Research

The AI Tools Index lists 17 live Research AI tools, each with a real launch date, community votes, and Stripe-verified monthly revenue wherever the maker has connected it. Browse the list below to compare features and honest traction, then pick the Research tool that fits.

1. Kompas AI — Kompas AI — an AI research report tool, made for research teams.
2. Andi — Andi — an AI answer search engine, made for everyday searchers.
3. Liner — Liner — an AI research and reading assistant, made for students.
4. ResearchRabbit — ResearchRabbit — a paper discovery tool, made for researchers.
5. Afforai — Afforai — an AI research assistant, made for knowledge workers.
6. SciSpace — SciSpace — an AI tool for reading research, made for students.
7. Exa — Exa — an AI search engine for developers, made for developers.
8. Undermind — Undermind — a deep research search tool, made for researchers.
9. Scholarcy — Scholarcy — a research paper summarizer, made for students.
10. SScite — Scite — a smart citation research tool, made for academics.
11. Consensus — Consensus — an AI search engine for research, made for researchers.
12. Elicit — Elicit — an AI research assistant for papers, made for researchers.
13. Genspark — Genspark — an AI search agent, made for deep researchers.
14. Gemini Notebook — Answers limited to the documents you upload
15. Perplexity — Answer engine that cites its sources inline
16. You.com — AI search that routes to several models
17. Semantic Scholar — Free academic search from the Allen Institute