Free Reddit search for posts, comments and users
Search Reddit posts and comments for an exact phrase, or see what one account posted and commented. Pick the past day, week, month or year. Every result is scored for buying intent. No signup.
18 Reddit posts and comments mention “HubSpot alternative” in the past week
- 11 posts, 7 comments
- 3 look like buyers
- 1 thread ranks on Google
- u/ops_lena in r/salesHot 88Looking to buyRanks #6 on Google
Leaving HubSpot. What CRM are small agencies using?
Our renewal came in at three times the price. We're six people and need pipelines and email sequences, nothing fancy. What did you switch to?
- u/quietfounder in r/startups · commentWarm 64Question
We tried Attio as a HubSpot alternative last quarter. Reporting is thinner, but setup took an afternoon. Anyone found something in between?
Prospy's Reddit Search is a free tool for searching Reddit. Type a phrase to find Reddit posts and comments that contain it, or a username to see what that account posted and commented, over the past day, week, month or year. When you search a phrase, each result is scored from 0 to 100 for buying intent and threads that rank on Google are flagged. No account, no email.
- Searched side by side
- Posts + comments
- Four time windows
- 24h to 1 year
- Buying-intent score per result
- 0–100
- No signup, no email
- $0
A Reddit search that reads comments, not just posts
Most of what buyers say on Reddit is in the comments: “we switched to X”, “anyone tried Y?”. This search finds both and tells you which ones are worth a reply.
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Type a phrase, a username or both
A brand, a competitor or a problem: “HubSpot alternative”, “best CRM for a small agency”. Add a username (u/name or a profile link) to search one account.
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We search posts and comments
Reddit keeps comments in a separate tab and often blocks that search. We run both side by side, and when Reddit blocks comments we say so instead of showing zero.
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Each result gets an intent score
The model Prospy uses for paying customers reads every post and comment: looking for a tool, comparing options, complaining or just chatting?
How to read an intent score
Every post and comment that matches your phrase gets a lead score from 0 to 100: how relevant it is, multiplied by how close its author is to choosing a solution. Hot means reply today; warm is worth a helpful answer; cool is research, not outreach.
A Ranks on Google badge means the thread showed up in Prospy's daily Google checks. Reddit threads that rank keep getting read for months, by searchers and by the AI assistants that quote them, so a good answer there keeps working.
Reddit search operators
On reddit.com itself, these operators narrow a search. They work on post search; comment search only matches words.
| Operator | What it does | Example |
|---|---|---|
"exact phrase" | The words together, in this order | "hubspot alternative" |
subreddit: | Only posts in one community | crm subreddit:sales |
author: | Only posts by one account | author:spez |
title: | Words in the post title | title:"looking for" |
selftext: | Words in the body of a text post | selftext:pricing |
site: | Link posts that point to a domain | site:github.com |
self:yes | Text posts only (self:no for links only) | crm self:yes |
flair: | Posts with a given flair | flair:question |
nsfw:no | Leave out NSFW posts | crm nsfw:no |
AND, OR, NOT | Combine or exclude words (capitals) | crm NOT salesforce |
Searching comments? Reddit shows comments in their own tab after a search, and Google's site:reddit.com rarely finds new ones. The search above returns posts and comments together, newest first, and says so when Reddit blocks the comment half.
Searching a user? Reddit has no search for “everything this person said about X”. Add a username above, with or without a phrase, to see their posts and comments over the window you pick.
What to do with a Reddit thread
Finding the conversation is half the job. The other half is showing up in it well.
Reply as yourself
Answer the actual question, say who you are, and link only where the community allows it. One honest reply in a hot thread beats ten cold emails.
Hand it to your AI agent
Connect Prospy's MCP server to Claude, ChatGPT, Grok or Cursor and ask it to research today's hot mentions and draft replies. You review and post them.
Track it so you see the next one
A search is a snapshot. Prospy runs it all day on all 12 sources, X included, and sends the strong leads to email, Slack, Discord or your agent.
Reddit rewards people who help and punishes people who pitch. Prospy never posts for you: your agent connects through the MCP server or the REST API, and you post every reply yourself.
Search Reddit once, or every morning
This free Reddit search is a single look back. Prospy runs the same search all day, on Reddit and every other place your buyers post.
| Free search | Prospy | |
|---|---|---|
| Posts and comments | Both in one list | Both, every new one as it appears |
| One user's activity | Posts and comments, with or without a phrase | Not needed: Prospy watches phrases |
| Time range | Past day, week, month or year | Every new post from the day you start |
| Intent scoring | Yes, on the newest 24 | Every mention, with summaries for hot leads |
| Sources | All 12, X, LinkedIn and Hacker News included | |
| Alerts | No | Email, Slack, Discord, webhooks, daily digest |
| Price | Free, no signup | Paid plans, see pricing |
Coming from F5Bot? It emails every Reddit match for a keyword, which gets noisy fast. Prospy scores each mention for buying intent so you only hear about the ones worth a reply, and covers X, LinkedIn, Hacker News and more in the same feed.
How do I search Reddit comments?
Type a phrase here and the results include comments as well as posts, marked “comment”, with a filter to show only comments. On reddit.com you have to switch to the Comments tab after searching, and logged-out comment search is often blocked. Google's site:reddit.com rarely finds recent comments.
How do I search for a Reddit user?
Click “Search one user” and type the username (u/name, or paste a profile link). You get that account's posts and comments over the time you picked, newest first, and you can add a phrase to see only what they said about it. If Reddit has no account by that name, the tool tells you.
Can I search Reddit by date?
Yes: pick the past 24 hours, week, month or year. Reddit's own search offers the same windows (plus past hour and all time) under “Time”, but only for posts, and it sorts by relevance unless you switch to New.
Why does it say comment search didn't answer?
Reddit blocks automated comment searches more often than post searches. When that happens we show the posts we found and say comments are missing, instead of pretending there were none. Try again in a few minutes, or let Prospy watch the phrase: scheduled scans retry on their own.
Is this Reddit search tool free?
Yes. No account, no email, no trial. New searches are limited per visitor per hour to keep costs fair; a search someone already ran today comes back instantly from our cache.
How is the buying-intent score worked out?
An AI classifier reads each post or comment and rates how relevant it is to your phrase and how close the author is to choosing a solution. The lead score combines the two on a 0 to 100 scale. It is the same model Prospy uses for its paying customers. A username search without a phrase isn't scored, because there is nothing to score it against.
Does Prospy post or comment on Reddit for me?
No. Prospy finds the conversations and tells you which ones are worth a reply; you write and post every reply yourself, from your own account. Reddit communities punish automated or promotional replies, and so would we.
What is Prospy?
Prospy is social listening for startups and B2B teams. It watches 12 sources (X, Reddit, Hacker News, Bluesky, YouTube, LinkedIn, Threads, TikTok, Quora, Product Hunt, GitHub and Medium) for your keywords, scores every mention for buying intent with AI, and pushes the ones worth a reply to email, Slack, Discord, webhooks, a REST API and an MCP server for AI agents.
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