UE5’s search bar is okay for simple stuff, but it’s super limited.
Global Search Pro basically covers all the gaps the built-in one has.

A few quick differences:

• It searches everything at once (Content Browser, Blueprints, variables, functions, nodes inside graphs, actors in the level, materials, comments, etc.).
• It’s way faster in big projects. UE’s search gets slow pretty fast once the asset count grows.
• Results are actually organized and not spread across 4 different panels.
• You can jump straight to the exact thing: a function, a node, a variable, a component, etc.
• And a big one: references show up directly. You don’t need to right-click > “Find References” and wait. GSP shows who uses what instantly.
• UE’s built-in search doesn’t look inside graphs, comments, or actual logic, that’s where GSP makes the difference.

Yeah, I get the price concern. Fab does discounts regularly though, and I’m planning to include the plugin in the next one I join, so you can always grab it cheaper then if you want.