4 stations · 14 tools
Tools for discovering, collecting and analysing publicly available information. Explore markets, compare competitors and gather evidence for your research.
| Ahrefs Analyzes competitor sites: which Google keywords they rank for, who links to them and how much search traffic they get. Brand Radar tracks brand mentions in AI chatbot answers. Website | Search Demand & Competitor Traffic | Yes | Official |
| Browse AI Set up a no-code “robot” that collects data from websites (prices, product pages, lists) and tracks changes. Website | Web Scraping | Yes | No |
| ChatGPT Ask a question or upload files (transcripts, spreadsheets, PDFs) — get answers, summaries, codes, calculations and charts; can search the web. Website | AI Search | Yes | Community |
| Claude Upload transcripts, papers or spreadsheets, or just ask — get analysis, summaries, codes and written drafts; can search the web. Website | AI Search | Yes | No |
| Diffbot An API that turns web pages into structured data: articles, products, discussions. Crawls whole sites, extracts entities and sentiment, and offers a knowledge graph of companies and people. Website | Web Scraping | Yes | Official |
| Firecrawl Developer service: scrapes pages and entire sites, searches the web, parses PDF and DOCX; returns clean text or structured data by your field schema. Website | Web Scraping | Yes | Official |
| Gemini Ask a question or upload files, Google Docs and Sheets — get answers, summaries, analysis and reports with web search. Website | AI Search | Yes | Community |
| Google Trends Shows how Google search interest changes over time and across regions, lets you compare several queries and see what people are searching for right now. Website | Search Demand & Competitor Traffic | Yes | Community |
| Perplexity AI search engine: answers with a summary where every claim links to a source. Deep Research mode produces long-form overviews of a topic. Website | AI Search | Yes | Official |
| Semrush Shows competitor site traffic and where it comes from (search, ads, social, direct), which keywords they rank for and which ads they run. Tracks brand mentions in AI chatbot answers. Website | Search Demand & Competitor Traffic | Yes | Official |
| Similarweb Estimates traffic for any website: visitors, countries, channels, similar sites. Its AI module shows traffic from AI chatbots and brand mentions in their answers. Website | Search Demand & Competitor Traffic | Yes | Official |
| Thunderbit Chrome extension: open a site, click a button — page data lands in a table, no setup or code. Exports to Excel, Google Sheets, Airtable, Notion; scheduled scraping available. Website | Web Scraping | Yes | Official |
| Brand24 Tracks brand mentions across social media, news, blogs and forums, measuring reach and sentiment. Website | Media & Social Monitoring | No | Official |
| Kadoa Describe in plain words what data you need from public websites (filings, prices, job posts); it scrapes on a schedule, sends alerts and exports to Excel, Google Sheets, Slack or API. Website | Web Scraping | No | No |
Analyzes competitor sites: which Google keywords they rank for, who links to them and how much search traffic they get. Brand Radar tracks brand mentions in AI chatbot answers.
Search Demand & Competitor Traffic
Free · paid from $29/mo
WebsiteSet up a no-code “robot” that collects data from websites (prices, product pages, lists) and tracks changes.
Web Scraping
Free · paid from $48/mo
WebsiteAsk a question or upload files (transcripts, spreadsheets, PDFs) — get answers, summaries, codes, calculations and charts; can search the web.
AI Search
Free · paid from $8/mo
WebsiteUpload transcripts, papers or spreadsheets, or just ask — get analysis, summaries, codes and written drafts; can search the web.
AI Search
Free · paid from $20/mo
WebsiteAn API that turns web pages into structured data: articles, products, discussions. Crawls whole sites, extracts entities and sentiment, and offers a knowledge graph of companies and people.
Web Scraping
Free · paid from $299/mo
WebsiteDeveloper service: scrapes pages and entire sites, searches the web, parses PDF and DOCX; returns clean text or structured data by your field schema.
Web Scraping
Free · paid from $19/mo
WebsiteAsk a question or upload files, Google Docs and Sheets — get answers, summaries, analysis and reports with web search.
AI Search
Free · paid from $4.99/mo
WebsiteShows how Google search interest changes over time and across regions, lets you compare several queries and see what people are searching for right now.
