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GummySearch
Reddit audience research — find pain points people actually post about.
KINDA
why this verdict
Downgrade — pay for the workflow, not the AI
ChatGPT covers the headline feature free, so the $29/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- ChatGPT and Grok can search social platforms directly now. OpenAI, April 1, 2025 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers headline only editorial call
- The headline feature, but not the workflow, data or integrations around it.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 1 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: ChatGPT.
- What the call is worth $348/yr
- $29/mo at the entry paid tier — $348 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- OpenAI
- Since
- April 1, 2025
- List price
- $29/mo
- Per year
- $348
The backstory
GummySearch built a following among indie founders for turning Reddit into a customer-research database. Assistants that browse and search social platforms cover the casual version of that job free, so the paid product now leans on saved audiences, alerts and structured tracking over time.
Escape hatches
switching could free up $348/yr C 
ChatGPT Searches and summarises threads.
chatgpt.com open_in_new S 
SparkToro Broader audience research.
sparktoro.com open_in_new1 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.