GummySearch alternative

GummySearch stopped taking new customers on Nov 30, 2025 and shuts down entirely on December 1, 2026, deleting all user data. Export yours first. AskHound finds buying-intent conversations on Hacker News, GitHub, Stack Exchange and Bluesky, with MCP and CLI for AI agents.

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What happened, in GummySearch's own words (checked 2026-10-18):

Date	What it refers to	GummySearch says
Nov 30, 2025	New signups, purchases, renewals	"After November 30th, no new signups or payments will be accepted." (Final Chapter) The homepage now reads "GummySearch is closed as of 11/30/2025."
Dec 1, 2025 to Nov 30, 2026	Existing customers only	"Existing paid subscribers retain full access until their billing period ends" and "Free users can only log in to view, download, or delete their data." (closure doc)
Dec 1, 2026	Service shutdown and data deletion	"Complete shutdown of all services and deletion of all user data." and "All user data will be permanently deleted on December 1, 2026. Download any data you need before this date." (closure doc; also "Dec 1, 2026: GummySearch shuts down entirely, all user data deleted." on the Final Chapter page)

Why: GummySearch says it could not reach a commercial license agreement for Reddit's Data API.

Moving off GummySearch: 3 steps

Export first. Log in and download your data before December 1, 2026. After that, GummySearch says it is deleted.
Rebuild your keywords as an intent pack. Your tracked keywords and competitors become a pack: askhound pack save mine --product YourProduct --competitor CompetitorA --category "what you do". Run it daily with askhound pack run mine --md today.md (new results only).
Hand it to your agent. Add the MCP server (below) and ask it to find people asking for an alternative this week and draft disclosed replies for your approval.

GummySearch vs AskHound

Feature	GummySearch	AskHound
Status	No new customers since Nov 30, 2025; shuts down and deletes all user data Dec 1, 2026	Live, actively developed
Sources	Reddit	Hacker News, GitHub, Stack Exchange, Bluesky (no Reddit)
Built for agents (MCP/CLI)	No	Yes, free local MCP + CLI; remote MCP
Audience research reports	Yes (its strength)	No: your agent analyzes the threads
Price	Was subscription	Free; hosted from $19/mo

Honest take

AskHound is not a Reddit tool, and it won't replace GummySearch if your buyers live on Reddit. Reddit requires a paid commercial API agreement (the reason GummySearch closed), and we won't scrape. It fits best if you sell developer tools or prosumer software, because those buyers also ask on Hacker News, GitHub, Stack Exchange and Bluesky.

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Remote MCP

zero install · Stack Exchange + Bluesky, from our server

Free: 10 results per call, 20 calls a day. A key lifts the cap and returns 50 to 100.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "askhound": { "url": "https://askhound.haullabs.dev/api/mcp" }
  }
}

Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http askhound https://askhound.haullabs.dev/api/mcp

Local MCP

all 4 sources · runs on your machine · Node 18+

HN and GitHub are queried with your own access.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "askhound": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "https://askhound.haullabs.dev/askhound-0.1.5.tgz", "mcp"]
    }
  }
}

CLI

one file · zero dependencies

npx -y https://askhound.haullabs.dev/askhound-0.1.5.tgz \
  search "otter.ai alternative" --context meeting,transcript

# save a pack, run it daily, new results only
askhound pack save mine --competitor Otter.ai \
  --competitor Fireflies --category "transcript export"
askhound pack run --md today.md

Honest-reply policy (built into every tool response): a human approves every public reply; never auto-post or mass-DM; disclose that you build the product; answer the question first and name alternatives; follow each community's rules. Hacker News, for example, does not allow AI-generated or AI-edited comments, so replies there must be written by you. AskHound finds the conversation. You decide whether you have something useful to say.

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Pricing: select your player

Free is for looking around. Paid plans are for not missing anyone: watches re-run your searches on our server and send you only people you haven't seen yet. Hosted searches cover Stack Exchange and Bluesky (the sources whose terms allow server-side use). Hacker News and GitHub run in the free CLI on your machine. No Reddit, no X.

FreeP1 · free play

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Browser search: 3 a day, last 7 days, top 10
Remote MCP: 10 results per call, 20 calls a day
Open-source CLI + local MCP (MIT): HN, GitHub, Stack Exchange, Bluesky
Local reply-state

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$19/ month

$149/ yearsave $79 · 2 months+ free

3 always-on watches
Daily email digest of new askers only (beta)
Search 90 days back, every result
Remote MCP: 50 results per call, no daily cap
Cloud reply-state sync

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Pro3 players

$49/ month

$390/ yearsave $198 · 2 months+ free

15 watches
Hourly checks (beta, see note)
Slack, Discord or any webhook, plus email
Remote MCP: 100 results per call
3 seats sharing reply-state

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Agency10 players

$149/ monthmonthly only

Everything in Pro
50 watches (one set per client)
White-label client reports (Markdown/HTML)
10 seats

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