MarketsAssistants & Research
Assistants & Research
General-purpose and enterprise AI assistants, and AI search and research products. Editorial classification
Not assessed 1 week of record — pace is assessed from 4 weeks. Market Heat →Limited tracking history — direct tracking began 28 Oct 2026. Comparisons with earlier periods appear once tracking covers them.How readings are derived
- Verified changes · 30 days
- 65 tools
- Tracking
- 28 Oct 2026limited history
- When direct tracking began in this market, and the first day it covers every tool — period comparisons start from that day
Readingsthis market's records only
- Last 30 days
- 6 verified changes across 5 of 6 tracked tools. No comparison with the 30 days before: direct tracking does not cover all of them.
- Last 30 days (evidence for last 30 days)Tracked tools (evidence for last 30 days)
- Last 7 days
- No verified change in the last 7 days. No comparison with the 7 days before: direct tracking does not cover all of them. Latest verified change: 27 Oct 2026.
- Last 7 days (evidence for last 7 days)Latest (evidence for last 7 days)
- Most changes
- Enterprise assistants logged 3 of 6 verified changes in the last 30 days, from 2 tools with a change; it holds 2 of 6 tracked tools.
- Enterprise assistants (evidence for most changes)All 30 days (evidence for most changes)Segment (evidence for most changes)
- Kind of change
- Releases: 6 of 6. Pricing & plans: 0.
- Releases (evidence for kind of change)All 30 days (evidence for kind of change)Pricing & plans (evidence for kind of change)
Market structureobservable facts from the record · not financials or valuations
- Vendors on record
- 6 6 tracked tools
- Entered the record · 90 days
- 6 first observation dates
- Verified changes per tool · 90 days
- 2 12 changes · 6 in 30 days
- Open source or source-available
- 0 of 0 licence verified for 0 of 6
- Self-hostable
- 1 of 1 deployment verified for 1 of 6
Counts over ToolMarketCap's record of this market. They are not market size, revenue, valuation, or investment signals; an unverified licence is counted as unverified, never as closed.
Segments3 segments
- General assistantsGeneral-purpose AI assistants for work, sold to individuals and teams.3 tools9 changes on recordPer plan $4.99–$20/mo
- Enterprise assistantsAI assistants built around a company's own knowledge, apps, and permissions.2 tools4 changes on recordentry prices too few to range
- AI search & researchAnswer engines and research assistants that cite their sources.1 tool3 changes on recordentry prices too few to range
Tools
6 toolsOrdered by most recent verified change first · no ranking
| Select to compare | Segment | Delivery | The lowest verified paid plan billed monthly, in USD, read from the vendor’s own pricing page. Free plans and custom quotes are not entry prices. | Free tierYes when the vendor’s own pricing shows a plan that costs nothing to start — a verified $0 plan or a sourced free-tier fact. | ActivityThe Activity Index: 0–100 for how much verified, dated change was logged for the tool in the last 90 days. It measures activity — not quality, usage, or popularity.0–100 · 90 days | The most recent change logged from a first-party source — a price, plan, release, platform, availability, or ownership change — and how long ago it happened. | When the oldest current fact or price on this record was last checked against the vendor’s page. Everything in the row is at least this fresh. | How many of the standard profile facts are verified with a source. Gaps read “Not yet verified” — they are never guessed. | ||
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GleanGlean Technologies | Enterprise assistants | Web app | Not yet verified | Not yet verified | Insufficient history | Release10 days ago Glean release 565 adds agent import/export and an Azure Files connector | 9 days ago | 6/9 | Enterprise assistants9 days ago | |
Microsoft 365 CopilotMicrosoft | Enterprise assistants | Built into Microsoft 365 apps | $25.20/moCopilot Business add-on (per user) | No | Insufficient history | Release10 days ago Learning Agent and admin-deployed custom MCP connectors arrive in Copilot | 9 days ago | 6/9 | Enterprise assistants9 days ago | |
ClaudeAnthropic | General assistants | Web app | $20/moPro | Yes | 52 | Release2 weeks ago Claude Duet opens as a research preview for Pro and Max | 9 days ago | 8/9 | General assistantsFree tier9 days ago | |
PerplexityPerplexity | AI search & research | Web app | No monthly priceAnnual from $17/mo | Yes | 40 | Release2 weeks ago Perplexity adds a Decisions API and role-based connector access | 9 days ago | 7/9 | AI search & researchFree tier9 days ago | |
GeminiGoogle | General assistants | Web app | $4.99/moGoogle AI Plus | Yes | 44 | Release3 weeks ago Google Antigravity is built into the Gemini macOS app | 9 days ago | 7/9 | General assistantsFree tier9 days ago | |
Mistral VibeMistral AI | General assistants | Web app | $14.99/moPro | Yes | Insufficient history | Release4 months ago Vibe adds per-workspace connector controls and scoped API keys | 9 days ago | 7/9 | General assistantsFree tier9 days ago |
Activity is the 0–100 Activity Index: verified change over 90 days, not quality. How it is measured →
Recent changes
- Microsoft 365 CopilotRelease
Learning Agent and admin-deployed custom MCP connectors arrive in Copilot
The release notes list a Learning Agent in Microsoft 365 Copilot on Windows and the ability for admins to create and deploy custom MCP connectors across Microsoft 365.
