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Consensus

Search engine answering from scientific papers.

Free tierFree tier, paid plans availableResearch

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Perplexity

AI answer engine with cited sources.

Free tierFree tier, paid from ~$20/moResearch

Elicit

AI research assistant for academic papers.

Free tierFree Basic plan; Plus from $11/user/mo billed annuallyResearch

NotebookLM

Chat with your sources and generate audio overviews.

Free tierFree, with higher limits in Google plansResearch

Scite

Shows how papers cite each other with context.

PaidPaid from $12/mo billed yearly; 7-day free trialResearch

ChatPDF

Chat with any PDF.

Free tierFree tier; Plus plan availableResearch

Humata

Ask questions across long documents.

Free tierFree (60 pages/mo); Expert from $9.99/moResearch

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