STORM (Stanford) vs FutureHouse

A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.

STORM (Stanford) Stanford's open-source research prototype that drafts cited reports Visit FutureHouse Eric-Schmidt-backed nonprofit building AI agents to automate scientifi... Visit
RECATOOLS Score 7.2 / 10 7.5 / 10
Capability 7 —
Value for money 9 —
Ease of use 5 —
ASEAN readiness 6 —
API quality n/a —
Pricing Open Source Freemium
Free tier Free and open source (MIT); hosted research preview is free with sign-in Free public web platform and agents (Crow, Falcon, Owl, Robin) plus a free API tier for researchers.
Paid from — Not published — the founding Kosmos subscription was withdrawn in May 2026
Has API ✗ ✓
Open source ✓ ✗
Free to use ✓ ✓
Users — —
Founded 2024 2023
Maker Stanford University (Stanford OVAL) Sam Rodriques, Andrew White
Verdict

STORM is a clear example of structure-first long-form generation: it surveys perspectives, simulates source-grounded interviews and outlines before drafting, which in Stanford's evaluation produced better-organised and b...

What this is for: Automating literature review, hypothesis generation and multi-step scientific reasoning with citation-grounded AI agents. Who this is for: Academic researchers and scientists in biology, chemistry and...

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