MCP server for Toolradar — search, compare, and get pricing for 8,600+ software tools. Works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, and any
MCP server for Toolradar — search, compare, and get pricing for 8,600+ software tools. Works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible AI assistant. That is what the toolradar mcp mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.
LLMs confidently quote outdated pricing, miss new tools, and generate comparison tables with no real data. This MCP server connects your agent to Toolradar's live database: pricing verified weekly, G2/Capterra ratings, editorial scores, and new tools added daily.
Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at toolradar-mcp on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
The server publishes 7 tools. What each one is for:
search_tools — Search by keyword, category, pricing modelget_tool — Full details: pricing, pros/cons, features, scorecompare_tools — Side-by-side comparison of 2-4 toolsget_alternatives — Find real competitors to any toolget_pricing — Detailed pricing with all tiers and featureslist_categories — Browse all software categoriesCursor — In Cursor Settings > MCP, add a new server: Name: toolradar Command: npx -y toolradar-mcp Environment: TOOLRADAR_API_KEY=your_key_hereConfiguration is passed through the environment: TOOLRADAR_API_KEY, TOOLRADAR_API_URL. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Toolradar MCP's toolset — search_tools, get_tool, compare_tools and 4 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by nadeus; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| search_tools | Search by keyword, category, pricing model |
| get_tool | Full details: pricing, pros/cons, features, score |
| compare_tools | Side-by-side comparison of 2-4 tools |
| get_alternatives | Find real competitors to any tool |
| get_pricing | Detailed pricing with all tiers and features |
| list_categories | Browse all software categories |
| Cursor | In Cursor Settings > MCP, add a new server: Name: toolradar Command: npx -y toolradar-mcp Environment: TOOLRADAR_API_KEY=your_key_here |
{
"mcpServers": {
"toolradar": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "toolradar-mcp"],
"env": {
"TOOLRADAR_API_KEY": "your_key_here"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| TOOLRADAR_API_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| TOOLRADAR_API_URL | Endpoint or connection string the server talks to. | Yes |
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