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AI Research Assistants

Alternatives to Liner

The tools Specifiction weighs against Liner, from its list of ai research assistants, each with its plans, platforms and spec score.

  1. 01 Consensus

    Consensus is aimed at researchers, students, and clinicians who need to search scientific literature and review citation-backed answers.

    From $20/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android · API
    9.4 Visit Specs
  2. 02 Fabric
    From $8/mo Free trial Web · Windows · macOS · iOS
    9.2 Visit Specs
  3. 03 Gab AI Research Assistant

    It is aimed at analysts, marketers, founders, journalists, students, and others who need to investigate a topic.

    From $16.67/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    9.2 Visit Specs
  4. 04 Folio
    From $8.25/mo Free plan Web · API · Browser extension
    9.1 Visit Specs
  5. 05 Perplexity

    The free plan suits people asking simple questions with limited weekly use.

    From $20/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · iOS
    8.9 Visit Specs
  6. 06 SciSpace

    SciSpace suits readers who need to review papers, ask questions of PDFs, or improve research writing.

    From $5.83/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android · API
    8.7 Visit Specs
  7. 07 Felo AI Research

    Felo names academics, graduate students, market and financial analysts, project managers, consultants, and biomedical researchers as intended users.

    From $12.50/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android · API
    8.6 Visit Specs
  8. 08 Elicit

    Elicit suits researchers who want to search papers and other sources, review evidence, and export reports, tables, or references.

    From $11/mo Free plan Web · API
    8.4 Visit Specs
  9. 09 Arclyne
    Free trial Windows
    8.3 Visit Specs
  10. 10 Genspark Design

    It suits product, marketing, engineering, and creative teams that want to generate and refine designs from descriptions or imported assets.

    From $19.99/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.3 Visit Specs
  11. 11 Scholarly

    It suits students, researchers, educators, professionals, and teams who want to turn their own reference materials into study or work products.

    From $12/mo Free plan Web
    8.3 Visit Specs
  12. 12 Embarke
    From $39/mo Free plan Web · Self-hosted
    8.2 Visit Specs
  13. 13 Innogath

    Innogath may suit people whose work needs to be supported with evidence, including PhD candidates, strategy teams, and journalists.

    From $2.67/mo Free plan Web · Windows · macOS
    8.1 Visit Specs
  14. 14 CLARA
    Free plan Web
    8.0 Visit Specs
  15. 15 LeapSpace

    LeapSpace suits academic and industry researchers, librarians, academic leaders, and research office teams working with scholarly literature and evidence.

    From £20.83/mo Free plan Web
    7.9 Visit Specs
  16. 16 You.com

    You.com’s APIs suit developers building RAG systems, agents, knowledge bases or data-driven applications.

    Free plan Web · iOS · Android · API
    7.9 Visit Specs
  17. 17 Gemini Notebook
    From $9.99/mo Free plan Web · iOS · Android
    7.8 Visit Specs
  18. 18 GPT Researcher
    Free plan Web · API · Self-hosted
    7.8 Visit Specs
  19. 19 Kimi Deep Research

    It suits people doing academic, market, financial, consulting, or business research who need cited reports and multiple export formats.

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · iOS
    7.8 Visit Specs
  20. 20 Praxa
    From $29.99/mo Free plan Web · iOS
    7.8 Visit Specs
  21. 21 Scite

    It suits researchers who need citation context, literature search, manuscript checking, and alerts about subsequent studies.

    From $14/mo Free plan Web · API · Browser extension
    7.8 Visit Specs
  22. 22 Undermind
    From $15/mo Free plan Web · API · Browser extension
    7.8 Visit Specs
  23. 23 Rabbit Hole
    From $29/mo Free plan macOS
    7.6 Visit Specs
  24. 24 Local Deep Research
    Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    7.3 Visit Specs
  25. 25 General Evidence AI Research Agent
    Web
    7.2 Visit Specs
  26. 26 Iris.ai
    Web · API · Self-hosted
    7.2 Visit Specs
  27. 27 Primer
    Web
    6.6 Visit Specs

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