StackScope
StackScope indexes new product launches and newly discovered websites, then annotates them with detected technology information.
What StackScope is
StackScope indexes new product launches and newly discovered websites, then annotates them with detected technology information. It gathers launches from Product Hunt, Hacker News, and PeerPush, and finds additional sites through public internet infrastructure. Its crawler identifies frameworks, hosting providers, CDNs, DNS configuration, security headers, and SaaS tools loaded on a site. The service offers web access and an API with JSON endpoints for site lookups, technology and launch queries, trends, breakdowns, exports, and watches. Paid features add email, Slack, or webhook alerts, spreadsheet downloads, and API exports. Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, and other MCP clients can connect through mcp.stackscope.dev. Records describe technology at launch; the back catalogue is not scheduled for recrawling, and arbitrary domains cannot generally be scanned on demand. The crawler respects robots.txt, does not log in or submit forms, and browsing requires no account or personal information. Plans include Indie at £15 per month, Pro at £49, and Firehose at £159, with seven-day first-time trials on Indie and Pro.
Good
- Tracks launches from multiple discovery sources
- Detects frameworks, hosting, DNS, and SaaS tools
- API provides lookup and trend endpoints
- Alerts through email, Slack, or webhooks
- Respects robots.txt and requires no account for browsing
Watch out
- No scheduled recrawling of back catalogue
- Arbitrary domains generally cannot be scanned on demand
- Paid data licence is for business use
- Historical technology data is not supported
Who it suits
StackScope suits vendors monitoring competitors, agencies finding new sites, analysts tracking technology adoption, and products enriching account lookups. Its API and alerts also fit teams needing structured launch data.
Verdict
StackScope focuses on launch-time technology intelligence with web, API, export, and alerting options. Choose a plan based on watch limits, launch volume, browsing needs, and whether business-only licensing fits.
Plans and prices
From StackScope's own pricing page, checked 7 Oct 2001.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Indie | £15 a month | 1 watch on 1 technology and 1 keyword · 3,000 launches/month · lookups, exports and Explore · £15 a month; 7 days free for first-time subscribers, then monthly by card |
| Pro | £49 a month | 5 watches, each on 2 technologies and 2 keywords · 50,000 launches/month · on-demand browsing · published contact details · £49 a month; 7 days free for first-time subscribers, then monthly by card |
| Firehose | £159 a month | Every launch delivered as it lands by webhook or Slack · no ceiling on launches or watches · includes Pro features and contact details · £159 a month, billed monthly by card |
The facts
Each one read from StackScope's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Alerts and exports
- Paid features include watches delivered by email, Slack or webhook, plus spreadsheet downloads and API exports.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Analysis
- Its crawler detects frameworks, hosting providers, CDNs, DNS configuration, security headers and SaaS tools loaded on a site.checked 7 Oct 2001
- API
- The API provides JSON endpoints for site lookup, technology and launch queries, trends, breakdowns, exports and watches.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Business use
- The paid data licence says paid services are supplied for business use only.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Contact data
- Published contact details may include general business email addresses or contact forms, but not named people's details.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Data limits
- Records describe a site's technology at launch; there is no scheduled recrawl of the back catalogue or on-demand scanning of arbitrary domains.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Discovery sources
- It pulls launches from Product Hunt, Hacker News and PeerPush, and independently discovers newly launched sites from public internet infrastructure.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Integrations
- Users can connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code and other MCP clients through https://mcp.stackscope.dev.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Intended users
- The maker describes the service as useful for vendors monitoring competitors, agencies finding new sites in their market, analysts tracking technology adoption and products enriching account lookups.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Privacy and crawling
- The crawler respects robots.txt, does not log in or submit forms, and the privacy policy says browsing requires no account or personal information.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Support
- The maker lists an email contact for questions, corrections and removal issues that cannot be handled through the self-service flow.checked 7 Oct 2001
- What it does
- StackScope indexes new product launches and newly discovered sites, then annotates them with detected technology information.checked 7 Oct 2001
The company
- Company
- StackScope is operated by DATAFREAK LTD, registered in England and Wales, with a registered office in London.checked 7 Oct 2001
- Headquarters
- London, United Kingdomchecked 28 Sep 2001
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