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Best for: Researchers doing preliminary literature scans.
Biggest catch: One published study found search sensitivity of ~33–40% vs traditional searching.
Skip it if: You need exhaustive, systematic-review-grade search.
Price: Free tier: yes. Plus $11/user/mo (annual), Pro $39/user/mo (annual). (checked Oct 10, 2026)
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AI Research Tools · Research Assistants
Best for: Students and researchers digesting a pile of documents.
Pros
- Free with a Google account: 100 notebooks, 50 sources each
- Answers are grounded in the sources you upload
- Google AI Pro raises it to 500 notebooks / 300 sources each
Biggest catch
Usage is compute-based, refreshing every 5 hours up to a weekly limit
Skip it if: You need cross-project memory across many notebooks.
Starting price: Free tier: yes. Higher limits via Google AI Pro ($19.99/mo). (checked Oct 10, 2026)
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AI Research Tools · Research Assistants
Best for: Teams running ongoing research topics in Perplexity.
Pros
- Shared research workspaces with files, context and collaborators
- Up to 5,000 files and 2.5 GB per project on every plan
- Pro and Max can invite 5 collaborators, Enterprise up to 9,999
Biggest catch
Spaces have been renamed Projects, so the listing name is stale
Skip it if: You only do one-off searches.
Starting price: Included with Perplexity. Collaboration on Pro ($20/mo) and up. (checked Oct 11, 2026)
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