If your GummySearch bookmark now shows a closure notice, you read it right: GummySearch shut down on 30 November 2025. It was the go-to for mining Reddit for audience research, pain points, and leads, and its exit left a real hole.
The good news is that the workflow it pioneered, listen to Reddit, find the people with the problem you solve, then reach out, is more doable than ever. The catch is that most GummySearch alternatives only cover the listening half. The harder part, actually reaching those people without sounding like a bot, is where the field thins out. In our study of 5,756 Reddit conversations, drafted outreach to high-intent posts replied at 26.6%.
We build one of these tools (OneUp Today), so weigh our own entry accordingly, we have ranked this list by what each tool is genuinely best at, not by who wrote it. Here is the honest rundown.
1. OneUp Today
$19/mo (Pro)
The natural continuation of the GummySearch workflow: it scans the subreddits that matter to you, scores threads for real buying intent, and drafts a personalized reply or DM in your voice for you to approve, then tracks it to paid. Also runs on X and LinkedIn.
Strengths
- Research plus drafted outreach, not just listening
- Buyer-intent scoring on every thread
- Reddit, X and LinkedIn from one place
- You approve every message before it sends
- 3-day free trial, no card
Trade-offs
- Paid (F5Bot's core is free)
- Opinionated toward outreach, not pure passive research
The closest swap for GummySearch's tracking: set keywords and get near-instant alerts when they appear on Reddit, Hacker News, X, and more. Fast and reliable, but you still do the reaching out.
Strengths
- Near-instant alerts across many communities
- Reddit plus Hacker News, X, and more
- Email, Slack, RSS, webhook delivery
Trade-offs
- Alerts only, no intent scoring or outreach
- No free tier
The best free option. F5Bot emails you when your keywords show up on Reddit, Hacker News, or Lobsters. No dashboard, no scoring, no outreach, but for a lot of early founders it is genuinely enough to start.
Strengths
- Completely free
- Simple and reliable email alerts
- Covers Reddit, Hacker News, Lobsters
Trade-offs
- Keyword match only, no buyer intent
- No outreach, you do all of it by hand
AI social listening built for teams. It flags conversations where someone is a likely fit, not just literal keyword matches, across Reddit, X, LinkedIn, and more. Priced for teams, not solo founders.
Strengths
- AI relevance, not just keyword match
- Broad channel coverage
- Used by larger teams
Trade-offs
- Surfaces mentions, does not send outreach
- Team pricing, steep for a solo founder
From Reddit research to actual customers
OneUp Today picks up where GummySearch left off: it finds the high-intent thread, drafts the outreach you approve, and tracks it to paid. Start free, no credit card.
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