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Sonar

The free alternative to NetSuite MCP Connector

Now live inside NetSuite

Your NetSuite account just got a coworker who never loses the saved search.

Sonar is an AI teammate that logs in as you, works under your own permissions, and turns "let me dig through NetSuite for that" into a two-line chat. No exports, no scripting detour, no waiting on the reporting queue.

Sonar vs. MCP Connector

Both are free. They're not the same kind of free.

The core difference is architectural. An MCP connector sits outside NetSuite and reaches in to find your data. Sonar sits inside your NetSuite environment, built from the same components NetSuite's own modules are built from. That is what gives it faster, more secure access to the data, along with the same permission model available to scripts.

 

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Two differences tend to matter most in practice: environment control and scale.

Sonar can be shut off entirely for edit-permission roles, or scoped so edit access only works in sandbox, something permissions alone can't guarantee. And because Sonar isn't bound to the roughly 1,000-line ceiling typical of an MCP connector, it can pull and compile results running into the hundreds of thousands of lines, faster, without splitting the request into pieces.

 

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CategoryMCP ConnectorSonar
Cost & LLM choiceFree, bring your own LLMFree, bring your own LLM
Data handlingDepends on the connector and client you're runningNothing is logged or stored; data never leaves your session
Permission modelHonors your NetSuite role's permissionsHonors your role's permissions, plus its own role-level restrictions on top
Environment controlSame access wherever it's connected, so an edit-permission user can accidentally run it against the wrong environmentCan be locked down independently, for example edit access in sandbox and read-only in production, regardless of the user's role
Speed to answerSlower to get to the data, with more round trips to reach the same resultGets to the data significantly faster
Result sizeCapped at roughly 1,000 lines per resultHandles results into the hundreds of thousands of lines
Query auditingStores HTML files and isn't purpose-built for NetSuiteEvery SQL query used to compile a result can be downloaded and audited, then reused as a starting point for reports you want to run on a recurring basis
Ready-made promptsNot included25+ free out of the box, 265+ with a one-time unlock
Custom promptsDepends on the clientOpen chat included in the free edition

Watch it in action

The full demo, plus a live Q&A on security and features.

See Sonar run against a real NetSuite account end to end, then hear the questions people actually ask about it: how it handles permissions, what it does and doesn't store, and where it fits alongside the rest of your NetSuite setup.

Prompt library

25+ prompts free out of the box. 265+ if you unlock the full library.

The free edition ships with 25+ ready-made prompts and an open chat for writing your own. No prompt engineering is required, but nothing stops you either. Want the rest? A single one-time purchase unlocks the full library of 265+ premium prompts, covering AR aging, income statement variance, board summaries, and supply chain dashboards.

Who's actually using this

Built for the people who live inside NetSuite daily.

If your job involves NetSuite, whether administering it, reporting out of it, running operations through it, or fixing it, Sonar removes a layer of friction from the parts you do every day.

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    NetSuite Admins

    Field setup, SuiteQL, and the same three requests that resurface every single week, handled without a ticket.

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    Finance Teams

    Run the reports, chase the variance, and get an answer today instead of waiting for a custom report to be built.

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    Operations Teams

    Ask plain questions about orders, inventory, customers, and workflows. No NetSuite fluency is required.

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    Developers

    Debug scripts, inspect deployments, and knock out the "can you just check this" requests faster.

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Installed in minutes. Nothing lives outside NetSuite.

Find it in SuiteBundler

Install like any other bundle. The Suitelet and script deployment land directly in your account, with no file uploads and no build tools.

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Open the link

The chat interface loads in your browser, already signed in as you, already scoped to your role.

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Start asking

"Show me top customers by revenue this year." "Run last quarter's AR Aging Summary." Sonar figures out the steps and gets you the answer.

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The catch? There isn't one.

Free to use. No card on file, no surprise charge in 30 days.

The NetSuite community is why this exists, so the core of Sonar stays free, with no upfront purchase and no subscription. Premium prompts exist for teams who want them, but most people never need to leave the free tier. Request access and you're in.

Under the hood

Four design choices that separate it from a generic "chat with your data" tool.

SKILLS

Reference material it actually reads first

Before touching an unfamiliar query, Sonar consults curated notes on SuiteQL, record structures, and permissions, so NetSuite's real quirks win over generic training-data guesses.

