Best AI agents for research reports

Listed alphabetically; we don't rank paid placements.

GPT Researcher

Open-source autonomous agent that writes cited research reports.

Free and open source (you pay your own LLM API costs)

Manus

General-purpose autonomous agent that browses, researches and builds deliverables.

Free $0; Pro from $20/mo (also a $40/mo tier); Team from $20/seat/mo; 17% off annual

Perplexity

AI answer engine with cited sources and deep research mode.

Free $0; Pro $17/mo billed annually; Max $167/mo billed annually; Enterprise per seat