Comparison
Web Radar vs BuiltWith
The 800-pound gorilla of technographics: vast coverage, enterprise pricing, 2000s-era UX.
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Verdict
BuiltWith wins on raw scale. But if you want a clean CSV of e-commerce companies in Germany, you're paying $295/mo for lookups you'll run twice.
BuiltWith
From $295/month
Monthly subscription, Basic tier gated
The Web Radar
$29 – $999once
No subscription, no renewal
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$1k+/yr
After year 1 vs BuiltWith
At a glance
| Feature | Web Radar | BuiltWith |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | From $29 per dataset | From $295/month |
| Billing | One-shot purchase, no subscription | Monthly subscription, Basic tier gated |
| Coverage | 3M+ companies, 3,000+ technologies | 673M+ domains, 45,000+ technologies |
| Update frequency | Rolling crawl, fresh data per dataset | Weekly for top domains, monthly tail |
| API access | REST API (paid tiers) | Tier-gated, rate-limited |
| Data export | CSV + JSON per dataset | CSV on paid tiers, row caps |
| Bulk lookup | Unlimited via dataset purchase | Quota per plan, overages billable |
| Free tier | Free domain lookup, no signup | Free lookup (severely rate-limited) |
Where BuiltWith wins
- ✓Largest domain coverage of any technographics vendor
- ✓Decade of historical data on tech adoption
- ✓Industry-standard for enterprise sales intel
Where BuiltWith falls short
- !Pricing starts at $295/mo for the entry tier
- !UX feels frozen in 2012
- !Data quality uneven on long-tail technologies
- !Subscription-only, no per-dataset purchase
Best for
Enterprise sales teams that already budget $3–$10k/year for technographics.
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Frequently asked questions
Does Web Radar cover as many domains as BuiltWith?
No, BuiltWith's coverage is larger. Web Radar focuses on the 3M+ companies most relevant for B2B sales (real businesses, not every parked domain).
Can I get a specific country cut that BuiltWith doesn't offer cheap?
Yes, that's our sweet spot. 'All Shopify merchants in Italy' as a one-shot CSV, $29–$499 depending on volume.
Does Web Radar have historical tech adoption data?
Partially. We track adoption date per detection, but we're not a decade-long archive like BuiltWith.
Is the data as accurate as BuiltWith?
Detection accuracy is comparable (same Wappalyzer ruleset). Coverage of obscure technologies is where BuiltWith still leads.