 

TOON

Compact by default

Table-shaped results get encoded in a lean, CSV-like format instead of repetitive JSON, so long result sets stay cheap and conversations don't hit a wall.

PROJECTS

Tell it your quirks once

Save account-specific context, such as "subsidiary 2 is US" or "sales orders carry a custom column called X," and Sonar reads it every time instead of asking again.

 

ARTIFACTS

Files without the clutter

One-off exports and generated reports come back as clean downloads that never get written into the file cabinet, and never round-trip raw data through the model.

LATEST UPDATE

SuiteScript reference is re-verified against NetSuite 2026.1 and not scraped from old docs.

Most LLMs will tell you SuiteScript facts with total confidence that stopped being true a while ago. Sonar's latest version loads a reference that was empirically checked against current NetSuite behavior, and trusts that over whatever its training data assumes.

OUTDATED ASSUMPTION

each() "stops" at 4,000 rows

That used to just be a silent cutoff. On current NetSuite, it throws an error instead, with no warning if you're coding against the old assumption.

 

SILENT TRAP

A missing mainline filter

Leave it out and results get duplicated, again with nothing flagging that anything went wrong.

SILENT TRAP

A mis-formatted status filter

Gets the wrong format and NetSuite doesn't complain. It just quietly hands back zero rows, so the bug looks like empty data instead of broken code.

 

SILENT TRAP

N/query's 5,000-row clamp

Query results cap at 5,000 rows without an error, a limit that's easy to miss until a report is quietly wrong.

Sonar loads this verified reference before it writes any SuiteScript, ahead of whatever it would otherwise assume. Adding tools expands what an agent can do. Giving it current, checked knowledge is what stops it from confidently getting the fundamentals wrong.

Architecture

It runs where your data already lives, not next to it.

Sonar deploys as a Suitelet inside your own account. Every action executes under your login, your role, your audit trail. There's no separate server holding a copy of your data and nothing new to keep in sync.

An agent, not a script

Sonar plans a step, calls a tool, checks the result, and decides what's next, the same reasoning loop behind Claude AI, aimed at NetSuite work specifically.

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Bundle-based install

No developer toolchain and no file upload. Search, install, open the link, and most teams are running queries within five minutes.

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Powered by Claude AI

Other LLMs are already available if you'd rather run Sonar on one you already use. We default to Claude because it handles the technical depth this work demands, and of the models on offer, it's the one we keep the most current.

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Real reports, not reconstructions

Ask for an Income Statement and you get NetSuite's actual report, with real subtotals and eliminations, not a SuiteQL approximation of one.

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Nothing persists server-side

Each request runs one tool call and returns JSON. The conversation itself lives in your browser; no API key sits on a server waiting to be a liability.

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Permission-bound, always

Sonar can only see and do what your NetSuite role already allows. It inherits your access; it doesn't expand it.

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What it actually does

Example chat prompts

Sonar isn't a wrapper that guesses at your data from the outside. It's operating a real NetSuite session, so the answers come from your actual records, roles, and report engine.

Interrogate your own data

Write and run SuiteQL, cross-reference records, roll numbers up, and get a straight answer instead of building a saved search first.

"Which invoices are 60+ days overdue by customer segment?"

Sonar joins the AR ledger to customer records, groups by segment, and hands back the aging breakdown. No report template is required.


Pull the real financial reports

When you need the actual Balance Sheet or P&L, including subtotals, eliminations, and all, Sonar drives NetSuite's own report engine instead of rebuilding it in a chat window.

"Get me the Balance Sheet for last fiscal year, split by subsidiary."


Sonar runs the native report with the right filters and returns a downloadable version, the same numbers your auditor would see.

Handle the admin work nobody wants to queue up

Stand up custom fields, lists, saved searches, and roles conversationally, with a confirmation step before anything sensitive actually saves.

"Add a checkbox field to the item record called 'Discontinued, Do Not Reorder.'"

Sonar creates the field, applies it to the item record, shows you the change, and waits for your OK before committing it.

 

Chase down what broke

Hand it an error message or a screenshot and it will trace the script, pull execution logs, and point at the actual failing line.

"This Suitelet is throwing an error. Here's the screenshot."

Sonar reads the error, finds the deployment, checks recent logs, and comes back with the line that's failing and a suggested fix.

A few things people ask before installing.

Ready when you are

Stop hunting for the saved search that used to work.

Request access, install the bundle, and start asking NetSuite questions the way you'd ask a coworker.