Search Demand & Competitor Traffic
Free
WebsiteAI search engine: answers with a summary where every claim links to a source. Deep Research mode produces long-form overviews of a topic.
AI Search
Free · paid from $20/mo
WebsiteShows competitor site traffic and where it comes from (search, ads, social, direct), which keywords they rank for and which ads they run. Tracks brand mentions in AI chatbot answers.
Search Demand & Competitor Traffic
Free · paid from $117/mo
WebsiteEstimates traffic for any website: visitors, countries, channels, similar sites. Its AI module shows traffic from AI chatbots and brand mentions in their answers.
Search Demand & Competitor Traffic
Free · paid from $125/mo
WebsiteChrome extension: open a site, click a button — page data lands in a table, no setup or code. Exports to Excel, Google Sheets, Airtable, Notion; scheduled scraping available.
Web Scraping
Free · paid from $15/mo
WebsiteTracks brand mentions across social media, news, blogs and forums, measuring reach and sentiment.
Media & Social Monitoring
from $249/mo
WebsiteDescribe in plain words what data you need from public websites (filings, prices, job posts); it scrapes on a schedule, sends alerts and exports to Excel, Google Sheets, Slack or API.
Web Scraping
on request
WebsiteAI search engines: answers with links to sources; the backbone of desk research.
Unlike Literature Search: searches the whole web, not just academic papers.
| ChatGPT Ask a question or upload files (transcripts, spreadsheets, PDFs) — get answers, summaries, codes, calculations and charts; can search the web. Website | AI Search | Yes | Community |
| Claude Upload transcripts, papers or spreadsheets, or just ask — get analysis, summaries, codes and written drafts; can search the web. Website | AI Search | Yes | No |
| Gemini Ask a question or upload files, Google Docs and Sheets — get answers, summaries, analysis and reports with web search. Website | AI Search | Yes | Community |
| Perplexity AI search engine: answers with a summary where every claim links to a source. Deep Research mode produces long-form overviews of a topic. Website | AI Search | Yes | Official |
Ask a question or upload files (transcripts, spreadsheets, PDFs) — get answers, summaries, codes, calculations and charts; can search the web.
AI Search
Free · paid from $8/mo
WebsiteUpload transcripts, papers or spreadsheets, or just ask — get analysis, summaries, codes and written drafts; can search the web.
AI Search
Free · paid from $20/mo
WebsiteAsk a question or upload files, Google Docs and Sheets — get answers, summaries, analysis and reports with web search.
AI Search
Free · paid from $4.99/mo
WebsiteAI search engine: answers with a summary where every claim links to a source. Deep Research mode produces long-form overviews of a topic.
AI Search
Free · paid from $20/mo
WebsiteHow many people search for a topic or product (Google Trends), where competitors get traffic and which keywords they target (Similarweb, Semrush).
Unlike Media Monitoring: search demand and site traffic, not media mentions.
| Ahrefs Analyzes competitor sites: which Google keywords they rank for, who links to them and how much search traffic they get. Brand Radar tracks brand mentions in AI chatbot answers. Website | Search Demand & Competitor Traffic | Yes | Official |
| Google Trends Shows how Google search interest changes over time and across regions, lets you compare several queries and see what people are searching for right now. Website | Search Demand & Competitor Traffic | Yes | Community |
| Semrush Shows competitor site traffic and where it comes from (search, ads, social, direct), which keywords they rank for and which ads they run. Tracks brand mentions in AI chatbot answers. Website | Search Demand & Competitor Traffic | Yes | Official |
| Similarweb Estimates traffic for any website: visitors, countries, channels, similar sites. Its AI module shows traffic from AI chatbots and brand mentions in their answers. Website | Search Demand & Competitor Traffic | Yes | Official |
Analyzes competitor sites: which Google keywords they rank for, who links to them and how much search traffic they get. Brand Radar tracks brand mentions in AI chatbot answers.
Search Demand & Competitor Traffic
Free · paid from $29/mo
WebsiteShows how Google search interest changes over time and across regions, lets you compare several queries and see what people are searching for right now.
