
- Firsto: Free for visitors; paid options for makers: Premium Launch $19.9 (launch within 24 hours instead of waiting in the queue, guaranteed dofollow backlinks) and Pro Launch $59.9 (adds 2 weeks of featured placement on the home page and a short written review); product reviews cost $199 (public), $299 (private) or $399 (both)
- Free plan
- New Site Radar: 20-site monthly sample of the rankings, every site page, watchlist of 10 sites
- Firsto: Browsing products; makers' Free Launch has 5 slots a day, a queue of about 180 days, a permanent project page and a dofollow backlink for the top 3 (badge required)
- 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; site owners can request a correction, with review outcomes shown on the site page.
- Firsto: Not described on the pages we checked
- Revenue view
- New Site Radar: Detected payment provider and real pricing, with a modelled revenue range and its confidence
- Firsto: Not described on the pages we checked
- API / MCP
- New Site Radar: Remote MCP server, 7 read-only tools; free accountless key: 20 calls/day, Pro-only fields hidden; Pro keys: no daily cap.
- Firsto: Public discovery API with no account or API key: 4 GET endpoints (product list, single product, trending over 7 or 30 days, daily, weekly or monthly winners), 60 requests per minute per IP, described for AI agents and MCP clients
When Firsto is the better fit
- You want to discover products through daily launches that go live at 8:00 UTC.
- You need a public discovery API with no account or API key, allowing 60 requests per minute per IP.
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 shows the full board.
Sources
- Firsto home page: https://firsto.co/ (checked October 4, 2026)
- Firsto about page: https://firsto.co/about (checked October 4, 2026)
- Firsto pricing page: https://firsto.co/pricing (checked October 4, 2026)
- Firsto MCP / API page: https://firsto.co/mcp (checked October 4, 2026)
- New Site Radar: pricing, methodology