Research & search

Answers with sources, papers and live web search.

7 tools · prices for one person and a team of 5 · verified Nov 2026

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Research & search tools

Scite logo

Scite

Solo $12 · Team-5 $60/mo

G2 4.7 (27)

Highest rated
Covers:ChatAgents

Shows whether later papers support or contradict a study, with an AI assistant on top.

Free trial
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Perplexity

Solo $20 · Team-5 $100/mo

G2 4.4 (364)

Top-rated free plan
Covers:ChatAgents

Cited, real-time web answers from several frontier models

Free plan
Consensus logo

Consensus

Free plan; paid prices not verified

Covers:ChatAgents

AI search over peer-reviewed papers with a yes/no evidence meter for each question.

Free plan
Elicit logo

Elicit

Solo $11 · Team-5 $55/mo

Cheapest for one person
Covers:ChatAgents

AI assistant that screens papers and extracts data into tables for literature reviews.

Free plan
Exa logo

Exa

Free ($10 credits/mo), then from $4 per 1,000 searches

G2 5 (1)

Covers:ChatAgents

Neural web search API and research agent built for AI apps and agents.

Free plan
Liner logo

Liner

Solo $15 · Team-5 $75/mo

G2 2 (2)

Covers:ChatAgents

AI search with line-by-line citations, file Q&A and web highlighting.

Free plan
SciSpace logo

SciSpace

Solo $12 · Team-5 $60/mo

G2 3.8 (2)

Cheapest for a team of 5
Covers:ChatAgents

AI literature search, paper chat and extraction across 200M+ academic papers.

Free plan

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