10 AI Research Tools That Are Actually Useful In 2024

Rather than transcribing hours of interview recordings, extracting information from them, and spending a lot of time refining what’s accurate and presentable, AI tools for research help do this hard work for you in seconds and let you focus 100% on the outputs.     

But it’s better not to rely on just one “Similar works” tool because you may risk missing some important details on your topic of interest.

That’s why we are going to reveal to you the 10 AI tools you can use for your research workflow and add credibility and authority to your tasks. 

1. ResearchRabbit

 

Being a student or researcher, you may find it challenging to search for related articles or papers on Google Scholar and compile the important ones from the search results. 

That’s where the ResearchRabbit simplifies your task and does half of the work for you. It does so by taking the papers you already have and suggesting fresh ideas based on them so you can plan your thesis.

To start with, simply sign up for your free account and select your area of interest/study. Then, search a keyword (Title, DOI, or PMID) for an article you love or know about.

It may even ask you about your preferred research provider so you can get to the point of results. For instance, for the Linguistics area, ResearchRabbit has the following options:

• Biomedical and Life Sciences powered by PubMed
• All Subject Areas by Semantics Scholar

Next, the tool gives you different research papers that you can add to your project and get related articles under the section. On top of that, ResearchRabbit also lists the citations and authors of the selected articles (along with the publish date and their earlier works). 

It also suggests some other authors whose work you can add to your dissertation or thesis. The tool even lets you export the collection of papers in BibTeX, CSV, and RIS format. 

The flip side? ResearchRabbit does not add your selected papers and articles for literature reviews to your thesis. You have to download them and copy/paste their content into your review section.

Features

• Sharable Link – Makes your research papers collection public and lets you share it with your peers for collective input.
• Abstracts – Shows the abstract part of the search papers so you get a complete overview and decide whether it relates to your project.
• Import to Zotero Collection – Easily integrates with Zotero and uploads your research papers collection to it so you can manage them easily. 

Pricing

• Completely free to use with access to all features  (basically run by donations).

2. Research Buddy

ResearchBuddy uses ChatGPT API to assist you in finding the most relevant research papers and creating a detailed literature review for your academic pieces. 

It can even generate a one-page summary of your selected topic. All you need to do is first sign into the ResearchBuddy dashboard and enter your topic using the search option. Then, select whether you want a literature review or a one-page summary, and hit “Go.”

RsearchBuddy quickly scans through the huge database of academic publishers to identify articles specific to your area of interest. It then emails you when your literature review is ready. 

After that, you can click the Hamburger icon in the top right corner of the tool and select your topic to find the material you were searching for.

The AI tool also adds references in Harvard style to the searched content. However, it does not support APA, MLA, or other formats. 

Also, since it uses generative AI, some of the citations in your review might be incorrect. Therefore, you have to check the sources before adding content from it to your project. 

Features

• Download As Word File – Exports your literature review or summary as a Word file on your device.
• Summary and Conclusion – Provide you with a brief summary and one-liner conclusion of the selected research papers to include in the literature review.
• SWOT Analysis – Add a SWOT analysis of the selected topic at the end of the summary.

Pricing

• Free – limited to 2 searches per month.
• Platinum – £3 per month (Pricing in UK currency).

3. AlphaResearch

AlphaReseach uses NLP techniques and Machine learning techniques to search for different financial documents and extract important information for investors and corporations. These financial niches are:

• Text documents
• Earnings call transcripts
• News
• Global filings
• Press releases
• USPOT patents
• ESG reports

To get the most out of the platform, create a free account. Then, use the search option to look for the information you need and add it to your notebook or download it as a PDF for further use. 

AlphaResearch also lets you annotate documents to highlight the important bits. The most admirable part is its ability to extract, export, and visualize tables from any filings. 

Furthermore, you can also copy the URL to share it with your team, even if they don’t have an account. AlphaResearch even gives you Insider Transactions & Institutional Ownership Analysis, as well as real-time alerts on new filings and documents.  

It also has a dedicated Notebook section where you can note valuable data from your search results. In the Trending section, you’ll find hot topics related to investors or corporations. 

Here are some other tools that can be a huge help to you: 

• 13-F institutional portfolios
• Filings search
• Filings screener
• Comparative analysis
• News Watch
• Calendar
• ETF analysis
• Mutual Funds Holdings analysis

The flaw of AlphaResearch is its search limitation to only Canada, USA, and UK financial markets.

Features

• Stock Screener – Searches and filters stocks based on different filters.
• Google Sheet and Excel Integration – Integrates your research with Google Sheets and Excel so you can compile all the important data into an XLX or XLSX file.
• Data Visualization – Visualizes different company filings, finances, and how the market is doing to give you a bigger picture of what’s likely going to happen next.

