Independent testing lab for AI tools
Which AI tool actually does the job. Tested, dated, not paid for.
Tool Radar gives competing AI tools the same real task and publishes what each one produced, what it cost, how long it took and how much fixing it needed. Every result is dated. No vendor can pay for a better ranking.
Rankings are free. No account needed to read them.
Analyse 14 months of sales and explain why Q3 dipped
How a test works
Same task, same file, same clock.
One brief
Every tool gets the identical prompt and input file, written before any tool is opened.
One clock
A fixed time limit, the same for every tool. What exists at the end is what gets judged.
Fixes counted
A tester makes the output usable and logs every correction. The count is the headline number, because it is the one that costs you time.
Published, including failures
Every output is shown, not just the winner's.
Speed is easy to measure and easy to fake. Fixes are neither.
Find a winner
The winner depends on your budget.
Showing results for: Analyse a spreadsheet
There is no single best tool. There is a best tool for this task, at this budget, as of this date.
Every result has a date
Tested 12 days ago is a fact. Tested in March is a guess.
Analyse a spreadsheet
Clean up a podcast recording
Write a sales email sequence
Models change monthly. Old results are shown as old.
Who pays for this
Buyers pay. Vendors cannot.
Funded by
- Readers on membership
- Businesses commissioning evaluations for their own software decisions
Not funded by
- Tool vendors or affiliate links
- Sponsored placements or any payment tied to a ranking
A vendor can see their own results. They cannot change them, pay for a retest or buy a placement. If a vendor thinks a result is wrong, they can send us a reason and we will retest on the same brief, and publish both results.
Who pays for this
Buyers pay. Vendors cannot.
Funded by
- Readers on membership
- Businesses commissioning evaluations for their own software decisions
Not funded by
- Tool vendors or affiliate links
- Sponsored placements or any payment tied to a ranking
A vendor can see their own results. They cannot change them, pay for a retest or buy a placement. If a vendor thinks a result is wrong, they can send us a reason and we will retest on the same brief, and publish both results.
Pricing
Read the ranking. Pay for the detail.
Free
Basic rankings for every task.
Testing dates on every result.
No account needed.
Member
Full comparisons with every output and fix log.
Recommended tool stacks by role.
Evaluation
A commissioned test on your team's actual tasks.
Your brief, your files, the same method.
Results are yours and are not published unless you choose.