New Site Radar vs Future Tools

Disclosure: we build New Site Radar. Everything below about Future Tools comes from its public pages as we read them on October 2, 2026 (sources at the bottom). Products change; if something here is out of date, email hello@newsiteradar.com and we will fix it.

Future Tools is a curated AI tools database with AI news and a twice-weekly newsletter. New Site Radar focuses on a narrower subject: monthly rankings of 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; Future Tools: AI tools database (4,350 tools when we checked) with editor picks, plus AI news
Interface language: New Site Radar: English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese; Future Tools: English (other languages not checked)
Paid plan: New Site Radar: Pro $19/month or $149/year; Future Tools: Not described on the pages we checked
Free plan: New Site Radar: 20-site monthly sample of the rankings, every site page, watchlist of 10 sites; Future Tools: Tools database with filters by pricing and 29 categories; twice-weekly newsletter
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; Future Tools: 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; Future Tools: Not described on the pages we checked
API / MCP: New Site Radar: Remote MCP server with 7 read-only tools (listing free, calls on Pro); Future Tools: Not described on the pages we checked

	New Site Radar	Future Tools
What it tracks	AI tool sites registered in 2025 or later that are gaining traffic	AI tools database (4,350 tools when we checked) with editor picks, plus AI news
Interface language	English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese	English (other languages not checked)
Paid plan	Pro $19/month or $149/year	Not described on the pages we checked
Free plan	20-site monthly sample of the rankings, every site page, watchlist of 10 sites	Tools database with filters by pricing and 29 categories; twice-weekly newsletter
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 pages we checked
Revenue view	Detected payment provider and real pricing, with a modelled revenue range and its confidence	Not described on the pages we checked
API / MCP	Remote MCP server with 7 read-only tools (listing free, calls on Pro)	Not described on the pages we checked

When Future Tools is the better fit

You want a hand-picked shortlist of AI tools (Matt's Picks, Top 20).
You want tools of any age sorted by popularity over the last 30 days.

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

Future Tools home page: https://www.futuretools.io/ (checked October 2, 2026)
Future Tools AI tools database: https://www.futuretools.io/tools (checked October 2, 2026)
New Site Radar: pricing, methodology