STORM (Stanford) vs You.com Research vs ChatGPT Deep Research vs FutureHouse
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
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You.com Research
You.com's multi-step research agent, formerly branded ARI
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ChatGPT Deep Research
OpenAI's cited, multi-step research agent inside ChatGPT
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FutureHouse
Eric-Schmidt-backed nonprofit building AI agents to automate scientifi...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.2 / 10 | 6.8 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 | 7.5 / 10 |
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| ASEAN readiness | — | |||
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| Pricing | Open Source | Freemium | Subscription | Freemium |
| Free tier | — | — | — | Free public web platform and agents (Crow, Falcon, Owl, Robin) plus a free API tier for researchers. |
| Paid from | — | — | — | Higher-throughput / commercial use via the Edison Scientific spinout |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Users | — | — | — | — |
| Founded | — | 2024 | 2025 | 2023 |
| Maker | — | — | — | Sam Rodriques, Andrew White |
| Verdict | STORM is still the reference implementation for grounded, structure-first long-form generation -- its trick of simulating a Wikipedia-writer persona interviewing multiple expert personas before drafting anything produces... |
You.com's research agent — internally called ARI — plans a multi-step search strategy, reads through sources, cross-references and returns a cited Markdown report, and You.com's own benchmarking claims a 76% win rate ove... |
Deep Research is the most consequential agent mode ChatGPT ships: point it at a genuinely open-ended question and it will spend anywhere from 5 to 30 minutes autonomously browsing, reading, and cross-checking dozens of s... |
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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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.