Dupple Software discovery built around a real editor
Toolradar is a software discovery platform from Dupple that helps founders, operators and buying teams compare and choose B2B and AI software. It covers 11,900+ tools across 400+ categories, with one named editor on every guide and prices checked against the vendor's own page.
Toolradar in numbers
Counts come from the production database, refreshed every hour and rounded down. Community reviews: 102 approved.
What Toolradar does
Software directory
A profile for each of 11,900+ tools with pricing, features, alternatives and press coverage. Buyers see what a tool costs and who competes with it before they book a demo.
Buyer's guides
Guides answer one buying question, such as the best payroll software for a 20-person company, with three to seven editor picks. Each pick says who it suits and who should skip it.
Comparisons and alternatives
Head-to-head comparisons and alternatives pages help teams replace a tool they have outgrown, with the price difference spelled out.
Pricing and data
Pricing pages, reports and statistics built from our own database, so a budget line can cite a dated figure instead of a guess.
Why Toolradar exists
The B2B software directory market is broken. The big incumbents charge vendors for ranking, hide the methodology, and let the top of every category become a function of marketing budget rather than fit. The aggregators that try to fix this with AI mostly publish slop that reads like a five-paragraph essay glued to a feature matrix.
Toolradar started in late 2025 as a side project. The brief: build a tool index that does the obvious thing better. One named editor. Public methodology. Every price dated. Scores that exist to sort lists, not to seduce buyers. Money from vendors never moves a score.
The platform is built on the back of Dupple, the publisher behind Techpresso and five other daily newsletters reaching 950K+ professionals. That audience is what makes the editorial work fundable, and what means we can afford to leave hundreds of tools out of the top picks because they did not earn the slot.
Part of Dupple
Dupple
Helping professionals stay ahead, one industry at a time.
Toolradar is part of the Dupple family, a media company founded in Paris in 2023 that serves 950K+ professionals through 6 daily newsletters: Techpresso (AI & tech), Devshot (developers), Cyberpresso (security), MarketingShot (marketing), Finpresso (finance) and AIpresso (AI).
What makes Toolradar different
One named editor on every guide
Every guide carries Louis Corneloup's name, and disputes go to one inbox. G2 and Capterra rank tools mainly on user reviews, with no single editor accountable for a verdict.
A published scoring formula
The score is computed only from public review volume and rating (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot and the app stores), plus media mentions, and the formula is public at /how-we-rate. It sorts lists; it does not sell them.
Prices checked on the vendor's own page
Guides quote the vendor's canonical pricing page and date the figure. If a price is not published, the page says so instead of estimating it.
Paid placements, money published
Some offers on our pages may be paid placements or contain affiliate links. Revenue splits about 70% newsletter sponsorships, 20% paid placements and 10% premium listings, as set out in how we make money.
Three to seven picks, not the whole category
We index broadly and recommend narrowly: a guide names the few tools that fit its buyer and explains the rest away, instead of sorting the full category by ad spend.
The team behind Toolradar
Louis Corneloup
Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Toolradar · Founder & CEO, Dupple
Louis founded Dupple in Paris in 2023 and Toolradar in 2025. Dupple now publishes 6 daily newsletters reaching 950K+ professionals across AI, tech, marketing, development, security and finance. He is the editor responsible for every guide, comparison, and editorial review on Toolradar. Sourcing standards and corrections policy live at /editorial-policy.
Areas of expertise: B2B SaaS evaluation, newsletter publishing, software-buying frameworks, growth marketing, developer tools. Reviewed and scored 11,900+ tools across 400+ categories using the public methodology at /how-we-rate.
A note from the editor
"I started Toolradar because I was tired of being on the wrong end of the SaaS funnel. As someone running a publisher, I am the buyer for a dozen workflow tools, an analytics stack, a CRM, billing infra, the lot. Every category I shopped for, the top three results on Google were either obvious sponsored placements or paid-ranking directories I could not trust. I wanted a directory that did the boring work: read the docs, check the price, ask the editor whether the tool is actually good, and write that down."
