ChatGPT Deep Research vs You.com Research
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
ChatGPT Deep Research
OpenAI's cited, multi-step research agent inside ChatGPT
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You.com Research
You.com's Research API — cited multi-step web research, billed per cal...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.8 / 10 | 6.8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Usage_based |
| Free tier | Free and Go plans include limited deep research; OpenAI publishes no task counts — an in-product counter shows tasks left and resets every 30 days | $100 in free API credit to start; consumer chat closed to new users |
| Paid from | Plus $20/mo; Pro 100/200/500 at $100, $200 or $500/mo | Research API from $12 per 1,000 calls (Lite) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✗ |
| Users | — | — |
| Founded | 2025 | 2024 |
| Maker | — | — |
| Verdict | Deep research is the most consequential agent mode in ChatGPT: give it an open-ended question and it plans, browses and reads for 5 to 30 minutes before handing back a structured, cited report — work that would take an a... |
You.com has stopped selling research to individuals: its free plan ended in April 2026, and from 4 August chat closed to new subscribers, leaving the Research API as the product. That API is reasonable infrastructure for... |
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