Research & Knowledge.

AI agents designed to search, synthesize, and surface information from the web, academic papers, and large corpora. Ranked by aggregate score from 4 published community and editorial evaluations. Top of this catalog: Perplexity, Elicit, You.com.

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01PerplexityEditor's pickPerplexity AI · Free (limited daily Pro searches); Pro $20/mo; Teams $40/user/mo · BrowserPerplexity is the leading AI-powered search engine and research assistant, combining real-time web search with LLM synthesis to answer questions with cited sources. Its "Pro Search" and "Deep Research" modes can autonomously browse dozens of pages and produce structured research reports. With over 15 million monthly active users, Perplexity has become the default research tool for developers, researchers, and knowledge workers.BrowserEasy setupClaude Sonnet9.01 reviews02ElicitElicit · Free (5000 papers/year); Plus $12/mo; Professional $50/mo · BrowserElicit is an AI research assistant specialized in academic literature, built to help researchers find, summarize, and extract data from scientific papers. Its "Elicit Notebook" enables systematic literature reviews by searching across 200M+ papers, extracting structured data into tables, and identifying research gaps. Elicit is the gold standard for academic researchers who need rigorous, evidence-based synthesis rather than general web search.BrowserEasy setupProprietary (Elicit models)8.81 reviews03You.comYou.com · Free tier; Pro $20/mo; Team $25/user/mo · BrowserYou.com is an AI search engine and agent platform offering multiple research modes including Smart (fast web search), Research (deep multi-source analysis), and Create (content generation). Its YouAgent mode can complete multi-step tasks by combining web search, code execution, and data analysis. You.com differentiates with its privacy focus and ability to search specific apps like Reddit, GitHub, or StackOverflow.BrowserEasy setupClaude0.00 reviews
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