Overview
Felo is a multilingual AI answer engine that goes beyond traditional search by combining real-time web retrieval with generative output formats. Its standout capability is genuine cross-lingual retrieval: you can ask a question in one language and receive a synthesized, cited answer drawn from sources in another, with the result automatically translated into your preferred language while preserving citations. This matters most for Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and English research, where most Western-built engines underperform. Beyond linear answers, Felo converts any result or Deep Research report into a structured slide presentation, an interactive mind map, or a visual poster in a single click — collapsing the usual research-to-shareable-artifact cycle. A Deep Research mode runs an extended multi-step investigation across many sources to produce a structured, cited report suited to academic and professional use, while Topic Workspaces let you organize related queries, uploads, and outputs into a persistent research notebook. The free tier offers unlimited standard searches with 5 professional searches per day and no account requirement, which lowers the barrier to evaluation. Pricing is anchored by a Pro plan at $14.99/month that unlocks unlimited Pro searches, frontier models (including GPT-4o and Claude), and higher Deep Research quotas. For active researchers it undercuts Perplexity Pro while bundling presentation and mind-map generation most competitors lack.
Key Features
- Multilingual AI search across 100+ languages with cross-lingual synthesis
- One-click AI presentation, mind map, and poster generation from any result
- Deep Research mode for structured, cited long-form investigation
- Topic Workspaces to organize queries, uploads, and outputs persistently
- File and image uploads for grounded, context-aware questioning
- Generous free tier: unlimited standard searches, no account needed
Pricing
| Plan | Price | For |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Unlimited standard searches, 5 Pro searches/day |
| Pro | $14.99/mo | Unlimited Pro searches, GPT-4o/Claude, higher Deep Research |
| Pro (annual) | ~30% off | Same features, lower effective monthly cost |
Comparison
Compared to Perplexity, Felo trails on citation transparency and North-American brand presence but wins on multilingual reach and built-in visual output that Perplexity does not natively offer. Against You.com, both are answer engines, yet Felo’s mind-map and presentation generation target exploration rather than You’s chat-and-apps hub. Next to Exa, Exa is a developer-facing neural search API, while Felo is a consumer engine built around cited answers and visual artifacts.