Free AI Tools for Academic Search

Elicit is an AI research assistant that helps researchers search papers, generate evidence-based reports, and automate literature review workflows.

iAsk AI is a free AI answer engine and homework helper that provides instant answers with citations, plus writing and grammar tools.

Metaso AI Search is a Chinese AI search engine that delivers ad-free results, research, file upload, fact checking, and interactive web tools.

Consensus is an AI research search engine that helps users find, analyze, and synthesize peer-reviewed literature quickly.

Free AI-powered search and reading tool for scientific literature, with an API for developers.