Alternatives to Basis

Visual knowledge base with AI Tutor for deep research and learning

AI-powered all-in-one workspace for research, creation, and automation

AI co-researcher for exhaustive, citation-traced literature search.

AI for scientific research with cited answers from your library and the web.

Citation-backed AI research platform for literature review and writing

Free AI search engine for 237M+ scientific papers with TLDR summaries and API access.

The AI research assistant for evidence-based literature reviews with citations

AI answer engine with cited, real-time search results

AI cofounder that validates startup ideas with multi-agent market research

Turn research papers into searchable podcasts and chat with them.

AI forms and automated workflows for GTM and research teams

AI research paper reader that explains any highlighted text instantly

Otio is a persistent AI research workspace where your sources build up over months, every answer cited.

AI browser for deep research and web exploration.

AI research assistant that classifies citations as supporting or contrasting across 300M+ sources

AI academic summarizer that condenses research papers into structured summaries and flashcards

Cited AI research answers for scientists

AI academic search engine that answers questions with evidence from 200M+ papers.

AI research assistant for summarizing, comparing, and citing documents with verifiable sources.

AI-powered literature mapping for researchers

NotebookLM: AI research assistant for source-grounded answers

Open-access platform for reproducible AI and world model research

Open-source autonomous AI research agent for cited reports in minutes

Metaso AI: Chinese-language search engine with cited answers

Kimi Chat: AI workspace with K3 for agentic coding, research, and automation.

Open-source local AI agent forum simulator for emergent multi-agent behavior research.

OpenAI o1: a reasoning model for complex science, math, and coding, available via API.

A transparent, secure AI research assistant for literature review and data analysis.

Free deep web research tool for public information on people and topics.

Zero-prompt AI UX research synthesis: drag-and-drop widgets for personas, journeys, insights.