GummySearch vs ViewStats Comparison 2026
Both cover research & trends. Here is what separates them on price, billing, what you can take with you, and coverage.
At a glance
- GummySearch starts cheaper, at $29.
- Both have a genuinely free tier.
Side by side
GummySearch | ViewStats | |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price (they differ) | From $29 | From $49.99 |
| Pricing model | Free plan, paid tiers | Free plan, paid tiers |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Billing | Monthly or annual | Not stated |
| Free trial | None | Not stated |
| API | Not stated | Not stated |
| Data export |
Shaded rows are where the two answers disagree and both listings have answered. A row where one side has not stated a fact is left plain, because silence is not a difference.
GummySearch
Audience research done on Reddit
GummySearch reads Reddit for you: which subreddits your people are in, what they complain about, what they already pay for. It sorts posts into patterns rather than handing back a search results page, which is the difference between reading Reddit and researching it. The free plan is enough to find out whether your audience is there at all.
Our note
This is the cheapest honest audience research in the catalog, because the raw material is people talking without being asked. Use it before SparkToro when your market is consumer, and after it when your market is business.
Only on this side
- Covers seo & discovery
- Works with Reddit
ViewStats
YouTube analytics from MrBeast's own team
ViewStats came out of MrBeast's own team and sells the tooling they built to answer one question: which videos are doing better than they should be. Outlier detection is the headline feature, alongside thumbnail and title comparison against your niche. There is a free site and a browser extension that overlays numbers while you watch. Pro is where the competitor tracking and the idea tools sit.
Ratings are the average of reviews readers left. The facts are stated by each tool’s own listing and are not verified by CloutStack. How we make money.