You.com Research vs Gemini Deep Research
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
You.com Research
You.com's Research API — cited multi-step web research, billed per cal...
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Gemini Deep Research
Autonomous web research baked into Gemini, not sold on its own
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.8 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Usage_based | Freemium |
| Free tier | $100 in free API credit to start; consumer chat closed to new users | Free Google account includes Deep Research at standard (lowest) compute-based limits |
| Paid from | Research API from $12 per 1,000 calls (Lite) | AI Plus $4.99/mo; AI Pro $19.99/mo; AI Ultra $99.99/mo (5x) or $199.99/mo (20x), US prices |
| Has API | ✓ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✓ |
| Users | — | — |
| Founded | 2024 | 2024 |
| Maker | — | — |
| Verdict | 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... |
Deep Research works because it's free to try and fast at first-pass research: point it at a broad question and it comes back in minutes with a structured, cited report and an Export to Docs button, pulling from dozens of... |
| Full review → | Full review → |
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