Search and Discovery

Compare the 31 tools in Search and Discovery — independently verified, re-verified on a rolling schedule, graded on capability, pricing and compliance.

What is in Search and Discovery

HokAI tracks 31 active tools in Search and Discovery. 22 of them (71%) publish a free tier you can test before paying. The audience most often named across these listings is seo professionals, followed by content creators.

Search and Discovery — Tools

  • AI Search Lift — DISQO AI Search Lift measures whether advertising drives incremental brand mentions inside ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, launched July 1, 2026.
  • Algolia — AI search and retrieval platform powering 1.75 trillion searches annually for 18,000+ businesses with semantic search, vector embeddings, and AI agents.
  • Andi Search — AI search for the next generation: answers, not just links
  • Bing — Microsoft's AI-powered search engine with Copilot integration, multi-turn search, and enterprise capabilities. Free consumer search; Copilot Search powered by OpenAI's Prometheus model. Enterprise Bing Chat is also available for teams.
  • Cerenovus — Cerenovus turns your company's Slack, emails, and docs into an AI knowledge graph and answers leadership questions in minutes, not weeks. YC S26 2026.
  • CiteLens — CiteLens tracks brand and site citations across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and Gemini, from a free-forever plan up to its top Agency tier.
  • Clearscope — Discover, create, and optimize content for Google and AI search
  • Consensus — AI-powered search engine for peer-reviewed research literature
  • 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.
  • Exa — Neural search API for AI agents, serving 400,000+ developers at $7/1K requests, with a free tier of 1,000 searches/month.
  • Frase — The agentic SEO & GEO platform to rank on Google and get cited by AI
  • Glean — Enterprise AI search platform at $300M ARR in 2026, connecting 100+ apps with permissions-aware results, AI agents, and MCP support from ~$50/user/month.
  • Google Lens — Google's AI-powered visual search tool that identifies objects, translates text in 100+ languages, enables shopping via 45B product listings, and provides homework help. Free across Android, iOS, and Chrome.
  • Komo AI — AI search and workflow platform that returns sourced answers and lets you automate repeating research tasks.
  • LanceDB — LanceDB stores 100M+ vectors on a single node as an open-source, embedded database built on Apache Arrow, backed by $41M in funding.
  • MarketMuse — AI-powered content intelligence platform that tells you what to write and how much to rank higher where competitors are weak.
  • Mem0 — Mem0 gives AI agents persistent memory through one API, scoring 92.5 on the LoCoMo benchmark with its V3 algorithm released in 2026.
  • NEURONwriter — AI-powered SEO content optimization platform combining semantic SEO with AI writing capabilities
  • 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.
  • Outranking — AI-powered SEO content creation and optimization with SERP analysis
  • Palmata — Palmata is Contentful's AEO platform, built around a proprietary research agent that investigates why AI answer engines characterize a brand a certain way and recommends the content changes most likely to shift it.
  • Perplexity AI — Perplexity AI searches the live web and returns cited, source-backed answers, used by 45 million monthly users with plans starting free.
  • Reducto — Reducto turns PDFs, scans, and spreadsheets across 30+ file types into structured JSON for RAG pipelines and AI agents, with agentic OCR correction.
  • SeaOcean — SEO audit platform with 75+ checks plus AI Search Optimization (GEO) tools, LLM visibility tracking, and llms.txt generation. Rated 4.8/5, with a free plan available.
  • Senso — Senso is a YC-backed (W24) context layer that lets enterprises publish verified sources so ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity cite them correctly.
  • Shepherd — Free book discovery platform with 3,500+ author-curated lists and AI Book DNA matching that connects readers with books matched to their personal taste, free forever.
  • Sprinklr LLM Insights — Sprinklr LLM Insights tracks brand visibility, sentiment and recommendations across ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, built from real customer conversations, launched June 2026.
  • Surfer SEO — Boost visibility in Google, ChatGPT, and beyond with data-driven content optimization
  • Writesonic — Track and grow your brand's presence in ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity with Writesonic's GEO platform. No free plan; paid tiers only.
  • 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.

Search and Discovery pricing at a glance

Paid plans in Search and Discovery start at $14.99 per month, with a median entry point of $50, and the highest published ceiling reaching $50,000. Figures cover the 7 of 31 listings that publish a price; the rest quote on request or bundle the tool into a wider plan. If budget is the constraint, 22 listings offer a free tier.

Where these tools run

Across the 31 Search and Discovery listings, 30 run in the browser, 4 ship a Windows build, 2 ship a macOS build, 9 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 Search and Discovery?

HokAI currently lists 31 active entries in Search and Discovery. 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 Search and Discovery?

AI Search Lift, Algolia, Andi Search, Bing and Cerenovus, among the 31 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 Search and Discovery options?

Yes — 22 of the 31 listings in Search and Discovery 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.

How much do Search and Discovery tools cost?

Published paid plans start at $14.99 per month, with the highest published ceiling at $50,000. That covers the 7 of 31 listings that publish a price — the remainder quote on request or fold the tool into a broader contract.

Do Search and Discovery tools work on mobile?

9 of the 31 listings in Search and Discovery offer an iOS or Android app; 30 run in the browser, which in practice covers mobile through a responsive interface even without a native app.