The complete source management, discovery and RFQ workflow tool.
Manage and discover new sources, conduct rapid RFQ outreach to any combination of them simultaneously with one click, and track RFQs from quote to PO. Our database of metals, materials, services, and fasteners sources alongside your own private sourcing makes Source Finder an invaluable tool in buying materials online.
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As featured inThe Fabricator
What's already in the database — real shops with verified offerings.
Metal & material suppliers
987
Materials
48
Shapes
94
Grades
997
Services
59
Fastener suppliers
631
Fastener types
235
How it works
Three steps. Minutes, not weeks.
Step 1
Build your supplier list
Upload the suppliers you already use — one at a time, or bulk-import a spreadsheet. Find new, verified suppliers from our database, or via our AI search engine. They all live in one searchable and sortable list.
Step 2
Send one RFQ to all of them
Select any combination of suppliers from your database and with one click generate a draft email with all of them in BCC. Write your RFQ once, and hit send. Five suppliers or fifty — same effort.
Step 3
Track every reply to the PO
Log quotes and lead times as they come in, compare them side by side, and record the PO when you pick a winner. Next time the same need comes around, resend the whole group in one click.
Why it works
Three quotes can save you 15–30%. Source Finder helps you get dozens.
Aggregated across RFQs sent through Source Finder, comparing highest to lowest quote on the same spec.
You stop overpaying
One quote tells you nothing. A dozen reveal the market range for that material.
Volume costs you nothing
Contacting thirty suppliers is the same effort as one.
Your suppliers come too
Not a marketplace: your existing contacts get the same RFQ, in the same send.
Nothing gets lost
Quotes, lead times, POs — logged against the RFQ, not scattered across your inbox.
1 · Your suppliers
Every supplier you work with, in one list.
Most buyers keep their suppliers in three places: a spreadsheet, an old CRM export, and their own memory. Source Finder replaces all three — every supplier you work with lives in one searchable list, and any of them can receive your next RFQ.
Group them into folders, star the ones you use most, and save the right contact person for each — so RFQs go to Jim, not to sales@. On team plans you can share your list, so a new hire starts with your whole supplier book on day one.
Import your own
Add contacts one at a time, or bulk-upload a spreadsheet.
Folders and favorites
Group by project or vendor type; star the ones you use most and they pin to the top.
The right contact, every time
Save Jim, not sales@. Override name, email, and phone on any supplier.
Share with your team
On Team plans, a new hire starts with your whole supplier book.
2 · Find new suppliers
When you need a supplier you don't have.
Sooner or later a job calls for something your usual suppliers don't carry: a specialty alloy, a fastener type you've never bought, a finishing service you've always outsourced elsewhere. Source Finder gives you two ways to find that supplier fast — and anyone you find gets saved to your list, so you only have to find them once.
SF Database
Real shops. Verified offerings. No dead listings.
Every listing is a real, operating supplier, confirmed to work in the material, shape, grade, or service it's listed under.
- Filter by material, shape, grade, fastener type, or service
- Narrow by state, or by distance from your ZIP
- Offerings verified — every supplier actually works in what it's listed under
- Refreshed multiple times a day
SCOUT AI
For the stuff nobody stocks.
When the database doesn't have it, our AI searches thousands of supplier sites live, scores each match, and skips anyone you already have.
- Searches thousands of supplier sites, live
- Confidence score on every match
- Automatically skips suppliers you already have
- Included on every paid plan (amount varies by plan)
3 · Send & track RFQs
From “sent” to “PO” without a spreadsheet.
Hitting send is the easy half. The hard half is what comes after: chasing replies, logging quotes, comparing lead times, remembering who ghosted you, and recording which PO went to whom. That's usually a spreadsheet nobody updates.
Here, every RFQ you send becomes a row you can work. Mark each supplier as waiting, quoted, declined, won, or no-response. Type the quoted price and lead time straight into the row — no forms, no modals. Add notes as replies land, drop in the PO number when you pick a winner. It's all on one screen, and it's still there a year from now.
See how it worksStatus per supplier
Waiting, quoted, declined, won, no response; the RFQ's overall status follows automatically.
Quotes and lead times inline
Click the field, type, click away. The numbers feed the side-by-side comparison.
