Alternatives to Andi
Conversational AI search with no ads
Andi ranks #5 of 6 in AI search engines, with an Alt Score of 62. It is proprietary, free from Free and available on Web and Browser extension. 8 of 13 checklist rows are verified against a public source.
Andi is a conversational AI search engine that answers questions directly with sources and no ads or tracking.
Andi is aimed at everyday searchers, students and researchers, privacy-conscious users, and developers who want direct, cited answers instead of a page of links to click through.
A free, ad-free AI search engine that synthesizes answers from its own web index, offers multiple result view modes and a Chrome extension, plus an early-access developer search API for building RAG pipelines and AI agents.
Andi's proprietary Trantora index analyzes and scores web pages for meaning and credibility at ingestion time, then an ensemble of language models retrieves and synthesizes trustworthy answers from the highest-quality sources found.
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Ranked alternatives
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Felo is a multilingual AI search engine that answers questions with cited sources and can generate visual outputs.
Genspark is an AI search engine that generates custom summary pages (Sparkpages) with agents and citations.
iAsk is an AI search engine that answers natural-language questions with sourced, structured responses.
Perplexica is an open-source, self-hostable AI answer engine (a Perplexity alternative) built on open models and SearxNG.
Feature comparison
How Andi compares with its alternatives, feature by feature.
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Every fact and feature listed for Andi is verified against its own pages. Each alternative is sourced on its own page.
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Pricing model Free verified 2026-07-16
Free, private, no account required.
https://andiai.com/about -
License Proprietary verified 2026-07-16
Indirect: page describes Andi's index/technology as proprietary; no separate software-license statement was found.
Andi built its own infrastructure from scratch — Trantora, a proprietary AI index that analyzes full page content for meaning and credibility.
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Starts at Free verified 2026-07-16
Free, private, no account required.
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Platforms Web, Browser extension verified 2026-07-16
Web platform confirmed via andiai.com/index.md ("Web: andisearch.com"); no native iOS/Android/Windows/macOS app was found (FAQ describes mobile use only as an installable PWA).
Yes! Visit the Chrome Web Store to install the Andi Chrome extension and make Andi your default search engine.
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Status active verified 2026-07-16
Dated Feb 2026; further product blog posts continue through May 2026, indicating ongoing active development.
Over the past two weeks, we've been heads down on the kind of work that doesn't make for a splashy launch but matters to anyone who uses Andi daily.
https://andiai.com/blogs/announcement-andi-search-we-shipped-february-2026-20260218-1243 -
Cited sources / references Yes verified 2026-07-16
Enhanced our source verification and citation system for even more reliable answers
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Free tier Yes verified 2026-07-16
Free, private, no account required.
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API access Yes verified 2026-07-16
API is currently early-access/waitlist-gated ("Request Early Access"), not self-serve.
Search API with access to an AI-powered index of 15B+ pages.
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Browser extension Yes verified 2026-07-16
Yes! Visit the Chrome Web Store to install the Andi Chrome extension and make Andi your default search engine.
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Mobile app Partial verified 2026-07-16
No native iOS/Android app store listing found; mobile access is via installable PWA only.
Use Andi as a Progressive Web App! Tap Share > Add to Home Screen on mobile.
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Ad-free Yes verified 2026-07-16
No ads means no incentive to collect your data.
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Custom / focus modes Yes verified 2026-07-16
In Andi, there are currently seven different ways of presenting search results, each designed to cater to a specific need or preference.
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Data not used for training Yes verified 2026-07-16
Statement appears specifically in the 'Andi Plus (Paid Plans)' section of the privacy policy regarding cloud-synced content.
We never use your data to train our general AI models
https://andiai.com/legal/privacy-policy
FAQ
Yes. Felo, Genspark and iAsk have a free tier or are fully free. Free-tier limits in the comparison table are verified and dated.
Perplexica — every license claim links its source.