Answer Engines
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Editorial suggestion — not a checked fact
AI answer engine that combines web search with cited, conversational answers.
Freemium
Pricing: A free tier is available; Perplexity Pro adds more Deep Research queries, frontier model choice, and file limits.
This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-09.
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AI workspace that grew out of an answer engine, offering agents and tools for research, presentations, documents, and task automation.
Freemium
Pricing: Prices are published in USD on Genspark's help centre: Free $0 with 100 credits per day (up to a lifetime allowance) and 1 GB of AI Drive storage; Plus $24.99/month, or $19.99/month billed annually at $239.99/year (from 10,000 monthly credits, 50 GB); Pro $249.99/month, or $199.99/month billed annually at $2,399.99/year (from 125,000 monthly credits, 1 TB); Team $35 per seat/month (10,000 credits per seat/month); Enterprise custom. Annual figures are the monthly equivalent when billed yearly, not a month-to-month rate. Benefits are stated as valid through 30 June 2027.
This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-13.
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Berlin-based search engine that pairs web search with AI overviews, an AI chat, and an option to turn AI off.
Free
Pricing: Ecosia does not publish paid plans; the company states that it uses 100% of its profits for climate action and publishes monthly financial reports.
This record was last reviewed on 2026-09-10.
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Multilingual AI search engine that generates sourced answers and mind-map style summaries.
Freemium
Pricing: Felo is free for a limited number of daily advanced searches; the Pro plan unlocks more searches and premium models.
This record was last reviewed on 2026-09-10.
Listed together in guide “Research Q&A with verifiable sources”
AI search engine that returns direct, sourced answers to natural-language questions.
Free
Pricing: iAsk.Ai is free for standard use; the Pro subscription unlocks premium models, unlimited usage, and extra tools.
This record was last reviewed on 2026-09-10.
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South Korean search portal whose service includes AI Briefing summaries and the AI Tab conversational search interface.
Free
Pricing: Naver does not publish separate pricing for AI Tab; the feature is available to all users within its search service.
This record was last reviewed on 2026-09-10.
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Alibaba's AI search and assistant app, which uses the company's Qwen models and combines web search, AI tools, and cloud storage.
Freemium
Pricing: Quark is free to download, and its App Store listing shows in-app purchases.
This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-09.
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French privacy-focused search engine that adds AI-generated answers and one-click web page summaries.
Free
Pricing: Qwant's AI answers and page summaries are described as free and unlimited once a user creates a Qwant account.
This record was last reviewed on 2026-09-10.
Editorial suggestion — not a checked fact
Choose it when: You want a research chat surface with citations rather than an API you wire into your own product.
What changes: Re-ask the queries in the chat interface; there is no integration to port.
What you give up: Perplexity's consumer pricing could not be verified here (HTTP 403).
Editorial suggestion · cites a checked fact
Choose it when: You need search results as structured data for an agent pipeline.
What changes: Point your agent at the search API; both are consumed programmatically.
What you give up: You give up the bundled LLM answer layer and must generate answers yourself.
Evidence: Verified 2026-10-09 Exa — Public API documented Applies to: As stated on exa.ai on 2026-10-09 exa.ai ↗