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AI Research Statistics 2026
We track 28 ai research tools. 86% offer a free tier, and paid plans start at a median of $10/month. Live data, updated July 3, 2026.
Tools tracked28in AI Research, as of July 3, 2026
Offer a free tier86%24 of 28 with known plans
Median starting price$10/moacross 14 tools with paid pricing
Average rating★ 4.19across 28 rated tools
Computed live from vendor websites re-crawled on a rolling schedule; tools without public pricing are excluded from price statistics rather than estimated. Cite as: “AI Workflow Pro, AI Research Statistics, July 3, 2026”.
The data
Every ai research tool we track
| Tool | Rating | Pricing | Free tier | Verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perplexity | ★ 4.6 | freemium | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| Firecrawl | ★ 4.5 | from $16/mo | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| NotebookLM | ★ 4.5 | free | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| Exa | ★ 4.4 | freemium | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| Consensus | ★ 4.4 | freemium | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| Elicit | ★ 4.4 | paid | No | 2026-07-03 |
| Heptabase | ★ 4.3 | from $8.99/mo | No | 2026-07-03 |
| Research Rabbit | ★ 4.3 | from $10/mo | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| Julius | ★ 4.3 | freemium | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| Tavily | ★ 4.3 | freemium | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| Semantic Scholar | ★ 4.3 | free | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| SciSpace | ★ 4.2 | freemium | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| scite | ★ 4.2 | from $20/mo | No | 2026-07-03 |
| Litmaps | ★ 4.2 | from $10/mo | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| Undermind | ★ 4.2 | freemium | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| Tana | ★ 4.2 | from $20/mo | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| Connected Papers | ★ 4.2 | from $6/mo | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| STORM | ★ 4.1 | free | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| Anara | ★ 4.1 | freemium | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| Rows | ★ 4.1 | from $8/mo | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| ChatDOC | ★ 4.0 | freemium | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| Recall | ★ 4.0 | from $10/mo | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| Inciteful | ★ 4.0 | free | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| Quadratic | ★ 4.0 | from $18/mo | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| Afforai | ★ 3.9 | from $9.99/mo | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| Keenious | ★ 3.9 | from $10/mo | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| Humata | ★ 3.9 | from $9.99/mo | Yes | 2026-07-03 |
| SciSummary | ★ 3.8 | from $4/mo | No | 2026-07-03 |
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