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    Hound apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 7.0
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    Understand Free trial apiextensionLinuxMacself-hosted $8343.33/mo6.9
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    Comby apiLinuxMacself-hostedWin 6.8
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    LeIndex apiLinuxMacself-hostedWeb 6.8
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    Sourcegraph Code Search Free trial apiextensionself-hostedWeb $1333.33/mo6.7
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    sqry Free plan LinuxMacWin Free6.0
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