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Andi vs Rabbithole

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. Rabbithole publishes a starting price ($60); Andi does not. Both have a free tier.

AndiAd-free conversational search that answers instead of listing linksRabbitholeChat-based exploration tool for going deep on a topic through follow-up questions, with cited sources and saved history.

Side by side

FactAndiRabbithole
CategoryAI Search & Answer EnginesAI Search & Answer Engines
Pricing modelFreeFreemium
Starts at—$60 year
Public APINoNo
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, Chrome ExtWeb
CompanyLazyWeb Inc.Rabbithole
Launched2022—
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 1, 2026

What our research says

Andi

Worth keeping as a private, ad-free second opinion next to Google, and it genuinely predates most of the AI-search wave. Answer depth and follow-up reasoning still sit behind Perplexity, and with no API and no paid tier there is nothing to build a workflow on.

Pros

  • Free with no ads, no sign-up and no personal-data tracking
  • Chrome extension and PWA make it easy to set as the default engine
  • Answers carry source citations and low-quality pages are filtered out
  • Ships iOS and Android apps, unusual for a search startup this small

Cons

  • Small team on roughly $2.5M raised, competing against very well-funded rivals
  • No API, no team workspace, no export or saved-research features
  • Handles complex, chained questions less well than Perplexity
  • No paid tier means no support commitment and no guaranteed capacity

Rabbithole

Works well as a citation-backed alternative to open-ended web rabbit holes, since every answer links back to a source rather than just asserting facts. Three free searches a day is a real constraint for anyone who wants to use it regularly rather than occasionally, which pushes genuine users toward the annual Pro plan fairly quickly.

Pros

  • Every answer comes with source citations rather than unsourced claims
  • Conversation history is saved and revisitable rather than disposable
  • Low annual price of $60/year compared to typical monthly AI subscriptions

Cons

  • Free tier's cap of 3 searches a day is restrictive for regular use
  • No stated company, founder, or country behind the product
  • Web-only, with no mobile app or browser extension

Which one fits

Choose Andi if you need

  • Privacy-conscious users who want no account and no tracking
  • Quick factual lookups where you want to see the sources
  • Replacing address-bar search with something ad-free
  • Students who want summarised answers without hitting a paywall

Choose Rabbithole if you need

  • Students and lifelong learners exploring a topic without a specific task in mind
  • Users who want citations attached to AI answers rather than unsourced text
  • People who prefer a persistent, revisitable conversation thread over a disposable chat

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