[lysergia]

> How is Neeva monetized?

> Neeva is 100% ad-free and never sells or shares members' data with any third party. Neeva's Free Basic membership is completely free and full-featured, allowing members to search both the web and connected personal accounts like Gmail or Dropbox (subject to certain usage limits), set news and shopping preferences, and search from multiple devices.

> To earn money, Neeva offers a Premium membership tier where some members choose to pay a monthly fee and receive best-in-class privacy-protecting tools, as well as other exclusive insider benefits.

https://help.neeva.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500011532921-How-d...

Looks like the $$$ they get from premium subscriptions finances their 'free' offering, but as with all services with this model I am skeptical of anything 'free' since it could be powering their AI and later down the line that will be potentially abused or weaponized.

[version_five]

Thanks for the link - I tried to find a pricing page or equivalent but obviously didn't look hard enough. One thing to note is that the basic search appears to only allow 50 queries per month, and limited use across devices, so it seems they are really just using it as a teaser. That makes me feel better about the product actually, as it suggests against a business model of trying to monetize personal information.

It is half the price of Kagi though, so either they have a lower cost structure somehow or they are currently running it at a loss