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Research

4 tools, ordered by evidence level and how recently we verified them. Paid placement never changes this order. Filter by budget, API or setup level.

1. Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)

   AI research notebook that answers questions and builds summaries from your own sources

   Vendor-describedVerified Oct 17, 2026Added 6d ago

   Price

   Free tier · from $4.99/mo

   API

   Unknown

   Integrations

   2 documented

   Setup

   No code

2. Google Gemini

   Google's AI assistant for chat, research, images and video, built into Google apps

   Vendor-describedVerified Oct 17, 2026Added 6d ago

   Price

   Free tier · from $4.99/mo

   API

   Documented

   Integrations

   5 documented

   Setup

   No code

3. Grok

   AI chatbot with live web and X search, voice, and image and video generation

   Vendor-describedVerified Oct 17, 2026Added 6d ago

   Price

   Free tier · from $8/mo

   API

   Documented

   Integrations

   7 documented

   Setup

   No code

4. Perplexity

   AI answer engine that searches the web and returns cited answers and research reports

   Vendor-describedVerified Oct 17, 2026Added 6d ago

   Price

   Free tier + paid · price unknown

   API

   Documented

   Integrations

   None documented

   Setup

   No code