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Should I Use Quora?

quora.com·Analyzed 1 hour ago·Based on 11 sources

Depends

Depends

Fine as a free place to ask casual questions or mine long-tail topics.

Free Q&A with declining answer quality, new paywalls, and a 100M-user breach on record. Use casually, don't rely on it.

Confidence: Medium

1.5/5

SmartCustomer rating

615 reviewers

$0

Starting price

Quora+ paywall on some answers

Yes

Free tier

Ads-supported; subscriptions optional

2009

Founded

Billion-dollar valuation, per Investopedia

Value for money3

Core product free, but paywall backlash is loud

Support quality2

Users struggle to reach a human

Security posture2

2018 breach hit 100M accounts

Pros

  • Free to ask, answer, and browse most content⁷
  • Huge existing question archive across niches
  • Subscriptions let writers earn from answers
  • Ad product offers flexible, bid-based budgets⁶

Cons

  • Rated 1.5/5 by 615 reviewers on SmartCustomer¹
  • 2018 breach exposed about 100 million user accounts³
  • Reddit threads say answer quality has declined sharply⁹
  • Some answers now paywalled, angering longtime users10
  • Trustpilot reviewers say they'd uninstall the app²

Gotchas

  • mediumQuora+ paywall now blocks answers that used to be free; users call it 'ridiculous'10
  • mediumQuora Ads has no fixed prices — auction bidding makes budgets unpredictable⁶
  • mediumNo public security page found on
  • mediumSupport is largely self-serve; reaching a human is hard, per support directories

Best for

  • Casual curiosity and long-tail questions
  • Writers building an audience
  • Marketers testing cheap bid-based ads
  • Niche research when search results run dry

Not for

  • Anyone needing accurate, expert-vetted answers
  • Teams discussing confidential or sensitive topics
  • Users who refuse to hit paywalls mid-answer
  • People who expect reachable human support

Pricing

Quora (basic)

$0

  • Ask, answer, and browse
  • Ads supported

Quora+

Paid subscription

  • Ad-free reading
  • Unlocks paywalled answers
  • Supports writers

Quora Ads

Auction (CPM/CPC)

  • No fixed prices
  • Bid-based budgets

Security

One major incident: 2018 breach affecting ~100 million users; no vulnerability list found.

  • 2018 data breach affecting 100 million usersQuora disclosed in December 2018 that hackers compromised about 100 million user accounts.³

What users say

User sentiment is strongly negative, with a 1.5/5 SmartCustomer rating and Reddit threads calling Quora worse than Reddit.

Alternatives

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Full analysis

Based on ~20 public sources including reviews, breach coverage, and Quora's own pages; many review snippets were truncated.

Sources

  1. Quora Reviews - 615 Customers Rate 1.5/5smartcustomer.com
    review
  2. Quora Reviews | Trustpilottrustpilot.com
    review
  3. Quora Says Data Breach Affected 100 Million Usersnytimes.com
    news
  4. Quora Hacked: What Happened And What 100 Million Users Need To Do Nextforbes.com
    news
  5. Quora Security Updatequorablog.quora.com
    official
  6. How Quora Ads pricing worksbusiness.quora.com
    official
  7. How much do people pay for their Quora+ membership?help.quora.com
    official
  8. How Quora Works and Makes Moneyinvestopedia.com
    news
  9. Is it me, or has Quora become worse than reddit?reddit.com
    review
  10. Why would anyone pay to view quora answers?reddit.com
    review
  11. Best Quora Alternatives: Top Q&A Servicesalternativeto.net
    review

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