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GummySearch alternative

GummySearch shut down on 2025-11-30 to comply with Reddit’s API policies and a wave of thin SEO sites is chasing its 140,000 orphaned users with comparison claims worth treating skeptically. Similarweb shows 171.5K visits a quarter still landing on the dead product. Remaining access ends 2026-11-30. All data is permanently deleted 2026-12-01.

What you keep

  • Reddit monitoring by keyword and subreddit, through site:reddit.com queries, with the reservation that Reddit reaches discatch through the web index today. Post titles and some comments are covered. Full comment coverage requires a direct source, which is reserved.

What changes

  • Alerts pushed to an agent as a webhook, a Claude Code command, a Doozy todo, or a GitHub dispatch. Not a research dashboard.
  • More sources than Reddit: web, news, Hacker News, Discourse forums, Stack Exchange, and GitHub today. Bluesky, Mastodon, YouTube, and Product Hunt planned. Reddit through the web index today, direct when a cleared path exists.
  • Units and a quote before each call instead of a dead subscription.
  • An API on every plan, including the free tier. GummySearch had no public API.

How to move

Three steps. Your AI assistant can do all of them with only the domain name.

  1. 1

    Get a trial key

    No email, no credit card, and a free amount of usage on free sources. Enough to try discatch on the terms you watch today.

    the agent does

    curl -X POST https://api.discatch.com/v1/keys/trial
  2. 2

    Get a price quote for your terms

    Turn each GummySearch keyword into a search and price it. Before anything runs, discatch tells you the most it can cost. Compare that number to what you pay now.

    the agent does

    curl -X POST https://api.discatch.com/v1/quote \
  -d '{ "query": "\"your product\"", "sources": ["hackernews", "discourse", "web"], "since": "7d" }'
  3. 3

    Set up standing searches with a destination

    One standing search per term, delivered to a webhook, a Claude Code or Codex command, a Doozy todo, or email. Run both tools side by side for a week. Searches that find nothing cost nothing.

    the agent does

    curl https://api.discatch.com/v1/catches -H "Authorization: Bearer $DISCATCH_KEY" \
  -d '{ "name": "your product", "query": "\"your product\"", "sources": ["hackernews", "discourse", "web"], "interval": "15m", "destination": { "type": "webhook", "url": "https://example.com/hooks/discatch" } }'

Before you move

  • Export your GummySearch data before 2026-12-01, when it is deleted.
  • Note that discatch reaches Reddit through the web index today. Post titles and some comments are covered. Full Reddit comments require a direct source, which is reserved until a cleared path exists.
  • Free Reddit alerts are planned for when a cleared path exists. Free Hacker News alerts work today.

The deadlines

GummySearch shut down on 2025-11-30. Existing subscribers keep access until the end of their billing period, max one year. Lifetime deal holders keep access until 2026-11-30. Data is deleted 2026-12-01. If you are reading this after those dates, the product is gone and the data is gone.

Why the Reddit API killed it

Reddit’s API policies forbid commercial applications. GummySearch was a commercial application. The founder complied and shut down. discatch does not use Reddit’s API directly. It reaches Reddit through the web index today, which covers what web crawlers can see. A direct Reddit source is reserved until a cleared path exists.

The alternatives SERP

The "gummysearch alternative" SERP is dominated by thin, vendor-first pages. JoinSecret (#1, 2026-09-10) lists Sprout Social and Brandwatch, which are not GummySearch replacements. GummySearch’s own alternatives page (#2) is 267 words of affiliate links. Only Prowlo cites 22 domains with "prices checked Sep 2026" and a named author. Most pages have no dates, no authors, and no citations.

If you are evaluating "GummySearch alternative" pages, check three things: does the page name its sources, does it date its claims, and does it cite primary URLs. This page does all three.

The successors

Prowlo ($19/mo, MCP-native, on the MCP registry as com.prowlo/reddit-x, 2,576 programmatic tool pages) is the closest agent-native successor. Reddinbox ($39 and $99/mo) offers AI audience intelligence from Reddit, YouTube, X, and more. Prems ($199 per hand-run search) is done-for-you. LeadsRadar (from $19/mo) and OneUp (pay per action, $0.25 per campaign run) target lead generation. None owns "GummySearch alternative for AI agents."

discatch is not a GummySearch replacement for audience research. It is the alternative for people who used GummySearch through scripts and agents and want Reddit keyword alerts delivered to an agent instead of a research dashboard. Reddit is reached through the web index today, covering post titles and some comments. A direct Reddit source is reserved until a cleared path exists. Free Reddit alerts are planned for when that path opens.

Questions

Is discatch a GummySearch replacement?

For Reddit alerts on a keyword or a subreddit, partly: use site:reddit.com in a query and results arrive through the web index with a domain field. Reddit is reserved as a direct source until a cleared path exists. For audience research, no.

Why did GummySearch shut down?

GummySearch shut down on 2025-11-30 to comply with Reddit’s API policies, which forbid commercial applications. The founder said he would be building more market research products in 2026.

When does GummySearch access end?

Active subscribers keep access until the end of their billing period, max one year. Lifetime deal holders keep access until 2026-11-30. Data is deleted 2026-12-01.

Why are so many "GummySearch alternative" pages suspicious?

GummySearch shut down on 2025-11-30 and thin SEO sites are chasing its users. Most pages are vendor-first and citation-free. Check whether a page names its sources and dates its claims. This one does.

Does discatch reach Reddit the same way GummySearch did?

No. GummySearch used Reddit’s API directly. discatch reaches Reddit through the web index today, which covers post titles and some comments. Reddit as a direct source is reserved until a cleared path exists. Free Reddit alerts are planned.

Can I export my GummySearch data before it is deleted?

The shutdown notice says data is deleted 2026-12-01. Export before then. discatch cannot import GummySearch data, but you can recreate keyword watches as catches.

Is the GummySearch site still live?

Yes. The landing page still renders with a closure banner. The 25,000-URL programmatic sitemap and 21,017 subreddit pages are still indexed. The alternatives page has 267 words of affiliate links.

Does discatch cover more than Reddit?

Yes. Web, news, Hacker News, Discourse forums, Stack Exchange, and GitHub today. Bluesky, Mastodon, YouTube, and Product Hunt planned. Reddit, X, and LinkedIn reserved until a cleared path exists.

Who is chasing GummySearch’s users?

Prowlo (MCP-native, $19/mo, on the MCP registry), Reddinbox ($39 and $99), Prems ($199 per hand-run search), LeadsRadar (from $19), OneUp (pay per action), and at least ten more. Nobody owns "GummySearch alternative for AI agents" or "GummySearch API replacement."

How many visits does gummysearch.com still get?

Similarweb shows 171.5K visits in the last quarter on 2026-09-10. The 21,017 programmatic subreddit pages are still indexed. The traffic goes to a dead product with a closure banner and a 267-word affiliate alternatives page.

Last reviewed by , founder, dcouple. GummySearch facts read on 2026-09-10 from gummysearch.com/closing-time/, gummysearch.com/final-chapter/, gummysearch.com/gummysearch-alternatives/. Research: docs/seo/competitor-map.md.