AI Search & Retrieval Infrastructure Platforms

The 13 AI Search & Retrieval Infrastructure Platforms tools on HokAI, compared on capability, pricing and compliance. Independently verified.

What is in AI Search & Retrieval Infrastructure Platforms

HokAI tracks 13 active tools in AI Search & Retrieval Infrastructure Platforms. 13 of them (100%) publish a free tier you can test before paying. The audience most often named across these listings is ai engineers building research or rag agents.

AI Search & Retrieval Infrastructure Platforms — Tools

  • Algolia — AI search and retrieval platform powering 1.75 trillion searches annually for 18,000+ businesses with semantic search, vector embeddings, and AI agents.
  • Browserbase — Hosted headless browsers for AI agents, with a free plan of 3 concurrent sessions, session replays and the open source Stagehand SDK.
  • Context.dev — Context.dev scrapes pages to markdown, extracts brand assets, and crawls entire sites via one API. Free: 500 credits. Trusted by 5,000+ companies.
  • Deeplake — Activeloop's open-source GPU database for AI agents: Postgres interface, multimodal data lake, SOC 2 Type II certified, Apache-licensed core.
  • Exa — Search API that ranks the web by meaning for AI agents and retrieval pipelines, with six search types, an asynchronous research Agent and an official MCP server. A free Starter plan with monthly credits needs no payment method.
  • Firecrawl — Web data API for AI agents: search, scrape, crawl and interact, returning LLM-ready Markdown. Open source core with a free plan and an MCP server.
  • LanceDB — LanceDB stores 100M+ vectors on a single node as an open-source, embedded database built on Apache Arrow, backed by $41M in funding.
  • Mem0 — Mem0 gives AI agents persistent memory through one API, scoring 92.5 on the LoCoMo benchmark with its V3 algorithm released in 2026.
  • NuMind — NuMind's NuExtract API pulls structured JSON from PDFs and scans, claiming a 9-point F-score edge over GPT-4.1 on its own extraction benchmark.
  • Reducto — Reducto turns PDFs, scans, and spreadsheets across 30+ file types into structured JSON for RAG pipelines and AI agents, with agentic OCR correction.
  • Tavily — Five-endpoint web access API for AI agents: search, extract, map, crawl and research, with a free plan and a keyless trial mode.
  • You.com — AI Search APIs & Infrastructure for Enterprise Teams
  • Zerox — Zerox is a free, MIT-licensed library that turns PDFs and 26+ document formats into clean markdown using vision models like GPT-4o, though development appears to have stalled.

Where these tools run

Across the 13 AI Search & Retrieval Infrastructure Platforms listings, 12 run in the browser, 2 ship a Windows build, 2 ship a macOS build, 1 offer a mobile app. Check platform support before shortlisting — it is the constraint most often discovered late.

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Frequently asked questions

How many tools are there in AI Search & Retrieval Infrastructure Platforms?

HokAI currently lists 13 active entries in AI Search & Retrieval Infrastructure Platforms. Each is verified against the vendor's own pages and re-checked as those pages change, so the count moves as the category does.

Which tools are listed under AI Search & Retrieval Infrastructure Platforms?

Algolia, Browserbase, Context.dev, Deeplake and Exa, among the 13 entries in this section. Each links through to a full profile covering what it does, how it is priced where that is published, and how it compares with the alternatives in the same category.

Are there free AI Search & Retrieval Infrastructure Platforms options?

Yes — 13 of the 13 listings in AI Search & Retrieval Infrastructure Platforms publish a free tier. Free tiers here usually cap usage volume or hold back the higher-end features rather than expiring, so they suit evaluation before committing.

Do AI Search & Retrieval Infrastructure Platforms tools work on mobile?

1 of the 13 listings in AI Search & Retrieval Infrastructure Platforms offer an iOS or Android app; 12 run in the browser, which in practice covers mobile through a responsive interface even without a native app.