GummySearch closed. The work it did still matters.
GummySearch stopped taking new customers on November 30, 2025 and deletes all user data on December 1, 2026. dist0 does the same core job — reading Reddit for buyer pains — is open today, and turns each thread into a buyer pain or competitor mention that comes to your email and Slack, linked back to its source.
GummySearch
Audience research
You picked Reddit communities to follow
Saved them into groups it called “audiences.”
It sorted the posts into buckets
Pain points, solution requests, money talk.
You did the reading and the replies
It surfaced the posts; replying was on you.
dist0
Semantic understanding
You paste your URL
dist0 reads your site and builds its memory.
It reads every post
Understands intent, not just words.
It delivers what matters
Pains, competitors, content ideas, threads to reply to.
02 side-by-side
What GummySearch did, and what dist0 does now.
Feature
GummySearch
dist0
Can you sign up today?
GummySearchNo — closed to new customers Nov 30, 2025; all data deleted Dec 1, 2026
dist0Yes — open now · 14-day trial, no card
Price
GummySearchWas $29 / $59 / $199 a month, plus a free tier
dist0$19 Starter / $49 Pro · 14-day trial, no card
How it decides what matters
GummySearchYou pick communities and keywords; it sorts posts into set categories and clusters them into themes
dist0Builds a memory of your product, competitors, and ideal buyer, then flags the posts that are real signals — sharpening as you give feedback in Slack
What you set up on day one
GummySearchSearch communities and build saved audiences to research
dist0Paste your website URL — dist0 reads it, builds your project memory, and suggests subreddits to watch
How you get results
GummySearchYou log in and explore the dashboard yourself
dist0Briefs come to you in email and Slack — twice a week on Starter, daily on Pro
Links every signal to its source thread
GummySearchResearch only — surfaced themes and audiences, never specific threads to reply to
dist0Every buyer pain and competitor mention links back to the exact Reddit thread it came from — open it from Slack
Feeds signals into your own AI tools
GummySearch
dist0Yes — feed the buyer pains and competitor mentions into your own AI tools to work with them however you like
How much of Reddit it covers
GummySearchAll of Reddit — search any of 130,000+ communities on demand
dist0A focused set you watch — 5 subreddits on Starter, 10 on Pro
Deep research analytics
GummySearchTrending subreddits, product-review analysis, audience reports, and a cited “Ask” feature
dist0No — focused on the buyer pains and competitor mentions from the subreddits you watch, not broad research dashboards
Alerts
GummySearchDaily digests plus near-instant keyword alerts to Slack and Discord
dist0Briefs on a set schedule to email and Slack — no instant alerts
Maturity
GummySearchLaunched 2021 · served 140,000+ users · now closed
dist0Beta since May 2026
03 which one, when
What changes when you switch.
01
dist0 turns each thread into a buyer pain you can act on.
GummySearch was a research surface: it showed you the conversations, then stopped — you did the synthesis yourself. dist0 goes further. It reads the subreddits your buyers use and turns real threads into buyer pains and competitor mentions, grouped into share-of-voice so you can see what comes up most. Every signal links back to its source Reddit thread, and you can feed the signals into your own AI tools to work with them however you like.
Buyer pains: the recurring problems people raise, pulled from real threads and grouped so you see which come up most.
Competitor mentions: where your competitors come up, grouped into share-of-voice you can watch over time.
Source threads: every signal links back to the exact Reddit thread — open it in Slack, or feed the signals into your own AI tools.
02
dist0 watches fewer communities than GummySearch did.
GummySearch let you roam all of Reddit and run deep research — trending communities, product-review breakdowns, audience reports. dist0 is built for a business you already run, not open-ended exploration: it watches a focused set of communities and digests them for you. If your job was broad market research across the whole site, expect a smaller, more opinionated tool here.
You watch a fixed set of subreddits — 5 on Starter, 10 on Pro — not all of Reddit.
No trending-subreddit, product-review, or audience-report dashboards to dig through.
Briefs arrive on a schedule; there are no near-instant keyword alerts.
03
dist0 delivers briefs to your email and Slack.
With GummySearch you had to remember to log in and go digging. dist0 does the watching for you and sends each brief to your email and Slack on a set rhythm, so the Reddit findings keep coming without you having to go get them.
Briefs arrive twice a week on Starter, daily on Pro — empty days are skipped.
Ask the Slack bot to add subreddits, track a competitor, tighten the focus, or open any signal’s source thread — in plain English.
It keeps watching the same communities over time, and sharpens as you give feedback.
No. GummySearch stopped accepting new signups, renewals, and payments on November 30, 2025. Existing paid subscribers keep access until their billing period ends — lifetime-deal holders through November 30, 2026 — and all user data is scheduled for deletion on December 1, 2026. If you still have an account, export your audiences, keyword lists, and reports before that date.
Is dist0 a drop-in replacement for GummySearch?+–
Not exactly — it does the same core job but with a different shape. Both read Reddit for buyer pains and competitor mentions. dist0 goes further on delivery (it comes to you as a short market brief in email and Slack, links every signal back to its source Reddit thread, and lets you feed the signals into your own AI tools — none of which GummySearch did) but is narrower on research (it watches a focused set of communities instead of letting you explore all of Reddit, and it has no trending or product-review dashboards). If your use of GummySearch was ongoing go-to-market, dist0 fits. If it was broad, open-ended market research, expect a smaller tool.
I used GummySearch to research audiences across all of Reddit. Can dist0 do that?+–
Not in the same way. GummySearch let you search any of 130,000+ communities on demand and run deep audience and product-review analysis. dist0 watches a fixed set of subreddits you choose — 5 on Starter, 10 on Pro — and digests them for you. It’s built to keep a steady eye on the communities where your buyers already are, not to roam the whole site for a one-off research sprint.
Does dist0 link each signal back to the original Reddit thread? GummySearch didn’t.+–
Yes — that’s a big part of what it adds. Every buyer pain and competitor mention dist0 finds links back to the exact Reddit thread it came from, so you can read the full context in one click. Ask the Slack bot to open any signal’s source thread, and feed the signals into your own AI tools to work with them however you like. dist0 never posts, comments, or messages on your behalf.
How does the price compare to what I paid for GummySearch?+–
GummySearch ran $29 Starter, $59 Pro, and $199 Mega a month, with a free tier. dist0 is $19 Starter and $49 Pro, with a 14-day free trial that doesn’t ask for a card. You’re trading some research breadth for a lower entry price and a signal layer that comes to you — buyer pains and competitor mentions delivered to email and Slack, each linked back to its source thread.
I’m a GummySearch lifetime-deal holder. Do I need to move now?+–
You keep access until November 30, 2026, but all data is deleted on December 1, 2026 — so plan to export everything before then. There’s no rush to switch this week, but it’s worth starting a dist0 trial early so your watched communities and project memory are already warmed up when GummySearch goes dark.
05 the move
GummySearch is closing. Pick up the thread.
Paste your URL and get your first brief of buyer pains and competitor mentions, each linked back to its source Reddit thread and delivered to your email and Slack — feed the signals into your own AI tools whenever you like. 14-day free trial, no card.