learn.microsoft.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 27 Oct 2026Microsoft 365 Copilot — official release noteshttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copilot/microsoft-365/release-notes ↗ - GleanRelease
Glean release 565 adds agent import/export and an Azure Files connector
Release 565 adds an Azure Files connector in beta, agent import and export, 57 MCP server templates, and Gemini 4 Argon in the Model Hub, and renames chat sessions via the Platform API.
docs.glean.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 27 Oct 2026Glean — official release noteshttps://docs.glean.com/release-notes/releases/2026-10-27-october-release ↗ - GleanRelease
Glean's ClickUp connector becomes generally available
The ClickUp live-mode connector left beta and is on by default in the Admin console; existing configurations keep working.
docs.glean.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 22 Oct 2026Glean — official release noteshttps://docs.glean.com/release-notes ↗ - ClaudeRelease
Claude Duet opens as a research preview for Pro and Max
Anthropic opened a research preview of Claude Duet, an app in which Claude works as a proactive agent, for Pro and Max plans.
support.claude.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 21 Oct 2026Claude — official release noteshttps://support.claude.com/en/articles/12138966-release-notes ↗ - PerplexityRelease
Perplexity adds a Decisions API and role-based connector access
The update brings Ultrafast GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Sol in Computer for Max, a Decisions API using open-weight models, and role-based connector access for Enterprise admins.
perplexity.ai
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 19 Oct 2026Perplexity — official changeloghttps://www.perplexity.ai/changelog/ultrafast-computer-models-decisions-api-and-connector-controls ↗ - GeminiRelease
Google Antigravity is built into the Gemini macOS app
Users can start a coding agent from chat in the Gemini macOS app and get a notification when its work is ready for review; English only, for eligible accounts.
gemini.google
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 13 Oct 2026Gemini — official release noteshttps://gemini.google/release-notes/ ↗ - ClaudePlans
Max and Team plans now include monthly Claude Platform API credits
Max and Team plans began including monthly API credits for running apps and agents on the Claude Platform, claimed by linking a Claude Console organization.
support.claude.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 7 Oct 2026Claude — official release noteshttps://support.claude.com/en/articles/12138966-release-notes ↗ - PerplexityRelease
Perplexity adds Computer Automations and inline visualizations
The update adds Computer Automations for recurring work, inline charts and 3D visualizations, and GPT-6.1 Sol for search and Light-effort tasks for eligible paid subscribers.
perplexity.ai
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 5 Oct 2026Perplexity — official changeloghttps://www.perplexity.ai/changelog/automations-inline-visualizations-and-gpt-6-1-sol ↗
Pricing
4 of 6 tools have a verified monthly entry price — 4 per plan: from $4.99 to $25.20/mo, median $17.50/mo.
View as table
| Segment | Entry price | Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise assistants | $25.20 | Microsoft 365 Copilot |
| General assistants | $4.99 | Gemini |
| General assistants | $14.99 | Mistral Vibe |
| General assistants | $20 | Claude |
Activityobserved change activity, not quality
3 tools of 6 have an Activity value.
Comparisonssame segment
Evidence
- Every fact and price links to the vendor page it was read on, with the date. How verification works
- Segments and markets are an editorial classification. How segments are assigned
- Readings are counts and medians over this market’s records only. How readings are derived