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Andi vs Xdash

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.

The short answer

Free plan
Both have one
Public API
Both have one
Higher Trust score
Andi — 87 vs 78 for Xdash
Best fit
Andi: Privacy-conscious users who want no account and no tracking · Xdash: users wanting cited, synthesized answers instead of a list of links
Platforms
Andi: Web, iOS, Android, Chrome extension · Xdash: Web

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

AndiAd-free conversational search that answers instead of listing linksXdashAI chat assistant with real-time web search, file uploads, and conversation history for everyday questions.

Side by side

FactAndiXdash
CategoryAI Search & Answer EnginesAI Search & Answer Engines
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at—$15/mo
Public APIYesYes
Trust score87 / 10078 / 100
PlatformsWeb, iOS, Android, Chrome extension, APIWeb, API
CompanyLazyWeb Inc.Xdash
Launched2022—
Last verifiedOct 16, 2026Oct 14, 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; the new usage-priced Search API and MCP server make the same index usable from code, though its rate card is not published up front.

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
  • Search API and remote MCP server expose the same index to developers

Cons

  • Small team competing against very well-funded rivals
  • No team workspace, export or saved-research features in the consumer app
  • Handles complex, chained questions less well than Perplexity
  • API pricing is outcome-based with no published per-query rate card

Xdash

Xdash sits in the answer-engine category, search plus synthesis plus citations, but its own homepage now reads more like a general chat assistant with file upload than the search-first pitch used in earlier coverage, which makes it hard to say exactly what the current product emphasizes without testing it directly. The API option is a real differentiator for anyone wanting to build search on top of it rather than just use the web app.

Pros

  • combines real-time search with cited, synthesized answers
  • offers both a web app and a developer API with SDKs
  • supports uploading files directly into a conversation
  • has a free tier based on third-party pricing listings

Cons

  • the product's current framing on its own homepage differs from how earlier third-party reviews described it, creating uncertainty about current focus
  • no company headquarters confirmed beyond the founder's identity
  • pricing figures come from a third-party aggregator, not the vendor's own site

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
  • Developers wiring web search into AI agents through an API or MCP server

Choose Xdash if you need

  • users wanting cited, synthesized answers instead of a list of links
  • developers wanting to call a search or answer API directly via Python or JS
  • quick research questions where file upload into the conversation helps

Andi vs Xdash: the questions people ask

Is Andi cheaper than Xdash?

Xdash starts at $15/mo. Andi has a free tier; what its paid plans cost is not confirmed by us yet.

Does Andi or Xdash have a free tier?

Both: Andi has a free tier, and Xdash has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Andi or Xdash?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.

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