The best AI tools for research — curated for solopreneurs. Compare features, pricing, and ratings in one place.

AI-Writer

★ 3.9/5

Fact-based article generation with citations.

$29-59 mo

ChatGPT

★ 4.7/5

OpenAI's all-round AI assistant for writing, coding, vision, voice and research, with a genuinely useful free tier.

Freemium — $20/mo

ChatPDF

★ 4.3/5

Chat with any PDF to extract answers fast.

Freemium — free tier; Pro $5/mo

Consensus

★ 4.3/5

AI search over peer-reviewed research papers.

Freemium — free tier; Pro $7/mo

Elicit

★ 4.3/5

AI literature review that extracts data from papers.

Freemium — free tier; Pro $10/mo

Frase

★ 4.4/5

SEO content briefs and AI drafts built from SERP research.

Paid — from $15/mo

Google Gemini

★ 4.4/5

Google's multimodal AI across Workspace apps.

Freemium — $20/mo

Jenni AI

★ 4.3/5

AI writing assistant for essays and research papers — autocompletes prose in your voice and adds citations as it writes.

Freemium — free tier; Unlimited ~$20/mo

Perplexity

★ 4.5/5

AI answer engine with cited sources and search.

Freemium — $20/mo

Scite

★ 4.2/5

Smart citations that show whether papers support claims.

Freemium — free tier; Pro $10/mo

Semrush

★ 4.5/5

All-in-one SEO, PPC, and competitive research suite.

Paid — from $119/mo

Wiseone

★ 4.1/5

AI reading assistant that explains and cross-checks.

Freemium — free tier; Pro $10/mo

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