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AI Research Assistants Engine Breadth current rankings
Rank	Entity	Engine breadth	Mention coverage	Mention share	Citation share	Engine breadth	OpenAI rec. presence	OpenAI coverage	Confidence	N	Change	Trend	Explain
01	Elicitcompany	3 engines	43.75% · 21 / 48	30.43% · 21 / 69	16.67% · 2 / 12	3	62.5% · 5 / 8	43.75% · 7 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank
02	Consensuscompany	3 engines	31.25% · 15 / 48	21.74% · 15 / 69	8.33% · 1 / 12	3	25% · 2 / 8	25% · 4 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank
03	Perplexitycompany	3 engines	20.83% · 10 / 48	14.49% · 10 / 69	0% · 0 / 12	3	12.5% · 1 / 8	6.25% · 1 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank
04	SciSpacecompany	3 engines	12.5% · 6 / 48	8.7% · 6 / 69	25% · 3 / 12	3	12.5% · 1 / 8	6.25% · 1 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank
05	NotebookLMcompany	3 engines	8.33% · 4 / 48	5.8% · 4 / 69	8.33% · 1 / 12	3	12.5% · 1 / 8	6.25% · 1 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank
06	Semantic Scholarcompany	2 engines	12.5% · 6 / 48	8.7% · 6 / 69	0% · 0 / 12	2	0% · 0 / 8	0% · 0 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank
07	scitecompany	2 engines	4.17% · 2 / 48	2.9% · 2 / 69	16.67% · 2 / 12	2	0% · 0 / 8	0% · 0 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank
08	OpenAI Deep Researchcompany	2 engines	4.17% · 2 / 48	2.9% · 2 / 69	16.67% · 2 / 12	2	0% · 0 / 8	0% · 0 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank
09	Gemini Deep Researchcompany	1 engines	6.25% · 3 / 48	4.35% · 3 / 69	8.33% · 1 / 12	1	0% · 0 / 8	0% · 0 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank
10	Claude Researchcompany	0 engines	0% · 0 / 48	0% · 0 / 69	0% · 0 / 12	0	0% · 0 / 8	0% · 0 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank
11	Gensparkcompany	0 engines	0% · 0 / 48	0% · 0 / 69	0% · 0 / 12	0	0% · 0 / 8	0% · 0 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank
12	You.com ARIcompany	0 engines	0% · 0 / 48	0% · 0 / 69	0% · 0 / 12	0	0% · 0 / 8	0% · 0 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank

AI Research Assistants Engine Breadth current rankings
Rank	Entity	Engine breadth	Mention coverage	Mention share	Citation share	Engine breadth	OpenAI rec. presence	OpenAI coverage	Confidence	N	Change	Trend	Explain
01	Elicitcompany	3 engines	43.75% · 21 / 48	30.43% · 21 / 69	16.67% · 2 / 12	3	62.5% · 5 / 8	43.75% · 7 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank
02	Consensuscompany	3 engines	31.25% · 15 / 48	21.74% · 15 / 69	8.33% · 1 / 12	3	25% · 2 / 8	25% · 4 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank
03	Perplexitycompany	3 engines	20.83% · 10 / 48	14.49% · 10 / 69	0% · 0 / 12	3	12.5% · 1 / 8	6.25% · 1 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank
04	SciSpacecompany	3 engines	12.5% · 6 / 48	8.7% · 6 / 69	25% · 3 / 12	3	12.5% · 1 / 8	6.25% · 1 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank
05	NotebookLMcompany	3 engines	8.33% · 4 / 48	5.8% · 4 / 69	8.33% · 1 / 12	3	12.5% · 1 / 8	6.25% · 1 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank
06	Semantic Scholarcompany	2 engines	12.5% · 6 / 48	8.7% · 6 / 69	0% · 0 / 12	2	0% · 0 / 8	0% · 0 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank
07	scitecompany	2 engines	4.17% · 2 / 48	2.9% · 2 / 69	16.67% · 2 / 12	2	0% · 0 / 8	0% · 0 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank
08	OpenAI Deep Researchcompany	2 engines	4.17% · 2 / 48	2.9% · 2 / 69	16.67% · 2 / 12	2	0% · 0 / 8	0% · 0 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank
09	Gemini Deep Researchcompany	1 engines	6.25% · 3 / 48	4.35% · 3 / 69	8.33% · 1 / 12	1	0% · 0 / 8	0% · 0 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank
10	Claude Researchcompany	0 engines	0% · 0 / 48	0% · 0 / 69	0% · 0 / 12	0	0% · 0 / 8	0% · 0 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank
11	Gensparkcompany	0 engines	0% · 0 / 48	0% · 0 / 69	0% · 0 / 12	0	0% · 0 / 8	0% · 0 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank
12	You.com ARIcompany	0 engines	0% · 0 / 48	0% · 0 / 69	0% · 0 / 12	0	0% · 0 / 8	0% · 0 / 16	100%	3	—	—	Analyze brand Why this rank