Pricing

• Free Trial – 7 days, limited to only three features: search analytics, notebook, and trending topics.
• Basic: $49.99 per month (billed quarterly), which includes US market coverage, document search and alerts, news watch, trending topics, ETFs, mutual funds, and filings screener.
• Enterprise – includes everything in the Basic plan and has custom pricing per seat.

4. Plus AI

Specially developed as a presentation creation tool, Plus  AI generates custom market research reports on your provided business name and industry.

When signing into the Plus AI dashboard using your Google account, buy any of the paid plans that suit your needs. Then, go to Google Slides, click Extensions, choose Add-ons > Get Add-ons, and search for Plus AI for Google Slides to install it. 

Next, click Extensions again and choose the Plus AI add-on. Now, select Build a Presentation to include your keywords, upload a file, or use the preset prompt to make a research report for your business.

Impressively, Plus AI gives you an outline before generating slides for tweaking. You can change the titles or delete the topic you don’t want in your market research report. It also lets you add a snapshot to each slide to help you insert performance metrics and KPIs.

This tool has 100+ presentation templates and can even design a new one according to your report content to match your brand identity. 

The catch is Plus AI only integrates with Google Slides and MS PowerPoint to directly create slides in them.

Features

• AI in Any Language – Makes research reports and other presentations in almost any language.
• Tips  – Gives you tips to further edit and improve the slides before finalizing them.
• Remix and Rewrite – Remixes any slide to your selected format and even rewrites them to improve the content quality.

Pricing

• Basic: $15/month per user when billed monthly or $10 when billed annually. Compared to the Pro version, it has limited features.
• Pro – $20 or $25 per month based on billing and is only for one user.
• Enterprise – custom pricing based on your organization’s needs.

5. Research Studio

For freelance UX designers, user researchers, or agencies, Research Studio analyzes your user research data and compiles it into clear, actionable reports. 

After creating an account on Research Studio, click “Create One Now” and choose any of these AI models for data processing:

• Claude 3
• ChatGPT 4o
• Mistral AI

Then, you can upload your data in about 15 different formats, like PDF, DOCX, XLSX, CSV, WAV, and more. Research Studio also quickly integrates with the following different platforms:

• Google Drive
• One Drive
• Dropbox
• Notion
• Web Scrape

After you upload your files, Research Studio starts the analysis process automatically. It then gives you an overview of user sentiments, a specialized summary, and useful insights for your research report. 

This tool also lets you edit, remove, or add your own data on top of the extracted insights. 

Most importantly, you can directly convert the data into a presentation and start presenting it with a single click. The downside is you can only export the slides to Notion and Miro (coming soon).

Research Studio has an AI assistant with whom you can converse to get further recommendations and steps. 

Features

• 50 Files Per Upload – Import up to 50 files per upload so you can compile all the data at once.
• Drag & Drop Research Widget – Draggable widgets for more data extractions, such as Statements Analysis, Jobs to Be Done, User Persona, User Journey, Competitors, Users Stories, and Questions Analysis.
• Sharable Link – Copy the link of your research report with your team.

Pricing

• Free Trial – gives you access to all tools for 3 days to test drive the service.
• Individual (freelancer)  – $25 per month with up to 7 days refund policy.
• Business – costs $30 per user monthly and has a 14 days refund period.

6. FileGPT

Powered with GPT-AI, FileGPT interacts in natural language with different files to give you insights for your research project.

To start with, sign up for a free FileGPT account, click New Chat, and provide a name for your research data collection. Now, choose any of the file formats, select the documents you want to upload from your device and click Submit.

Next, FileGPT interacts with them and provides you with a set of example questions for the research. Moreover, you can also type in questions relevant to your project and get the desired answers.

FileGPT also has a Preview Source option to help you compare the uploaded file data with the provided answer. This amazing tool also lets you export the data in TXT or PDF format.

With the “Sources” option, you can ask FileGPT for the exact page number from which it has taken the data. 

One key highlight of the tool is its ability to work with large files and long-form text, unlike ChatGPT. However, the maximum file size is only limited to 200MB.

Features

• Multi File Format Support – Supports YouTube links, PDFs, web pages URLs, TXTs, DOCs, and audios to organize your research data.
• Smart Content Parsing – Converts handwritten notes or documents into digital text.
• Cross-Source Querying – Searches all files at once to answer your queries.

Pricing

• Basic – Free with limited features.
• Pro – $18 per month and includes everything in basic, along with unstructured PDF support, ask audio/video/image files, and handwritten text.
• Growth – $48 per month with the option to embed FileGPT in your website.
• Elite – $98/month and includes basic analytics to track usage and engagement.
• Enterprise – $398/month and includes priority process.

