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AI Search Tools

Explore AI search products for cited answers, information retrieval, and deep research, with free access and public pricing tiers.

What to compare

  • For fact-checking, confirm that answers link to accessible primary sources.
  • For long reports, compare deep-research quotas, file support, and exports.
  • Teams should also review data retention, shared workspaces, and seat pricing.

Verified products

6 products

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Perplexity

Free plan

Website

An answer engine with citations for research and fast fact-finding.

ResearchCited answersDeep research

Official plans

Pricing
Standard$0
Pro$20/mo
Max$200/mo
EnterprisePer seat
C

ChatGPT

Free plan

Website

A general AI assistant for questions, writing, file analysis, vision, and voice.

General Q&AWritingFile analysis

Official plans

Pricing
Free$0
Plus$20/mo
Pro$200/mo
BusinessPer seat
G

Gemini

Free plan

Website

Google's multimodal assistant for search, writing, images, and Google apps.

Web answersMultimodal tasksGoogle apps

Official plans

Pricing
Free$0
Google AI Plus$4.99/mo
Google AI Pro$19.99/mo
Google AI Ultra$199.99/mo
K

Kimi

Free plan

Website

A Chinese AI assistant for long documents, web research, summaries, and office tasks.

Long documentsWeb researchSummaries

Official plans

Pricing
免费版免费额度
会员以应用内为准
E

Elicit

Free plan

Website

An AI research assistant for paper discovery, evidence extraction, and reviews.

Paper searchEvidence extractionLiterature reviews

Official plans

Pricing
Basic$0
Plus$11/user/mo(年付)
Pro$39/user/mo(年付)
Scale$89/user/mo(年付)
N

Notion AI

Free trial

Website

AI writing, search, summaries, meeting notes, and knowledge Q&A inside Notion.

Knowledge Q&AWritingMeeting notes

Official plans

Pricing
Free有限试用
PlusPer seat
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