Free AI research tools: 14 picks

Every pick below was checked on its official site. Pricing changes, so confirm the current plan before you rely on it.

You.comFree plan

Research / sourced retrieval

An AI workspace that combines web search, research, and custom agents.

GensparkFree plan

Research / sourced retrieval

Organizes search results into AI pages you can keep working from.

ElicitFree plan

Research / sourced retrieval

A research assistant for finding papers, screening them, and organizing evidence.

Research / sourced retrieval

Search research papers directly and summarize the evidence.

SciSpaceFree plan

Research / sourced retrieval

An AI research platform for reading, explaining, and searching academic papers.

FeloFree plan

AI research tools

Multilingual AI search that also makes slides, mind maps, docs and pages.

AI research tools

Metaso AI search: ad-free answers, plus slides, video and file tools.

AI research tools

A private search engine with AI answers from its own independent index.

iAskFree plan

AI research tools

A free AI answer engine for questions and homework.

ExaFree plan

AI research tools

A search API that gives AI agents real-time web data and structured content.

AI research tools

A free AI-powered search engine for scientific literature.

AI research tools

A visual map of papers related to the one you start from.

AI research tools

Find related papers, build citation maps and track research for literature reviews.

AI research tools

An AI co-researcher that reads full papers and figures to find the literature you need.

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