Komo review (2026): is the free plan enough?
AI search engine with credit-metered access to premium models
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Komo report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for AI search with credit-metered premium models
Komo is an AI search engine where every search spends credits. Free gives 25 credits a day, and premium models, deep research and people search need Pro at $17 a month billed yearly. It's browser only and needs an account even to search.
Who Komo is for
- Fits if you mainly want to search and compare answers across models
- Works for someone happy to spend a small daily credit budget
Who Komo is not for
- Not for you if you want a phone or desktop app: it's browser only
- Tight if you stay free: premium models, deep research and people search need Pro
- Watch out: searching needs a signed-in account even on the free plan
- Watch out: the monthly-billing price isn't shown on the page
Why Komo gets a 2.4
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyPro is $17 a month billed yearly, at the dear edge of the category, and Max is $170. Top-ups are $5 for 500 credits.
- BFree plan and trialFree: 25 credits every day, no card, all focus modes and search history. One person can get through a day on that.
- CFeaturesSearch with focus modes, credit-metered premium models, deep research and people search. Search is the job; there's no writing or file work.
- BEase of useNo rating on record, but it's a search box in the browser: sign in and type.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with no apps or integrations listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Komo's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/komo#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/komo.svg" alt="Komo: 2.4 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Komo stands among AI assistants
Komo's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 20 of the 71 other AI assistants we grade, and level with 11.
It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 42 of 71) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $17 a month, against a middle price of $11 for the category: 34 of the 43 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 27 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 72 AI assistants we grade, cut by the letter each got. Komo’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 6 of 71, level with 35
- BFree plan and trialAbove 42 of 71, level with 11
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 71, level with 39
- BEase of useAbove 30 of 71, level with 26
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 2 of 71, level with 29
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 52 AI assistants. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Komo, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Komo you would be making a search engine with an AI model behind it. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 40 of the 71 other AI assistants grade higher. It costs $204 a year.
What you could not
- A search engine with an AI model behind it.
- An AI model, which you can rent by the request but not make.
- A library of papers and sources to search.
What this rests on. Komo’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is Komo?
Komo is a web-based AI search engine. Free accounts get a daily allowance of credits for searches with its fast and budget models, and paid plans add a monthly credit grant, premium models, deep research and people search. Searching requires signing in.
Worth knowing
- Searching needs a signed-in account, even on the free plan.
- Only the annual-billing price is shown on the pricing page text we could read; the monthly-billing price is not recorded here, and the page labels annual billing as a 15% saving.
- Premium models, deep research and people search are not on the free plan.
- Komo lists no mobile or desktop apps; it is used in a browser.
Key features
- Credit-metered usage
- Every search draws from one credit balance: a daily grant on Free and a monthly grant on paid plans.
- Focus modes
- All focus modes are available on the free plan.
- Premium models
- Pro and Max add the premium models the pricing page names: GPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok.
- Deep research
- Longer research runs are included from Pro upward.
- People search
- A search mode for finding people, listed on Pro and Max.
- Credit top-ups
- Paid plans can buy non-expiring credits on top of the monthly grant: 500 credits for $5 or 2,500 for $20.
Komo pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Komo has a free plan, and paid plans start at $17 per month, billed annually.
- Starts at
- $17 per month, billed annually
- Free plan
- 25 credits every day, Komo Fast and budget models, all focus modes and search history.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 25 credits every day, Komo Fast and budget models, all focus modes and search history. No card required. |
| Komo Pro | $17per month, billed annually | 2,000 monthly credits, premium models (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok), deep research, people search and non-expiring top-ups. |
| Komo Max | $170per month, billed annually | Everything in Pro with 25,000 monthly credits, the highest parallel-run limits and priority access to new features. |
Read from komo.ai on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Komo before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discountSave 15% with annual billing
The pricing page marks its Annual toggle with a 15% saving against monthly billing.
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Komo alternatives
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Common questions
Does Komo have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Komo is listed for Web.
Does Komo have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Komo is listed for Web.
Is Komo open source?
Komo is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.