Best AI tools for researchers

ChatGPT freemium
All-round assistant for drafting, analysis and ideas.

Claude freemium
Careful writing, long documents and coding help.

Gemini freemium
Google's assistant, strong with Gmail and Docs.

Microsoft Copilot freemium
Microsoft's assistant, built into Windows and Office.

Perplexity freemium
Answers with cited sources.

Grammarly freemium
Fixes grammar and tone wherever you type.

QuillBot freemium
Paraphrasing, summaries and citations.

DeepL freemium
Accurate translation and rewriting.

Elicit freemium
Finds and summarises academic papers.

Consensus freemium
Answers drawn from peer-reviewed research.

SciSpace freemium
Chat with papers and explain tough sections.

NotebookLM freemium
Chat with your own documents and sources.

ResearchRabbit freemium
Maps papers and authors on a topic.

Otter.ai freemium
Live meeting transcripts and summaries.

Julius AI freemium
Ask questions of spreadsheets and get charts.

Le Chat (Mistral) freemium
Fast European AI assistant.

Scite paid
Shows how papers cite each other.

Semantic Scholar free
Free AI-assisted academic paper search.

Connected Papers freemium
Visual map of related research papers.

Wolfram Alpha freemium
Step-by-step maths and data answers.

Hugging Face freemium
Find and try open AI models.

Fathom freemium
Meeting recorder with AI summaries.

Granola freemium
Notes that blend your typing with AI.

Reclaim freemium
Smart calendar that protects focus time.

Hex freemium
Collaborative notebooks with AI for data work.