7. AI Reverse Image Search

AI Reverse Image Search by Vecteezy uses computer vision technology to take image recognition and search intent to the next level.

Unlike traditional reverse image search engines (which use pixels and colors), this tool understands the context of the uploaded picture and gives related results.

To get the most out of AI Reverse Image Search,  drag & drop your image after signup or Browse a file from your PC and upload it. 

The tool will now search its dataset for similar images from the web and show you the result in seconds. Then, you can select the one you were searching for and hit Download to export it for further use.

But, as the name suggests, this tool is limited to image research and does not help you look for other media or text content.

Features

• Save to Collection – Saves the selected images to your Favorites or other collections.
• Image Sharing – Share the searched images via the link or directly to X (Twitter), Facebook, or Pinterest.
• Multiple Image Sizes – Download images in different file sizes, i.e., small, medium, large, or original.

Pricing

• Free – basic version with limited downloads and attribution required for image usage.
• Pro –  $7/ month or $4.50 per year with full commercial rights, more than 40 million Pro Resources, unlimited downloads, and Legal Indemnification.

8. Factiverse

Factiverse is your go-to tool as an editor or finance researcher to detect incorrect information or hallucinations in any online content and get up-to-date data for your project.

It uses edge-cutting AI and natural language processing to identify factual errors and find credible sources to support the claim. Simply make a free trial account and click File > New Document to paste or write your text in the given editor.

Then, click “Analyze” and let Factiverse do its work. It detects the claims in your text, retrieves information, and classifies the sources into:

• All
• Supported (highlighted in green)
• Mixed (highlighted in orange)
• Disputed (highlighted in red)

Factiverse tool is incredibly helpful for media and finances. That’s why it easily integrates with any content management system as an API or Plugin.

Features

• Multiple Language Support – Spots misleading claims and controversial content in your text in 100 different languages.
• Smart Filter – Sets data source, date published, and type of source to customize your results.
• Multiple Sources Factcheck – Checks your uploaded data against multiple sources from Google, Bing, Wikipedia, Semantic Scholar, FactiSearch, and YOU.  

Pricing

• Free Trial – 14 days and provides access to all the basic features.
• Lite – 10€ per month with 3000 characters limit per search request.
• Pro – 25€ per month and includes a 10000 character limit per request.
• Per seat – Pricing is based on the number of users.

9. Lime AI

Lime AI uses natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning algorithms to research and retrieve information from complex data.

To use it, sign in to your account, click “New Chat,” and upload your files from your device. Lime AI will scan your documents and provide a brief summary. 

Now, you can ask any question about the data to get the information you need. It can even make explanatory graphics from the uploaded files that you can include in your research report. 

Then, simply click the Download icon to save the data on your device.

Lime AI truly organizes your workflow by improving your data and extracting all the valid information for your use. In fact, you can customize the tool according to your specific analytic needs and use cases to get the best possible outcomes. 

The flip side is Lime AI does not provide clear-cut instructions on how to navigate the options and fully utilize all its features.

Features

• Different Graphics Support – Makes different data analysis graphics for your report, like Histogram, Scatterplot, Box plot.
• Accurate Data Analytics – Provides correct data analytics so you can detect hidden patterns and trends.
• Hide/Show Work – Hides or shows work in the response with just one click.

Pricing

• Custom price after booking a demo test. 

10. Notably

With Notably AI, you can collect, analyze, and even share your customer insights from your uploaded interviews, surveys, and notes.

To start things off, sign in to the Notably AI dashboard and click “New Project”. Now, click “Upload Data” to import your video, audio, or transcript, and select any of the following templates to analyze the data:

• Stakeholder Interview
• Discovery
• Jobs to be Done
• Customer Forces Canvas
• Five Whys
• Usability Test
• Customer Support Session and more.

Notably AI then organizes all your data, insights, and findings in one place. Then, you can highlight important information, which is automatically converted into rows in a table and sticky notes on the canvas.

The tool also lets you summarize your data file into one of their templates. It also has a smart search option to assist you in searching for information from your different projects made within Notably AI..

However, the Notably AI interface is quite hard to navigate, and you might face unexpected errors while using it.

Features

• Integration – Quickly integrates with Google, Slack, and Zoom to add and share data faster.
• Tags – Tags to important facts or information in the analyzed content.
• Team Collaboration – Add up to 5 team members to the workspace using the 5 editor licenses.

Pricing

• Free – designed for individuals or students and includes one editor and 2 viewers license.
• Pro – $25 per month with 5 projects and 5 viewers license limit.
• Team – $250 per month with 5 editors, 50 viewers, and 25 projects limit
• Enterprise – custom plan and includes unlimited access to the tool 

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