In alphabetical order · 20 tools

Research AI tools

Every Research tool in the catalogue, in alphabetical order. The DOA score on each card is our editorial opinion, not an external ranking: compare and try before you pay.

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ChatGPT

Freemium
DOA score: 93/100

OpenAI's general assistant for writing, reasoning, file analysis and coding. The most familiar starting point for almost any AI task.

Where it runs: Browser · Windows · Mac · Android · iPhone / iPad

Claude

Freemium
DOA score: 88/100

Anthropic model, excellent for long documents, analysis and coding with a more careful tone.

Where it runs: Browser · Windows · Mac · Android · iPhone / iPad

Comet

Free
DOA score: 72/100

Perplexity’s browser with an assistant next to the tab: it summarises the page and searches with sources from what you have open. Made for deep research.

Where it runs: Windows · Mac

Elicit

Freemium
DOA score: 64/100

Helps you find papers and summarises their findings in a table. It does not replace reading the article, but saves hours of screening for a thesis or research.

Where it runs: Browser

Gemini

Freemium
DOA score: 83/100

Google assistant integrated with Gmail, Docs, Drive and YouTube. Strong at search and Google-account context.

Where it runs: Browser · Android · iPhone / iPad · Windows

Genspark

Freemium
DOA score: 77/100

AI super agent that researches the web and delivers finished work: slides, spreadsheets, documents and reports from a single request.

Where it runs: Browser · Windows · Mac · Android · iPhone / iPad

Grok

Freemium
DOA score: 78/100

SpaceXAI (formerly xAI) assistant with recent X information and a more direct style. Includes Grok Imagine for images and video.

Where it runs: Browser · Android · iPhone / iPad

Kimi

Freemium
DOA score: 75/100

Moonshot AI's assistant built on open Kimi models, strong at reading long documents, web research, coding and agent tasks.

Where it runs: Browser · Android · iPhone / iPad

Perplexity

Freemium
DOA score: 85/100

Answer engine with cited sources: every fact comes with its link. Ideal for research, study or checking news without losing where it came from.

Where it runs: Browser · Android · iPhone / iPad · Mac · Windows

Poe

Freemium
DOA score: 68/100

One chat to try many models (Claude, GPT, Gemini and others). Useful if you do not want ten accounts.

Where it runs: Browser · Android · iPhone / iPad

Qwen Chat

Free
DOA score: 82/100

Alibaba's free chat with its Qwen models: writes, codes, analyses files and images and generates images and video at no cost.

Where it runs: Browser · Windows · Mac · Android · iPhone / iPad