12 AI search tools with GDPR. 5 have a free plan. Half of the paid plans start at $29 a month or less. 1 is open source. Newest check: 12 Nov 2026.
268 of 721 tools were checked against the vendor's own page in the last 30 days.
| Tool | Price from | Free plan | Runs on | Rating | Checked |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perplexity AIPerplexity AI answers from the live web with numbered citations and lets paid users pick among models from 6 AI labs; a limited free plan exists. | $17/mo | Yes | Web · iOS · Android · Mac · Windows | 4.4 | 22 Oct |
| GleanEnterprise AI search platform at $300M ARR in 2026, connecting 100+ apps with permissions-aware results, AI agents, and MCP support from ~$50/user/month. | $50/mo | No | Web · iOS · Android | 4.2 | 3 Sep |
| AhrefsOwn-crawler SEO platform (AhrefsBot since 2013) covering backlinks, keywords, rank tracking and AI-answer visibility, with a free tier for verified sites. | $29/mo | Yes | Web | 3.8 | 19 Oct |
| LanceDBOpen-source embedded retrieval library with a distributed Enterprise lakehouse on the same Lance format; its GitHub repository shows 11.9k stars. | -- | Yes | Web | 3.6 | 12 Nov |
| SanaEnterprise AI platform from Sana Labs, now part of Workday, that finds answers across your company's apps and carries out tasks inside them. | Quote | No | Web · iOS | 3.5 | 28 Oct |
| PalmataPalmata is Contentful's AEO platform: a research agent that investigates why AI answer engines describe a brand as they do and recommends content changes, sold as a free one-time sample plus quote-only Enterprise. | -- | Yes | Web | 3.1 | 6 Nov |
| OtterlyAIAI search monitoring tool that tracks brand mentions and citations on four engines by default, with three more as paid add-ons. | $29/mo | Trial | Web | -- | 19 Oct |
| Peec AIDaily AI search tracker scoring brand visibility, position and sentiment across ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot; Peec lists 3,500+ brands and agencies. | $95/mo | Trial | Web | -- | 19 Oct |
| ProfoundEnterprise AI search visibility platform that tracks brand mentions in up to nine answer engines and adds agents to act on the gaps. | -- | -- | Web | -- | 19 Oct |
| SecodaAI data catalog that answers plain-English questions across your Snowflake, dbt, and BI stack, rated 4.5/5 on G2 across 55 reviews. | Quote | No | Web | -- | 23 Sep |
| SemrushAdobe-owned SEO suite: keyword, backlink and rank data plus AI visibility tracking across 4 AI engines; a Free plan is available. | $139/mo | Yes | Web | -- | 19 Oct |
| Sprinklr LLM InsightsSprinklr LLM Insights tracks brand visibility, sentiment and recommendations across ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, built from real customer conversations, launched June 2026. | Quote | No | Web · iOS · Android | -- | 19 Aug |
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