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20 tools in this category. 1 are rated killed and 10 survived — together the non-survivors add up to $346 a month.

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Felo
searchSearch· $16
YES
OpenAI · 2025-06 · ChatGPT search with citations and native multilingual answers built in
ChatGPT and Perplexity now cover the same core job on a free tier, so the $16/mo is optional.
Y
Yext
searchSearch· $199
KINDA
Google · 2024-05 · Google AI Overviews answer queries directly, reducing listing and site traffic
Google Business Profile covers the headline feature free, so the $199/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
G
Glean
searchSearch· $40
KINDA
Microsoft · 2023-11 · Microsoft 365 Copilot searches and answers across enterprise data natively
Microsoft Copilot covers the headline feature free, so the $40/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
P
Perplexity Pro
searchSearch· $20
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-10 · ChatGPT Search + native web browsing
ChatGPT Search and Gemini cover the headline feature free, so the $20/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
P
Phind
searchSearch· $17
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-05 · ChatGPT Search + Claude
Perplexity and ChatGPT cover the headline feature free, so the $17/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
Y
You.com
searchSearch· $15
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-10 · ChatGPT Search
Perplexity and ChatGPT Search cover the headline feature free, so the $15/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
L
Liner
searchSearch· $15
KINDA
OpenAI · 2025-02 · ChatGPT deep research producing cited literature reviews without a separate tool
Elicit and Consensus cover the headline feature free, so the $15/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
E
Elicit
searchSearch· $12
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-10 · ChatGPT Search over academic sources
ChatGPT and Consensus cover the headline feature free, so the $12/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
C
Consensus
searchSearch· $12
KINDA
OpenAI · 2024-10 · ChatGPT Search over academic sources
ChatGPT Search and Elicit cover the headline feature free, so the $12/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
A
Algolia
searchSearch· free
KINDA
OpenAI · 2023-01 · OpenAI embeddings and RAG let teams build semantic search in-house
Meilisearch and Typesense cover the headline feature free, and the workflow around it is why you would still open this.
S
Scite
searchSearch· $20
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2024-10 · AI literature summaries
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the search job, so this one still earns its $20/mo.
T
Typesense
searchSearch· $19
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2025-04 · Conversational AI answers replacing the search box on many sites entirely
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the search job, so this one still earns its $19/mo.
K
Kagi
searchSearch· $10
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2024-10 · ChatGPT Search and AI answers
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the search job, so this one still earns its $10/mo.
B
Brave Search
searchSearch· $3
NOT REALLY
Google · 2025-05 · AI Overviews and AI Mode answering queries before any result list is read
Google's version overlaps, but does not finish the search job, so this one still earns its $3/mo.
O
OpenSearch
searchSearch· free
NOT REALLY
Anthropic · 2025-04 · Purpose-built vector stores and managed retrieval services taking new AI search projects
Anthropic's version overlaps, but does not finish the search job, so this one is still worth keeping open.
P
Parallel
searchSearch· free
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2026-02 · Model providers bundling web search into their APIs at no extra charge
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the search job, so this one is still worth keeping open.
E
Exa
searchSearch· free
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2025-02 · Model providers bundle their own web search tools
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the search job, so this one is still worth keeping open.
T
Tavily
searchSearch· free
NOT REALLY
OpenAI · 2025-02 · Assistants ship built-in browsing
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the search job, so this one is still worth keeping open.
S
Serper
searchSearch· free
NOT REALLY
Google · 2025-05 · AI Overviews changed what a Google result page even is
Google's version overlaps, but does not finish the search job, so this one is still worth keeping open.
C
Comet
searchSearch· free
NOT REALLY
Google · 2025-07 · Chrome and Edge are shipping their own agentic browsing
Google's version overlaps, but does not finish the search job, so this one is still worth keeping open.