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Answer presence20.8%10/48 filtered answers mention or cite Perplexity

Selected-set share20.8%Share of answer-presences among the compared brands, not market share

Owned citation answers00 answer-level URL signals on reviewed owned domains

Engine breadth3/3Engines with at least one observed presence

Filtered competitive answer-presence comparison
Brand	Presence	Vs. primary	Selected share	Mentions	Cited answers	Owned URL signals	Engine breadth
Elicitelicit.com	43.8%21/48	+22.9 pp	43.8%	47	2	2	3/3
Consensusconsensus.app	31.3%15/48	+10.4 pp	31.3%	36	1	1	3/3
Perplexityperplexity.ai	20.8%10/48	BASE	20.8%	40	0	0	3/3
scitescite.ai	4.2%2/48	-16.7 pp	4.2%	0	2	2	2/3

ANSWER-LEVEL OBSERVATIONS

Prompt × engine matrix

16 prompts · 48 immutable answer hashes · empty cells mean no compared brand was detected.

Brand presence by public prompt and answer engine
Public prompt	OpenAIopenai/gpt-4o-mini	Anthropicanthropic/claude-haiku-4-5	Geminigoogle/gemini-2.5-flash
01 Which AI research assistants are best for finding, synthesizing, and citing reliable sources across complex questions?recommendation	PerplexityElicit 6 source URLs`3b0ce0c0`	PerplexityElicitConsensus 9 source URLs`ace1aafa`	ElicitConsensus 7 source URLs`4b316ab9`
02 Recommend an AI research assistant for scientific literature search, paper screening, evidence extraction, synthesis, and traceable citations.recommendation	ElicitConsensus 5 source URLs`c0c47e5c`	ElicitConsensus 6 source URLs`f09eb973`	Elicit · C1scite · C1 7 source URLs`b5faf21c`
03 Which AI research assistants are strongest for a systematic review with reproducible queries, inclusion criteria, data extraction, and audit trails?recommendation	Elicit 6 source URLs`c37d9455`	No selected brand 8 source URLs`d5c3f71b`	Elicit 6 source URLs`6cf98546`
04 Recommend an AI research assistant for company, market, competitor, and industry research using current public sources with citations.recommendation	No selected brand 5 source URLs`5416d8e9`	PerplexityElicit · C1Consensus · C1scite · C1 6 source URLs`f0b99448`	No selected brand 6 source URLs`05a02373`
05 Which AI research assistants are best for commercial due diligence that must distinguish filings, company claims, estimates, and third-party evidence?recommendation	No selected brand 5 source URLs`915dc824`	No selected brand 7 source URLs`863a6952`	No selected brand 9 source URLs`21e0fd35`
06 Recommend an enterprise AI research assistant with private-data controls, team workspaces, source permissions, administration, and compliance.recommendation	No selected brand 4 source URLs`57fcbc8e`	Perplexity 1 source URLs`db225b42`	No selected brand 7 source URLs`2709bc7d`
07 Which AI research assistants are strongest for current web research that requires broad retrieval, source diversity, recency, and cited synthesis?recommendation	ElicitConsensus 7 source URLs`34973baa`	PerplexityElicitConsensus 6 source URLs`f5f6e729`	ElicitConsensus 7 source URLs`65f1dd16`
08 Recommend an affordable AI research assistant for a student who needs source discovery, paper explanations, citation checking, and note organization.recommendation	Elicit 7 source URLs`135bfb94`	ElicitConsensus 4 source URLs`ebce1540`	No selected brand 7 source URLs`10f2b7cf`
09 Compare AI research assistants on retrieval coverage, source quality, citation accuracy, synthesis, exports, collaboration, privacy, and price.commercial	ElicitConsensus 3 source URLs`c136ce86`	PerplexityElicitConsensus 9 source URLs`26cf4e2a`	PerplexityElicitConsensus 8 source URLs`acea1ec3`
10 Create a reproducible citation-accuracy test for AI research assistants covering source existence, claim support, quotation, attribution, and recency.commercial	No selected brand 0 source URLs`7c26e6e3`	No selected brand 2 source URLs`32d85eb2`	No selected brand 0 source URLs`89be2c54`
11 Design a retrieval benchmark for AI research assistants using known-item search, long-tail evidence, conflicting sources, dates, and paywalled material.commercial	No selected brand 0 source URLs`52784397`	No selected brand 7 source URLs`e96cd5ff`	No selected brand 0 source URLs`c9d050eb`
12 How should buyers compare AI research assistants on completeness, uncertainty, contradiction handling, evidence weighting, and unsupported claims?commercial	No selected brand 7 source URLs`7e54ed1a`	No selected brand 6 source URLs`52dc928f`	No selected brand 9 source URLs`622213b5`
13 Compare AI research assistant pricing across seats, searches, reports, document uploads, premium sources, exports, APIs, and enterprise controls.commercial	ElicitConsensus 5 source URLs`b3de8695`	PerplexityElicitConsensus 8 source URLs`8e36547e`	PerplexityElicitConsensus 4 source URLs`2f14103b`
14 Compare AI research assistants on uploaded-document privacy, model training, retention, permissions, encryption, residency, audit logs, and deletion.commercial	No selected brand 7 source URLs`f428e7eb`	Perplexity 8 source URLs`e5bc8238`	No selected brand 6 source URLs`57ea7631`
15 Which criteria expose library, annotation, citation, report, workspace, source-access, export, and API lock-in in an AI research assistant?commercial	No selected brand 6 source URLs`f0daee46`	No selected brand 0 source URLs`37018d22`	No selected brand 2 source URLs`e699ed30`
16 Create a shortlist of AI research assistant vendors for an evidence-heavy organization replacing ad hoc search and manual research briefs.commercial	No selected brand 4 source URLs`0a793a56`	Elicit 6 source URLs`e105826a`	No selected brand 8 source URLs`11abd267`

