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Sourcegraph Code Search comparisons

#7 of 42 in Code Search Tools

Sourcegraph Code Search is compared head-to-head with Android Code Search, LXR Cross Referencer and GNU GLOBAL and more: 7 head-to-heads in Code Search Tools, each with the specs and prices we checked.

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Sourcegraph Code Search head-to-head

Sourcegraph Code Search vs each of them

#ToolFree planPaid fromIndexing scopeDeploymentRegex searchCode navigationScore
7Sourcegraph Code SearchNoCodebaseHybridYesYes8.6
1Android Code SearchYesFreeCodebaseCloudYesYes9.3
2LXR Cross ReferencerFreeCodebaseSelf_hostedYes9.2
3GNU GLOBALYesFreeCodebaseSelf_hostedYes9.0
4UnderstandYes$100/user/moSelf_hosted8.9
5KrugleOrganizationHybridYes8.8
6searchcodeYesFreeRepositoriesHybridYesYes8.7
8OpenGrokFreeCodebaseSelf_hostedNoYes8.5

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