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| Rank | Tool & Tagline | Official Domain | Monthly Visits | MoM Growth | Pricing Model | Primary Market | Rating | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ● | Octen | octen.ai | 11.65K | 828 (+7.6%) | Free Trial, Paid | Singapore | 4.4 | Profile |
| 1 | Exa | exa.ai | 1.06M | 152.79K (+16.8%) | Freemium, Contact for Pricing | United States | 4.5 | Compare |
| 2 | Tavily | tavily.com | 990K | -8.34K (-0.8%) | Contact for Pricing | China | 4.6 | Compare |
| 3 | Bocha AI Search | bochaai.com | 36.22K | -331 (-0.9%) | Paid, Free | China | 4.4 | Compare |
| 4 | You.com | you.com | 948.35K | 61.92K (+7%) | Freemium | United States | 4.4 | Compare |
| 5 | Yep.com | yep.com | 155.83K | 9.17K (+6.2%) | Free | China | 4.3 | Compare |
| 6 | TinyFish | tinyfish.ai | 1.12M | 749.57K (+199.7%) | Freemium, Contact for Pricing | United States | 4.4 | Compare |
| 7 | Jina AI | jina.ai | 280.78K | -55.67K (-16.5%) | Freemium, Paid | United States | 4.7 | Compare |
| 8 | Perplexity | perplexity.ai | 88.31M | -3.39M (-3.7%) | Freemium | United States | 4.7 | Compare |
| 9 | Algolia | algolia.com | 689.97K | -85.54K (-11%) | Freemium, Contact for Pricing | United States | 4.7 | Compare |
| 10 | Semantic Scholar | semanticscholar.org | 8.2M | 450.65K (+5.8%) | Free | United States | 4.8 | Compare |
| 11 | LangSearch | langsearch.com | 2K | 190 (+10.5%) | Freemium | India | 4.3 | Compare |
| 12 | Serpex | serpex.dev | 2.41K | -1.26K (-34.3%) | Freemium, Free Trial, Paid | India | 4.3 | Compare |

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