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Best Research & data agents — Pooled budget
4 of 10 researched research & data agents have a confirmed yes for Pooled budget. Qualified, negative, and unknown answers stay distinct.
The ranking
4 of 10 research & data agents have a confirmed yes for “Pooled budget”. 3 are qualified or tier-scoped, 2 are confirmed no, and 1 remain not established. Only confirmed yes answers appear in this set; an unknown is never treated as a negative.
How we ranked these
Projected from the live listing datasheets using the tenant’s “Do seats share one balance, or does each get its own?” axis. Membership requires a sourced yes; partial and unknown answers are reported above but excluded from the ranking. Entries retain the directory’s paid-tier ordering, visibly labelled on every promoted card.
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The ranking
Editor’s pick
#1
Elicit
Research agent that searches 138M papers and clinical trials and returns cited reports and systematic reviews.
- #2
Manus
General-purpose autonomous AI agent that works in its own cloud computer and returns finished deliverables.
- #3
Perplexity
Web-grounded AI answers plus Computer, a general-purpose agent, and search/agent/embeddings APIs.
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TinyFish
Web infrastructure for AI agents: search, fetch, cloud browsers, and goal-driven web automation.
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| Feature | Elicit | Manus | Perplexity | TinyFish |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | Research agent that searches 138M papers and clinical trials and returns cited reports and systematic reviews. | General-purpose autonomous AI agent that works in its own cloud computer and returns finished deliverables. | Web-grounded AI answers plus Computer, a general-purpose agent, and search/agent/embeddings APIs. | Web infrastructure for AI agents: search, fetch, cloud browsers, and goal-driven web automation. |
| Category | Research & data agents | Agent platforms, Research & data agents | Research & data agents | Agent tools & infrastructure, Research & data agents |
| Pricing | Free | Free | Free | $0 / per request |
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