You.com

YouChat is the conversational assistant inside You.com that answers questions with cited, sourced summaries rather than plain links. It combines chat-style interaction with live search results, so follow-up questions stay grounded in sources. For users who want ChatGPT-style convenience with visible citations, YouChat is the core reason to pick You.com over a standard search engine.

YouCode is the programming-focused mode of You.com, surfacing code answers, documentation, and snippets with source citations. It is aimed at developers who want search results weighted toward technical sources instead of SEO-heavy content farms. As part of the same subscription it pairs naturally with YouChat for mixed research and coding sessions.

Privacy is a core positioning of You.com: it does not run an ad-targeting data business around your queries, and the premium tier removes ads entirely. Founded by former Salesforce chief scientist Richard Socher, the platform markets itself as the privacy-first alternative to ad-driven search. Users who mind search history monetization are the primary audience.

You.com ships specialized search modes: Research produces longer, deeply cited answers for complex questions, Genius focuses on careful reasoning and math, and Create handles generative tasks like writing and imagery. Switching modes tunes the model behavior to the task instead of one general-purpose answer style, which is the practical difference from a plain chatbot wrapper.

Yes, through YouWrite, the content generator built into the platform. It drafts emails, posts, and short documents with the same cited-search grounding available elsewhere on You.com. It is best for short and mid-length writing; for book-length or heavily structured long-form work, dedicated writing assistants remain stronger, but for everyday drafting it covers the need.

You.com offers a free tier with basic AI search and chat capabilities. You Pro at $20/month provides unlimited AI model access, advanced research features, and priority access during peak times.

You.com combines traditional web search with AI-powered answers, providing synthesized responses with citations from multiple sources rather than just a list of links like traditional search engines.

Yes, You.com allows users to switch between multiple AI models including GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, Llama, and others, giving flexibility to choose the best model for each task.

Yes, You.com provides citations and source links for its AI-generated answers, allowing users to verify information and explore the original sources for deeper research.

Yes, You.com is specifically designed for research with features like YouResearch for deep-dive investigations, multi-source synthesis, and the ability to chat with web pages and documents.

Both are AI search engines, but You.com offers more model choices and a wider range of AI modes including coding, writing, and research-specific modes. Perplexity has a more streamlined search-focused interface.

YouPro is the paid tier above the free plan: $15/mo when billed yearly and $20/mo on monthly billing. It unlocks unlimited access to the advanced models behind Research, Genius, and Create modes, while the free tier covers everyday queries. Privacy is unchanged across tiers: You.com does not sell user data or build ad profiles on either plan.