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ARQS releases Software Scout Radar, a free evidence-based tool for choosing business software

ARQS has released Software Scout Radar, a free browser tool that helps small businesses and teams choose software with evidence instead of a gut feeling.

By West Coast News ·
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VANCOUVER, B.C., October 17, 2026 — ARQS has released Software Scout Radar, a free browser tool that helps small businesses and teams choose software with evidence instead of a gut feeling. Users start from a CRM, accounting, project management, website builder, help desk or email marketing template, or build their own list of criteria, set a weight from 0 to 5 for each, and score every vendor from 0 to 5 with a note on the evidence behind each score, such as a trial result or a demo. Scout Radar adds per-seat, flat and setup fees into a one- to five-year total cost, ranks the vendors by weighted score with a points-per-$1,000 value index, draws a radar chart of the top three and runs 500 random weight shifts of up to 30 percent to show whether the leading choice holds up. Decisions can be exported as a written decision memo, a CSV file or a file to reopen later. The tool needs no account or purchase, saves only in the user's own browser and uploads nothing, and scores and prices are entered by the user.

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About ARQS

ARQS builds practical AI systems, software, business intelligence, professional education, publishing, community initiatives and venture opportunities. ARQS is part of the ARQS.ca portfolio. More at ARQS.

About ARQS

ARQS (ACK Research Quantitative Systems) runs ARQS.ca, one web address for AI software, business services, online learning, publishing and its portfolio of digital platforms. Products are sold through the ARQS Store; company news is in the ARQS Newsroom and on West Coast News product releases.

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