AI research
Tools that search, read and summarise sources: papers, PDFs and the web, with citations.
At a glance
| Tool | Price | Free plan | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatPDF | Pricing information is currently unavailable. | Free plan | Quickly extracting information from a single PDF |
| Consensus | From $12/month, billed annually | Free plan | Checking the state of evidence on a scientific question |
| Elicit | From $49/month, billed annually | Free plan | Systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses |
| Humata | From $9.99/month | Free plan | Querying across many uploaded documents at once |
| Julius AI | From $20/month | Free plan | Analysts who need quick charts and statistics without writing code |
| NotebookLM | From $9.99/month | Free plan | Working through large PDFs and research papers |
| SciSpace | Pricing information is currently unavailable. | No free plan on record | Reading and understanding dense academic papers |
| Scite | From $20/month, billed annually | Free trial | Checking whether a finding has been supported or disputed in later research |
All AI research tools
- ChatPDFAI research
Upload a PDF and chat with its contents: ask questions, get summaries and locate specific passages.
Pricing information is currently unavailable. - ConsensusAI research
An AI academic search engine that surfaces the degree of scientific agreement on a question from peer-reviewed papers.
From $12/month, billed annually - ElicitAI research
An AI research assistant for literature reviews that searches academic papers and extracts key findings into structured tables.
From $49/month, billed annually - HumataAI research
AI document Q&A that works across multiple uploaded files and returns answers with references to the source text.
From $9.99/month - Julius AIAI research
An AI data analyst that accepts uploaded spreadsheets and lets you ask questions, generate charts and run statistical analysis in plain language.
From $20/month - NotebookLMAI research
Google's AI notebook that grounds every answer in your uploaded documents, PDFs and audio files with source citations.
From $9.99/monthNot yet verified - SciSpaceAI research
An AI tool for reading research papers with inline concept explanations, full-paper Q&A and related literature discovery.
Pricing information is currently unavailable.Not yet verified - SciteAI research
An academic research platform that classifies citations as supporting or contrasting, showing the evidential weight behind published claims.
From $20/month, billed annuallyNot yet verified