Why pay
People do not pay $49/month to type keywords. They pay so last week’s matches are still here and the monitor still runs. Search is live public fetch across 64 platforms you check — Free and Pro share the same catalog. Locked networks use the public web index; they are not a paid firehose.
| Outcome | Manual | Free | Professional |
|---|---|---|---|
| 64 public platforms | Browser tabs | Same catalog as paid | Same catalog — more history, not extra networks |
| Search public posts | Tabs, hope, memory | 20 / month, 7-day window | 500+ / month, 180-day window |
| Keep the query | Browser history | 3 saved searches | 50+ saved, named, shared |
| Notice new matches | You don't | 1 monitor, in-app events | More monitors, still in-app (webhooks not sending yet) |
| Export evidence | Copy-paste | None | CSV / JSON / print report |
| Ask what changed | Read 200 posts | 3 AI credits | 100–2000 credits, cached |
| Show a client | Deck archaeology | Branded reports on Team+ | |
| API into your stack | Metered from Pro | ||
| Team on the same index | Slack screenshots | 1 seat | 10–25 seats |
| History as switching cost | Gone tomorrow | 7 days | Up to 2 years |