Search Demand & Competitor Traffic
Free
WebsiteShows competitor site traffic and where it comes from (search, ads, social, direct), which keywords they rank for and which ads they run. Tracks brand mentions in AI chatbot answers.
Search Demand & Competitor Traffic
Free · paid from $117/mo
WebsiteEstimates traffic for any website: visitors, countries, channels, similar sites. Its AI module shows traffic from AI chatbots and brand mentions in their answers.
Search Demand & Competitor Traffic
Free · paid from $125/mo
WebsiteWhat media and social networks say about your brand, competitors and market: sentiment and news hooks.
Automatically collect data from websites: prices, product range, competitor listings.
| Browse AI Set up a no-code “robot” that collects data from websites (prices, product pages, lists) and tracks changes. Website | Web Scraping | Yes | No |
| Diffbot An API that turns web pages into structured data: articles, products, discussions. Crawls whole sites, extracts entities and sentiment, and offers a knowledge graph of companies and people. Website | Web Scraping | Yes | Official |
| Firecrawl Developer service: scrapes pages and entire sites, searches the web, parses PDF and DOCX; returns clean text or structured data by your field schema. Website | Web Scraping | Yes | Official |
| Thunderbit Chrome extension: open a site, click a button — page data lands in a table, no setup or code. Exports to Excel, Google Sheets, Airtable, Notion; scheduled scraping available. Website | Web Scraping | Yes | Official |
| Kadoa Describe in plain words what data you need from public websites (filings, prices, job posts); it scrapes on a schedule, sends alerts and exports to Excel, Google Sheets, Slack or API. Website | Web Scraping | No | No |
Set up a no-code “robot” that collects data from websites (prices, product pages, lists) and tracks changes.
Web Scraping
Free · paid from $48/mo
WebsiteAn API that turns web pages into structured data: articles, products, discussions. Crawls whole sites, extracts entities and sentiment, and offers a knowledge graph of companies and people.
Web Scraping
Free · paid from $299/mo
WebsiteDeveloper service: scrapes pages and entire sites, searches the web, parses PDF and DOCX; returns clean text or structured data by your field schema.
Web Scraping
Free · paid from $19/mo
WebsiteChrome extension: open a site, click a button — page data lands in a table, no setup or code. Exports to Excel, Google Sheets, Airtable, Notion; scheduled scraping available.
Web Scraping
Free · paid from $15/mo
WebsiteDescribe in plain words what data you need from public websites (filings, prices, job posts); it scrapes on a schedule, sends alerts and exports to Excel, Google Sheets, Slack or API.
Web Scraping
on request
WebsiteAI search engines that search the web in real time and link every answer to its sources are the safest choice for market research, because each claim can be checked. Perplexity links every claim to a source, offers a Deep Research mode for long-form topic overviews, has a free tier and an official MCP server. ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude can also search the web and have free tiers, and work well for summarizing uploaded reports, but always check AI output.
Use a traffic estimation tool: it shows approximate visits and ranking keywords for any domain, without access to the competitor's own analytics. Similarweb shows total visitors, countries and channels (search, ads, social, direct). Semrush combines traffic by channel with SEO and ad data and has a limited free account. Ahrefs focuses on Google keywords and backlinks and shows search traffic only. Google Trends is free for comparing search interest over time.
Social listening tools collect mentions of your brand and competitors and use AI to score sentiment (always check AI output), while SEO suites now also track how often AI chatbots mention a brand. Brand24 covers social media, news, blogs and forums, measures reach and sentiment, and has an official MCP server. For mentions in chatbot answers, Ahrefs offers Brand Radar, and both Semrush and Similarweb track brand mentions in AI responses.
Yes, several no-code scrapers turn web pages into tables without writing code. Thunderbit is a Chrome extension: click a button and page data goes to Excel, Google Sheets, Airtable or Notion; it has a free tier with a monthly page limit. Browse AI lets you train a robot that collects prices and tracks changes, with a free tier. Kadoa takes a plain-language description and scrapes on a schedule. Firecrawl and Diffbot are APIs that need a developer.