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OpenAI’s new Deep Research agent promises to transform how users collate data online by autonomously browsing the internet, analyzing responses, and delivering comprehensive documents on any topic. The AI company showed off its capabilities by tackling everything from ski purchase recommendations to advanced biology papers. But it’s not for the poor. OpenAI limits access to Pro users who shell out $200 monthly for the privilege. There’s a reason behind the high price: “It is very compute-intensive and slow, but it’s the first AI system that can do such a wide variety of complex, valuable tasks,” Sam Altman tweeted. it is very compute-intensive and slow, but it’s the first ai system that can do such a wide variety of complex, valuable tasks. going live in our pro tier now, with 100 queries per month. plus, team, and enterprise will come soon, and then free tier. — Sam Altman (@sama) February 3, 2025 Yeah, well, that’s not entirely true. There have been a few options in the market for months. From open-source projects like the AI Scientist to closed-source projects like Gemini’s Deep Research, users have been able to leverage AI for complicated research for a while now. Those unwilling to pay the premium and those with a bit of creativity can achieve similar—or better—results at a fraction of the cost, or free. Here are some of our top picks for the budget-conscious: Google Gemini: The 90% Discount Option Google didn’t wait for OpenAI to make its move. The tech giant rolled out Deep Research to Gemini Advanced users in December for $20 per month. For that price, Gemini users get access to Gemini Ultra, Gemini’s Deep Research Agent, 2TB of cloud storage, and the ability to build personal agents or “gems”—similar to OpenAI’s GPTs. “Deep Research uses AI to explore complex…

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