Research & Analysis: Entry Price Bands (2026)
Published entry prices of all 56 recorded Research & Analysis tools, grouped into fixed bands ($0 / $1–20 / $21–50 / $51+ / not published). Amounts are quoted as recorded — the billing unit of every member is shown next to its price, and different units are never merged into a single scale.
Entry-Price Bands (As Recorded)
Band edges are fixed page constants applied to pricing.startingPrice.amount.
| Band | Tools | Members (recorded entry price) |
|---|---|---|
| $0 — free entry | 10 | |
| $1 – $20 | 26 | ChatGPT$20 / moClaude$17 / moGemini$19.99 / moPerplexity$20 / moPoe$19.99 / moFirecrawl$19 / moPaperguide$12 / userKagi Assistant$5 / moQwen Chat$6 / moSciSpace$12 / moExa$7 / 1k-reqSciSummary$4 / moPhind$20 / moUndermind$16 / moResearchRabbit$10 / moMicrosoft Copilot$9.99 / userLe Chat$14.99 / moLitmaps API$10 / moBrave Search API$5 / moLitmaps$10 / moScite$20 / moKeenious$10 / userOtio$7 / moConsensus$12 / moScholarcy$9.99 / moPaperpal$12 / user |
| $21 – $50 | 7 | |
| $51 and above | 0 | — |
| No published numeric entry price | 13 |
Methodology — all figures are computed on this page from the published archives only (data/tools, 56 recorded research tools, snapshots 2026-09-06 – 2026-09-17). Medians use the standard median (middle element, or the mean of the two middle elements rounded to one decimal); means are arithmetic averages rounded to one decimal. Tools without a numeric startingPrice.amount are grouped under “not published” rather than assumed paid or free. No figure on this page is sampled, estimated or sponsored.