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AI for Researcher

Last checked 2026-10-15

Useful tasks

Deep research report

AdvancedBot with human review

Multi-step agent browses many sources and writes a cited report.

Tools that support it: Perplexity (incl. Comet); ChatGPT (incl. Work & Codex); Google Gemini; Claude (incl. Claude Code)

Literature scan

IntermediateBot with human review

Find and summarize papers or articles on a narrow topic.

Tools that support it: Perplexity (incl. Comet) — Cited answers and Deep Research.; ChatGPT (incl. Work & Codex) — Deep research on paid plans.; Google Gemini — Deep Research reports with sources.; Claude (incl. Claude Code) — Research feature on Pro and higher.

Cited quick answers

BeginnerBot with human review

Get answers with source links you can verify.

Tools that support it: Perplexity (incl. Comet); ChatGPT (incl. Work & Codex); Google Gemini; Claude (incl. Claude Code)

Research from your own files

IntermediateBot with human review

Research grounded in your email/Drive alongside the web.

Tools that support it: Google Gemini; ChatGPT (incl. Work & Codex); Claude (incl. Claude Code)

Write analysis code

IntermediateBot with human review

Generate pandas/SQL notebooks you can rerun.

Tools that support it: Claude (incl. Claude Code) — Claude Code can run the script in your environment.; ChatGPT (incl. Work & Codex) — Codex or chat code execution.; Cursor — Agent runs code in the terminal.; GitHub Copilot

Highest rubric scores for these tasks

  1. Claude (incl. Claude Code) — 94
  2. ChatGPT (incl. Work & Codex) — 93
  3. Google Gemini — 79
  4. Microsoft Copilot — 67
  5. Perplexity (incl. Comet) — 67

Based on published features, pricing and documentation, checked 2026-10-15. No hands-on testing. Editorial rubric, not a benchmark. Methodology.