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Questions
When does Radar start?
Bill-impact alerts, seat and cap sizing, the Monday briefing and starter rules packs are due on Monday 9 November 2026. If Radar isn't live by Sunday 15 November 2026, founding teams get a full refund.
How is this different from a free price tracker?
A tracker, including the free one we're launching, lists every change for everyone. Radar filters to the tools and plans your team pays for, posts to your Slack, works out what a change means for your seats (including team minimums), flags renames and shutdowns, and gives you starter rules files.
How do you make sure alerts are right?
We detect changes automatically on official pricing pages, changelogs, GitHub releases and status pages. A person then checks each change against the source before any alert goes out. Every alert quotes the vendor word for word, links to the source and shows when we checked it.
Do you need access to our code or accounts?
No. You tell us which tools and plans you use, how many seats, and roughly who uses them heavily. Radar never connects to your repositories, billing or tool accounts.
Does Radar track what each developer spends?
No. Radar works from published prices and limits plus the seat counts and usage levels you enter. It doesn't meter usage or attribute spend to individual developers.
Can AI tool vendors pay to change what Radar says?
No. Alerts, the seat-cost checker and recommendations are never for sale. Any sponsorship is a clearly labelled slot in the newsletter or briefing, kept apart from the data.
What does the founding offer include, exactly?
It's a presale of the Team plan at 50% off: €24.50 instead of €49 a month for your first 12 monthly payments, then the normal Team price. Or pay yearly: €245 for the first year, then €490. It's limited to the first 10 teams. Solo and Studio aren't part of the founding offer and open at launch.
When am I charged?
At checkout, the day you sign up, even though Radar launches on Monday 9 November 2026. After that you're charged on the same date each month (or year). Prices exclude VAT; Stripe adds VAT for your country at checkout, and businesses can enter a VAT number instead.
How do I cancel?
Log in to the Stripe billing portal with the email you paid with and cancel there, or email [email protected] and we cancel it for you. We reply within 1 working day. Cancelling stops future payments from your next billing date.
How do refunds work?
If Radar isn't live by Sunday 15 November 2026, we refund everything you paid. You can also ask for a full refund within 14 days of launch, for any reason. And if your first seat check finds nothing to save or change, we refund that payment. Email [email protected] or reply to your receipt; we reply within 1 working day.
Can I expense it?
Yes. Prices are in euro, and Stripe issues an invoice with VAT for every payment, worked out for your country at checkout. Solo prices include VAT. Team and Studio exclude VAT, and businesses can add a VAT number at checkout.
Is anything done by hand on our side?
No. Setup, alerts, the seat-cost checker, rules packs and the briefing are all self-serve. The only human step is ours: a person checks each change before an alert goes out.