AI Directory

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1080 AI tools rated, compared, and explained with an ASEAN lens — from ChatGPT to niche agents.

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Research & Data · 24 tools
Perplexity AI
The AI-powered answer engine that cites its sources — every answer linked to live web results.
Freemium
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Dimensions AI
The world's largest research database with AI-powered discovery and grant intelligence for researchers and fun...
Freemium
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ChatPDF
Chat with any PDF document
Freemium
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Perplexity Pages
AI-powered publishing tool that creates comprehensive, formatted web pages from a topic in minutes.
Freemium
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Iris.ai
AI research assistant for scientists and analysts
Enterprise
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Julius AI
Data analysis chatbot for non-engineers
Freemium
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Perplexity Spaces
Perplexity's research-collection workspaces
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Research Rabbit
Visual literature discovery tool that maps the citation network around any paper — free for academics.
Free
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ChatGPT Deep Research
OpenAI's autonomous research agent
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Gemini Deep Research
Google's autonomous research agent
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SciSpace
AI copilot for academic reading
Freemium
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You.com Research
You.com's deep-research agent
Freemium
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Paperguide
AI research assistant with semantic paper search
Freemium
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NotebookLM
Source-grounded research notebook with podcast-style summaries
Freemium
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Glasp
Social web-highlighter with AI summaries
Freemium
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Nuclia
AI search and knowledge platform
Freemium
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Mendeley
Academic reference manager (Elsevier)
Freemium
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Zotero
Open-source reference manager
Open Source
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Dovetail
Customer research platform with AI insights
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Kagi Search
Paid search engine with AI features
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Anomalo
AI data quality monitoring
Enterprise
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Elicit
AI research assistant for academic literature reviews
Freemium
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Monte Carlo
Data observability platform
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Hex
Collaborative data analytics with AI assistant
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