STRUCTURED CITATION LEDGER

Sources shaping this filtered view

Hostnames are derived from validated public HTTP(S) URLs, not provider-supplied domain labels.

Validated citation sources in filtered answers
Source hostname	Cited answers	Distinct URLs	Engine breadth	Best position	Evidence
paperguide.ai	13	9	3	#1	Open source ↗
youtube.com	12	11	3	#1	Open source ↗
reddit.com	11	9	3	#2	Open source ↗
listenlabs.ai	10	5	2	#1	Open source ↗
atlasworkspace.ai	10	5	3	#2	Open source ↗
facebook.com	5	5	3	#1	Open source ↗
medium.com	5	5	3	#2	Open source ↗
linkedin.com	5	4	3	#2	Open source ↗
litmaps.com	4	1	2	#1	Open source ↗
scispace.com	3	3	2	#1	Open source ↗
arxiv.org	3	3	2	#2	Open source ↗
thesify.ai	3	2	2	#1	Open source ↗
hebbia.com	3	2	3	#2	Open source ↗
clarivate.com	3	1	1	#1	Open source ↗
infoguides.gmu.edu	3	1	3	#1	Open source ↗
studytexter.com	3	1	2	#1	Open source ↗
teach.its.uiowa.edu	3	1	2	#2	Open source ↗
cypris.ai	3	1	2	#4	Open source ↗
researchgate.net	2	2	2	#1	Open source ↗
sciencedirect.com	2	2	2	#1	Open source ↗

PUBLIC-BENCHMARK PRIVACY BOUNDARY

This report contains only code-reviewed public prompts, deterministic brand counts, answer hashes, and validated structured citation URLs. Full model answers are neither stored nor published here. No customer, organization, or private tracked-prompt data is included.

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AI Research Assistants Engine Breadth

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Brand vs. market

Prompt × engine matrix

Sources shaping this filtered view

Brand vs. market

Prompt × engine matrix

Sources shaping this filtered view