Competitor comparison 2026-09-07 4 min read
TedScout vs Victano, an honest MCP procurement comparison
TedScout and Victano are both MCP-connected EU procurement tools, priced identically at €79/month for their main tier. Here is what each actually does, what it does not, and where the real difference is.
Stop checking five portals every morning.
TedScout searches TED plus 13 national portals across 27+ EU countries, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland.
What TedScout is
TedScout (tedscout.eu) is an EU procurement intelligence platform and MCP connector (compatible with Claude, Cursor and Le Chat) that searches TED and 13 national portals, including BOAMP (France), PLACSP (Spain), BZP (Poland), TenderNed (Netherlands), ANAC (Italy) and Contracts Finder (UK), and layers AI-driven analysis on top: buyer intelligence from award history, GO/NO GO qualification, bid outlines, and scheduled watchlists.
What it does well
- Broad portal reach. 13 national portals plus TED, across 27+ EU countries and three EEA/EFTA states, is wide single-tool coverage.
- Buyer intelligence from award history.
get_buyer_intelligencereads a buyer's past awards to inform a bid/no-bid call, a workflow Victano has not shipped yet. - Scheduled watchlists. Up to 10 watchlists on the Pro tier with daily monitoring, an always-on layer Victano does not offer.
- A free tier exists. €0/month gets basic TED search, one watchlist and 50 daily requests before any payment.
What it does not do
- Nothing without an account. Every tier, including free, requires a magic-link signup and an API key connected in your MCP client before the first search. There is no keyless first answer.
- Below-threshold depth outside its 13 portals is not its focus. Its coverage is wide (13 national portals) but built around above-threshold breadth and buyer-history intelligence, not the same below-threshold-first design Victano is built around.
- Pricing caps requests. Pro is capped at 500 daily requests; Agency (€199/month) raises that to 5,000 with 5 seats, a request budget to manage, not unlimited use.
The honest split
| Job | Start here |
|---|---|
| Broad above-threshold search + buyer-history intelligence + scheduled watchlists | TedScout |
| A keyless first answer with no signup, before deciding whether to connect at all | Victano |
| Below-threshold-weighted coverage across 16 national portals + EU grants | Victano |
| Automated GO/NO GO bid qualification today, not on a roadmap | TedScout |
Both charge €79/month for their main tier once you do connect. If scheduled watchlists and buyer-award intelligence are the job, TedScout ships that now. If trying a real search before creating any account, or a below-threshold-weighted read across more national portals, is the job, that is what Victano is built for. Neither claims to do the other's job today.
FAQ. Questions people ask
Is TedScout's Pro tier the same price as Victano?
Yes, both are €79/month for their main paid tier (TedScout Pro; Victano's Founding Beta price, locked at 30% off for 12 months for early accounts). Price is not the difference here, depth and authentication model are.
Does Victano replace TedScout's buyer intelligence or watchlists?
No. TedScout's GO/NO GO qualification, scheduled watchlists and buyer-history intelligence are real, shipped features Victano does not yet have (tracked as open work). If daily watchlist emails or automated bid/no-bid scoring across many tenders is the job, TedScout does that today and Victano does not.
Can I try Victano without creating an account or an API key?
Yes. Victano's keyless trial answers real searches on connect, with no account or API key needed for the first look. TedScout requires a free-account signup (magic-link auth) before any search, even on its free tier.
How many portals does each one search?
TedScout searches TED plus 13 national portals across 27+ EU countries, Norway, Iceland and Switzerland. Victano reads TED plus 16 national below-threshold portals and the EU Funding & Tenders grants register, a different, narrower-by-design slice weighted toward below-threshold notices TED itself does not carry.
Victano puts this inside the AI you already use. Say “Read https://victano.com/start.md and follow the onboarding instructions” to Claude or ChatGPT and it connects itself. No form, no password, free during the Founding Beta.
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