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Perplexity
AI answer engine with an agentic Computer, the Comet browser, and a developer API for web-grounded search.
From FreeWhy it's on this listWrites code · YesPerplexity Computer builds apps and sites from a natural-language prompt, and the Agent API sandbox has the model write the code itself.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Webhound
- +Multi-agent · YesComputer fans a prompt out to subagents; the API's wide-research preset runs the same wide-and-deep pattern in the background.Evidence ↗
- +Claude · YesClaude is one of the models the consumer product orchestrates, and the Agent API exposes Opus, Sonnet and Haiku by model id.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Webhound
- −Bring your own key · NoPerplexity fronts the provider accounts and bills tokens against a Perplexity key; no bring-your-own-key, own-inference or own-cloud path is documented.Evidence ↗
35/35 researched criteria - 02
Manus
General-purpose AI agent that plans and executes multi-step tasks on its own cloud computer.
From FreeWhy it's on this listWrites code · YesGenerates full-stack applications from a plain-language description, including backend, database and authentication, with no code written by the buyer.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Webhound
- +Multi-agent · YesWide Research decomposes one request into independent sub-tasks and runs many agents in parallel, each with its own context, then a main agent synthesises the results.Evidence ↗
- +Claude · PartialClaude is selectable only for LLM features inside apps Manus builds for you; you cannot choose it for the Manus agent itself, and Anthropic is not among the disclosed foundational-model subprocessors.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Webhound
- −GPT · PartialOpenAI is a disclosed foundational-model subprocessor for Manus itself, and GPT is nameable for LLM features in generated apps, but the agent's model is never user-selectable.Evidence ↗
- −MCP server · PartialManus is an MCP client (prebuilt MCP connectors on every plan plus your own custom MCP servers), but no Manus-hosted MCP server another agent could query is documented; the REST API is the way in.Evidence ↗
33/35 researched criteria · 2 not established - 03
Genspark
All-in-one AI workspace with autonomous agents for slides, docs, sheets, code, media and scheduled automation.
From FreeWhy it's on this listWrites code · YesGenspark Code is pitched as a full autonomous coding agent that turns a plain-language brief into a working application, aimed at people who do not code themselves.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Webhound
- +Multi-agent · YesGenTeam puts several named agents in shared channels with humans, agents claim tasks and hand results to each other, and Custom Agents can be combined inside one Super Agent conversation.Evidence ↗
- +Claude · YesAnthropic models are offered as the frontier option in AI Slides Ultra mode, and the Team plan card lists a Claude model in its zero-credit chat lineup.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Webhound
- −API access · PartialTeam members can create API keys that admins see and revoke, but Genspark publishes no API reference, and API access to its own model is arranged by emailing a partner address.Evidence ↗
33/35 researched criteria · 2 not established - 04
GC AI
Legal AI platform for in-house counsel, spanning drafting, contract review, playbooks and research.
From $500/seat/monthWhy it's on this listMulti-agent · YesChat 2.0 runs specialised research and analysis processes in parallel and reconciles their findings before answering, so coordination happens inside one conversation rather than as user-assembled agents.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Webhound
- +Agent permissions · YesPermissions are set per action type rather than per app, so searching an inbox and sending mail are separate grants, and an in-chat card offers Approve, Always approve or Deny before anything leaves.Evidence ↗
- +Claude · YesAnthropic's Claude family is one of four providers the platform routes to, and Teams and Enterprise admins can additionally opt in to the Claude Fable 5 model, which carries 30-day retention rather than zero data retention.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Webhound
- −Runs autonomously · PartialAutomations run saved instructions on a schedule with no human present and cannot ask a clarifying question mid-run, but connector actions that send or change data default to needing approval, and the vendor frames output as work a lawyer still reviews.Evidence ↗
33/35 researched criteria · 2 not established - 05
GPT Researcher
Open-source autonomous research agent that writes cited long-form reports from web and local sources.
From FreeWhy it's on this listMulti-agent · YesA LangGraph flow coordinates a chief editor, researcher, reviewer, revisor, writer and publisher, and an AG2 integration is documented too.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Webhound
- +Claude · YesClaude is named as a supported model and anthropic appears in the docs list of LLM providers, with your own Anthropic key.Evidence ↗
- +Open models · YesLocal open-weight models run through Ollama, and the supported-provider list also includes huggingface, vllm, together and deepseek.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Webhound
- −How it meters · PartialThe vendor bills nothing at all; cost is per research run of LLM and retriever spend, and its own published estimates range widely.Evidence ↗
- −Audit log · NoEach run writes a downloadable JSON event log of research steps, but no administrative trail of users, permissions or policy changes exists.Evidence ↗
34/35 researched criteria · 1 not established - 06
TinyFish
Web infrastructure for AI agents: search, page fetch, cloud browsers and goal-driven web automation.
From FreeWhy it's on this listIn your editor · YesHosted MCP server installs into Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code, Codex and OpenCode.Evidence ↗
Where it improves on Webhound
- +On the command line · YesA CLI ships alongside the SDKs and MCP endpoint and can start a run from a goal.Evidence ↗
- +Self-hosted · PartialCloud-hosted by default; VPC deployment is an Enterprise item and on-premises needs a separate written agreement.Evidence ↗
Trade-offs against Webhound
- −Multi-agent · NoRuns execute in parallel but each works independently toward its own goal; no coordination is claimed.Evidence ↗
- −GPT · NoNo provider model selection; the run includes TinyFish's own inference.Evidence ↗
- −Bring your own key · NoInference, browsers and proxies are supplied by TinyFish; there is no key to bring.Evidence ↗
35/35 researched criteria
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