Zhihu Zhida 知乎直答 vs Metaso 秘塔AI搜索
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
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.9 / 10 | 7.3 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| Free tier | Free with a Zhihu account sign-in; Zhida publishes no usage limits or pricing page | Web, academic, image, video and podcast search with no ads, and research mode free after sign-in |
| Paid from | — | ¥10.80 for 1,000 H3 video credits, search API billed in points (¥0.03 per query at launch) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | — |
| Founded | 2024 | 2024 |
| Maker | Zhihu Inc. (知乎) | Shanghai Metaso Network Technology (上海秘塔网络科技有限公司) |
| 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... |
Metaso does the core job of an AI search engine well and without advertising: answers are structured and cited, the academic scope reaches Chinese and English libraries and PubMed, and the research mode is free once sign... |
| Full review → | Full review → |
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