Notes and PO numbers
The RFQ becomes the complete record of the purchase.
Resend to the same group
Buying it again next quarter? Same suppliers, one click.
Close or reopen
Nothing is ever deleted.
Search your history
Pull up an RFQ from two years ago; the quotes and notes are still there.
Source Finder vs. the alternatives
Whatever you're using today, here's why buyers switch.
Buyers come to Source Finder from three places. See how we compare to each.
Replace the search-and-spreadsheet workflow.
| Feature | Source Finder | Search Engines & AI Chat Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Supplier vetting | Sources and their offerings vetted and confirmed. | Random results — dropshippers, importers reselling overseas stock, dead listings. |
| Search structure | Near-instant smart matching by material, shape, grade, fastener type, or service to a precision list. | Keyword searching and clicking through individual sites to confirm offerings. |
| RFQ workflow | Generate the same RFQ email outreach to all desired sources simultaneously. | Open each supplier site, copy spec, write each email. |
| Finding new suppliers | AI scans the web in real time and scores each supplier against your spec. | No scoring or deep assessment of your need vs. what the source offers. |
| Bring your own suppliers | Your own suppliers sit in the same list and get the same RFQ. | Lives in a separate spreadsheet or CRM — manual reconciliation. |
| Customize contact info | Override contact name/email/phone per source, per account. | None — you live with stale or generic contacts. |
| Audit trail | Every RFQ ever sent, by every user, kept permanently. | None. |
Real savings
The same part, quoted by different suppliers, at wildly different prices.
These are real RFQs sent through Source Finder. On these seven, the lowest quote came in a median of 22% below the highest — from suppliers who all quoted the same spec, on the same day. A buyer who called one supplier would never have known.
| Material | Highest quote | Lowest quote | Saved |
|---|---|---|---|
| C110 Copper Bar | $2,315 | $1,754 | $561 |
| 4140 Annealed Alloy Steel Plate | $7,630 | $6,696 | $934 |
| Hot Rolled 8620 Alloy Steel Bar | $2,571 | $1,611 | $960 |
| Inconel 718 Bar | $5,741 | $4,727 | $1,014 |
| 7050 Aluminum Plate | $7,303 | $5,997 | $1,306 |
| Galvanized Expanded Metal | $10,167 | $7,922 | $2,245 |
| T304 Stainless Steel Tube | $4,375 | $1,187 | $3,188 |
Actual results from Source Finder users. Same specification, same week, multiple suppliers. The only thing that changed was asking more than one of them.
Plans & pricing
Different sourcing needs, different plans.
One entry point — 30-day free trial
30 days of full access — cancel any time.
Build your custom source repository, discover new suppliers, send RFQ outreach, and track every RFQ from quote to PO. Your trial includes unlimited Database searches, unlimited RFQ outreach and 50 AI supplier searches. We save your card up front and charge nothing until day 30 — cancel before then and you won't be charged at all.
Billed monthly
Unlimited RFQ outreach
+ 50 AI supplier searches / mo
- Custom Source Repository
- RFQ tracking, outreach to PO
- Unlimited Source Finder Database searches
- 1 seat
- Growing? Move to Team whenever you like — your source repository and RFQ history come with you, intact.
$158/mo for 2 seats · Billed monthly
Need more than 10? Talk to us about Enterprise.
Unlimited RFQ outreach
+ 50 AI supplier searches / seat / mo (pooled)
- Custom Source Repository
- RFQ tracking, outreach to PO
- Unlimited Source Finder Database searches
- 2–10 seats
- Shared source repository & folders
- Team-wide RFQ visibility
- Material Expert Helpdesk
- Team RFQ analytics
Need more than 10 seats?
Enterprise — custom seats, sales-led pricing.
For procurement orgs at 11+ seats, multi-team rollouts, or custom SLAs. Everything on Team — unlimited RFQ outreach and Database searches, pooled AI supplier search, Material Expert Helpdesk — plus volume pricing, dedicated account management, and bespoke seat counts.
Please note: Source Finder is not currently available to companies based in New York state.
Get started
Not a directory. Not a marketplace. The tool you actually send RFQs from.
Your next RFQ could go to eight suppliers instead of one.
Start free for 30 days. Full database, AI search, unlimited RFQ tracking. Cancel any time before day 30.
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