# Best Research & data agents — Pooled budget

> Source: https://theagentsindex.com/best/research-agents/pooled (curated, quality-gated, re-verified)

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.

| # | Name | What it is | Pricing | API |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Elicit](https://theagentsindex.com/elicit.md) | Research agent that searches 138M papers and clinical trials and returns cited reports and systematic reviews. | freemium | Yes |
| 2 | [Manus](https://theagentsindex.com/manus.md) | General-purpose autonomous AI agent that works in its own cloud computer and returns finished deliverables. | paid | Yes |
| 3 | [Perplexity](https://theagentsindex.com/perplexity.md) | Web-grounded AI answers plus Computer, a general-purpose agent, and search/agent/embeddings APIs. | freemium | Yes |
| 4 | [TinyFish](https://theagentsindex.com/tinyfish.md) | Web infrastructure for AI agents: search, fetch, cloud browsers, and goal-driven web automation. | freemium | Yes |

## Methodology

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.