# Houndarr vs Surmai — Fit & Features

Canonical: https://trutool.co/compare/houndarr-vs-surmai
Author: Snehil (https://trutool.co/authors/snehil)

Compare Houndarr and Surmai by use case, features, limitations, and evaluation questions.

## Compare fit, features, and limitations

### Houndarr
A self-hosted companion for Radarr, Sonarr, Lidarr, Readarr, and Whisparr that automatically searches for missing and upgrade-eligible media in polite, controlled batches.
Best fit: People and teams evaluating developer tools for a specific workflow.
- Workflow automation
Before you choose: Test a representative task, inspect outputs, and confirm integrations, permissions, data handling, licensing, and current costs.
Pricing: https://av1155.github.io/houndarr/
- [Read Houndarr profile](https://trutool.co/tools/houndarr): Read Houndarr profile

### Surmai
Surmai is a personal/family travel organizer. It allow collaborative planning between multiple people, easy access to all the necessary artifacts and keeps the data private.
Best fit: People and teams evaluating developer tools for a specific workflow.
- Data workflows
Before you choose: Test a representative task, inspect outputs, and confirm integrations, permissions, data handling, licensing, and current costs.
Pricing: https://surmai.app
- [Read Surmai profile](https://trutool.co/tools/surmai): Read Surmai profile