Phind is a developer-focused AI search engine that returns cited coding answers, built on its own Phind-70B model fine-tuned from Code Llama. It targets software engineers who want runnable code and documentation links instead of a page of blue links when they hit a bug or learn a new API.
Core Features
- Web-grounded answers that synthesize Stack Overflow, GitHub, official docs like MDN and React.dev, and technical blogs with inline citations.
- Code-first responses with syntax-highlighted, copy-paste-ready snippets in Python, Go, Rust, TypeScript, SQL, and major frameworks.
- Phind-70B scores 82.3% on HumanEval and streams at roughly 80 tokens per second for fast iteration.
- VS Code extension lets developers highlight code and ask Phind to explain, refactor, or debug without leaving the editor.
- Model switching between Phind-70B, GPT-4, and Claude per query, plus a 32,000-token context window for large code pastes.
Best For
- Backend and frontend engineers debugging production issues or evaluating third-party libraries.
- Developers learning fast-moving frameworks who need current, cited API examples.
- Teams wanting a research-and-debugging companion that complements GitHub Copilot and Cursor.
Pricing
Phind is free to start with daily query limits on the best models. The Pro plan costs about $20 per month and unlocks priority speed, higher GPT-4 and Claude quotas, a doubled context window, and a data-privacy option so your queries are not used for training. Business is about $40 per user per month with team billing and admin controls.
Our Take
Best for developers who live in documentation and Stack Overflow and want answers with sources. The trade-off is narrow focus: it is not a general assistant, and the free tier rate-limits the strongest models. Explore AI Search tools.
