SocialGTM vs GummySearch: a GummySearch alternative
GummySearch shuts down on December 1, 2026, and all user data goes with it. If you used it to find people on Reddit asking for a tool like yours, here is how SocialGTM compares, and what to save before then. What we say about GummySearch comes from its founder's announcement and closing notice, checked November 14, 2026.
What happens to GummySearch
- November 6, 2025: the founder announced the wind down. GummySearch had served over 135,000 founders, marketers and investors.
- November 30, 2025: new signups and payments stopped.
- Until your billing period ends: paid subscribers keep access. Lifetime deal holders keep it until November 30, 2026.
- December 1, 2026: GummySearch shuts down entirely, and all user data is deleted.
The reason is Reddit data. GummySearch ran on Reddit's API and could not get a commercial license that fits Reddit's policies. We wrote up what Reddit's API and RSS changes break for other tools in Reddit RSS and API shutdown.
Save this before December 1, 2026
- Your keywords and competitor names. These carry straight over to an agent.
- The subreddits where your buyers ask questions. They tell you which words people actually use.
- Leads you were still talking to. Copy the thread links, since GummySearch's copy goes on December 1, 2026.
GummySearch's notice says free accounts can still log in and download an export of their data. It doesn't describe an export for other accounts, so if you pay, copy what you need by hand.
Side by side
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| Feature | SocialGTM | GummySearch |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Open to new accounts | Closed to new accounts since November 30, 2025. Shuts down December 1, 2026 |
| Platforms | X, Reddit, Hacker News, Bluesky and LinkedIn | |
| What it is for | Finding posts worth answering, drafting replies and tracking each lead | Researching Reddit communities: ideas, demand, content and sales leads |
| Replies | Drafted in your voice. You approve each one and post it from your own account | None. It finds the conversations, and you write and post |
| Tracked keywords, by plan | 50 / 200 / 500 | No longer sold |
| Price | From $9 a month, month to month | No longer sold |
| Reddit data | Public posts, read through a third-party data provider | Reddit's API, without the commercial license Reddit requires |
Where GummySearch was ahead
- Market research. It was built to discover, search and analyse whole Reddit communities, to help you come up with a startup idea, check demand or plan content. SocialGTM doesn't profile subreddits. It watches for single posts that match your keywords.
- Reddit depth. It did one platform and went deep on it.
Where SocialGTM is ahead
- It stays open. GummySearch closes on December 1, 2026. SocialGTM takes new accounts.
- Replies, not only results. An agent drafts a reply in your voice for each post worth answering. You approve it and post it from your own account.
- Five platforms. X, Reddit, Hacker News, Bluesky and LinkedIn. If Reddit access changes, the other four keep working.
- Leads followed to the end. SocialGTM tracks each conversation after you reply, until it turns into a customer or goes quiet.
Which to pick
If you used GummySearch to research a market before building, SocialGTM is the wrong tool; look for a research product. If you used it to find people asking for what you sell, SocialGTM does that job on five platforms and writes the reply too.
Questions
When does GummySearch shut down?
On December 1, 2026, when, in its founder's words, "GummySearch shuts down entirely, all user data deleted". New signups and payments stopped after November 30, 2025. Paid subscribers keep access until their current billing period ends, and lifetime deal holders until November 30, 2026.
Why is GummySearch closing?
Its founder writes that GummySearch relies on Reddit's API and could not reach an agreement that fits Reddit's Data API usage policies. Without a commercial license, it had to stop selling or shut down.
Where does SocialGTM get its Reddit data?
SocialGTM reads public Reddit posts through a third-party data provider. It has no data agreement with Reddit of its own, so we can't promise Reddit access will never change. Two things limit the damage if it does: you post every reply yourself from your own Reddit account, so nothing posts through an API, and Reddit is one of five platforms. An agent watching X, Hacker News, Bluesky and LinkedIn keeps working without Reddit.
Is SocialGTM a full GummySearch replacement?
For finding sales leads, yes, and it adds replies and four more platforms. For market research it is not: SocialGTM doesn't browse or analyse subreddits as audiences. It watches for posts that match your keywords.
Is there a free trial?
No. The smallest plan is $9 a month, month to month, with a hard monthly cap, and drafts start at $0.25 each.
Create your agent and paste in your GummySearch keywords. Also see SocialGTM vs ReplyGuy and SocialGTM vs Replymer.