Zhihu Zhida 知乎直答 vs Tiangong 天工 (formerly Tiangong AI Search)

A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.

Zhihu Zhida 知乎直答 AI search that traces answers back to named Zhihu contributors Visit Tiangong 天工 (formerly Tiangong AI Search) Kunlun's former AI search engine, now the 天工 SkyClaw agent workspace Visit
RECATOOLS Score 6.9 / 10 6.7 / 10
Capability 7 7
Value for money 8 7
Ease of use 8 7
ASEAN readiness 5 5
API quality n/a n/a
Pricing Free Freemium
Free tier Free with a Zhihu account sign-in; Zhida publishes no usage limits or pricing page Free to download and use; paid Basic/Plus/Ultra memberships and credit packs sold in-app
Paid from — Basic ¥45/month (iOS auto-renew); Plus ¥85; Ultra ¥188
Has API ✗ ✗
Open source ✗ ✗
Free to use ✓ ✓
Users — —
Founded 2024 2023
Maker Zhihu Inc. (知乎) Kunlun Tech (昆仑万维科技股份有限公司)
Verdict

Zhida's differentiator is traceability. Answers point to specific Zhihu contributors and posts rather than anonymous web pages, and a contributor's body of work can be queried as its own knowledge base, which makes a cit...

Tiangong AI Search no longer exists as a search product: Kunlun has turned it into the 天工 SkyClaw office-agent workspace, closely tied to Skywork. As an agent workspace it is free to start and inexpensive to upgrade, b...

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