New Site Radar vs KeySearch
Disclosure: we build New Site Radar. Everything below about KeySearch 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 Products change; if something here is out of date, email hello@newsiteradar.com and we will fix it.
KeySearch is an SEO tool for bloggers, publishers and small businesses, supporting keyword research, competitor analysis, backlink analysis and rank tracking. New Site Radar ranks AI tool websites registered in 2025 or later that are gaining traffic, monthly.
Side by side
- What it tracks
- New Site Radar: AI tool sites registered in 2025 or later that are gaining traffic
- KeySearch: Keyword research, live search-result analysis, competitor and backlink analysis, rank tracking, video keyword research, SEO audits and an AI content assistant, for bloggers, publishers and small businesses
- Interface language
- New Site Radar: English, Spanish, Simplified Chinese
- KeySearch: English (other languages not checked)
- Paid plan
- New Site Radar: Pro $19/month or $149/year
- KeySearch: Starter $24/month (200 keyword searches a day, 80 tracked keywords) and Pro $48/month (500 searches a day, 200 tracked keywords, Foresight AI keyword recommendations); with annual billing $20 or $40 a month; 7-day free trial
- Free plan
- New Site Radar: 20-site monthly sample of the rankings, every site page, watchlist of 10 sites
- KeySearch: Free SEO tools, including a niche finder, keyword difficulty checker, long-tail keyword generator and keyword clustering tool
- 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.
- KeySearch: 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
- KeySearch: 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.
- KeySearch: GET API for saved keyword lists and keyword difficulty data (search volume, cost per click, difficulty score, top 10 results) with a per-user API key; for internal use, not for resale
When KeySearch is the better fit
- You need keyword research and rank tracking, with 200 keyword searches a day and 80 tracked keywords on Starter at $24/month.
- You want a free niche finder and keyword clustering tool without a paid plan.
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
- KeySearch home page: https://www.keysearch.co/ (checked October 4, 2026)
- KeySearch free SEO tools page: https://www.keysearch.co/tools (checked October 4, 2026)
- KeySearch API documentation: https://www.keysearch.co/api/documentation (checked October 4, 2026)
- New Site Radar: pricing, methodology