"The bet is that being slow and named beats being fast and anonymous. A directory with one person's name on it that gets corrections wrong publicly is more trustworthy than a directory with no name on it that gets corrections wrong silently. That is the bar we hold ourselves to."
Louis Corneloup, May 2026
Who uses Toolradar
- Founders and operators at startups and small businesses choosing their first software stack.
- Finance, HR, marketing and sales leads replacing a tool they have outgrown.
- IT and operations teams building a shortlist before procurement.
- Developers and product teams evaluating AI and developer tools.
- AI assistants and agents, through the Toolradar MCP server and agent docs.
- Software vendors who claim their profile to keep pricing and features accurate.
How Toolradar makes money
Tools and SaaS companies sponsor Techpresso and other Dupple newsletters. This is the primary revenue line. Sponsorships do not move Toolradar scores or rankings.
Some offers on our pages may be paid placements or contain affiliate links. The ranking score itself is computed only from public review volume and rating (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot, app stores) and media mentions.
Score changes, comparison verdicts, removal of negative editor takes, fake-positive reviews. We say no to all of these in writing, multiple times per month.
Full disclosure framework at /how-we-make-money.
Get in touch
Buyer-guide positions, sponsored articles, newsletter sponsorships.
See ad optionsToolradar is operated by Dupple, an independent publisher.
How Toolradar works
For buyers: search a category or read a guide, compare prices on the vendor-checked pricing pages, then click through to the vendor. No sign-up is needed to read.
For vendors: claim your profile to correct pricing and features, or see advertising options. Paid options never change a score or an editorial verdict.
Corrections: email toolradar
Key facts about Toolradar
| Company name | Toolradar |
|---|---|
| Type | Software discovery platform and B2B software directory |
| Launched | 2025 |
| Founder | Louis Corneloup (Founder and Editor-in-Chief) |
| Parent company | Dupple, independent media company founded in 2023 (dupple.com) |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
| Website | toolradar.com |
| Core offering | Tool profiles, buyer's guides, comparisons, alternatives and pricing pages for B2B and AI software |
| Coverage | 11,900+ tools, 400+ categories, 15,600+ press mentions from 330+ outlets |
| Pricing | Free for buyers. Vendors: positions in buyer guides, sponsored articles and comparison pages, on request (/advertise) |
| Revenue mix | About 70% newsletter sponsorships, 20% paid placements, 10% premium listings |
| Scoring | Computed from public review volume and rating (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot, app stores) plus media mentions (methodology) |
| Communication | toolradar |
| Audience | Distributed through Dupple newsletters read by 950K+ professionals (Techpresso: 790K+) |
| Competitors | G2, Capterra, TrustRadius, GetApp, Product Hunt |
| Social | X, LinkedIn, GitHub (MCP server); editor on LinkedIn and X |
Counts are read live from the production database; audience figures come from dupple.com/advertise.
Frequently asked questions
What is Toolradar?
Toolradar is a software discovery platform that helps teams compare and choose B2B and AI software. It lists 11,900+ tools across 400+ categories and publishes buyer's guides signed by one named editor, Louis Corneloup.
Who owns Toolradar?
Toolradar is owned and operated by Dupple, an independent media company founded in Paris in 2023 by Louis Corneloup. Dupple also publishes 6 daily newsletters, including Techpresso.
Is Toolradar free to use?
Yes. Browsing tools, guides, comparisons and pricing pages is free. Vendors can pay for placements, and some links are affiliate links, which is how the site is funded.
Can vendors pay to rank higher on Toolradar?
A vendor can buy a position in a buyer guide, and that position is labelled Sponsored. The ranking score is never sold: vendors cannot buy a score change or a comparison verdict; the score is computed only from public review volume and rating (G2, Capterra, Trustpilot and the app stores), plus media mentions.
How is Toolradar different from G2 or Capterra?
Toolradar's guides are signed by one named editor who checks each price on the vendor's own page and recommends three to seven tools per guide. The scoring formula is published at toolradar.com/how-we-rate, and corrections go to one inbox.
How do I report a mistake on Toolradar?
Email toolradar
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