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Best AI for Research
Ranked by research utility — web search + file upload + memory + reasoning + long context.
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Claude Opus leads research with 10.0/10 — strong web search, file upload, and reasoning combined.
| # | Model | Research score | Standard plan | Context | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Claude Opus Anthropic · Claude Opus 4.7 | 10.0/10 | $100/mo | 1M | Compare → |
| 2 | Claude Anthropic · Claude Sonnet 4.6 | 9.7/10 | $20/mo | 1M | Compare → |
| 3 | Gemini Google · Gemini 3 Pro | 9.3/10 | $20/mo | 2M | Compare → |
| 4 | ChatGPT OpenAI · GPT-5.2 | 8.9/10 | $20/mo | 256K | Compare → |
| 5 | Qwen Alibaba · Qwen 3 Max | 8.5/10 | Plus | 256K | Compare → |
| 6 | Grok xAI · Grok 4 | 8.1/10 | $30/mo | 256K | Compare → |
| 7 | NotebookLM Google · Gemini 3 Pro (research-tuned) | 8.0/10 | $20/mo | 1M | Compare → |
| 8 | Microsoft Copilot Microsoft · GPT-5.2 (M365-tuned) | 7.8/10 | $20/mo | 128K | Compare → |
| 9 | Perplexity Perplexity · Sonar Pro | 6.9/10 | $20/mo | 200K | Compare → |
| 10 | Le Chat Mistral · Mistral Large 2 | 6.8/10 | $14.99/mo | 128K | Compare → |
| 11 | Meta AI Meta · Llama 4 Maverick | 6.7/10 | Free | 1M | Compare → |
| 12 | DeepSeek DeepSeek · DeepSeek V3 | 5.6/10 | API only | 128K | Compare → |
| 13 | Pi Inflection AI · Pi 3 | 2.8/10 | Free | 32K | Compare → |
| 14 | Character.AI Character.AI · Character (proprietary) | 1.2/10 | $9.99/mo | 8K | Compare → |
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