GPT-Researcher
Open-source AI research agent that gathers information from multiple sources and produces detailed reports with citations
- Also known as
- gpt-researcher
What is GPT-Researcher?
An autonomous research tool that plans queries, searches the web or your documents in parallel, filters sources for relevance, and generates detailed reports with inline citations in multiple export formats.
GPT-Researcher pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free and open source (MIT licensed). Operating costs only from your LLM and search provider.
Open Source
FreeMIT-licensed open source Python package with no SaaS, API gateway, or rate limits imposed by GPT Researcher. You host it yourself and pay only your underlying LLM and search API providers.
- Full GPT Researcher Python package on PyPI
- MIT license
- Model Context Protocol server
- Web and document research
- Multi-format export (PDF, Word, Markdown, JSON, CSV)
- Recursive deep research with subtopic exploration
- Multi-agent support via LangGraph and AG2
- Support for any LLM provider
- Support for any retriever/search provider
- MCP integration for custom data sources
- Zero rate limits imposed by GPT Researcher
What GPT-Researcher does
The capabilities that matter for ai research agents, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Architecture model
- Open source framework
- Recursive multi step iterative searching
- ✓
- Strict inline citation generation with links
- ✓
- Academic verified journal database querying only
- ✗
- Unstructured PDF upload and cross document synthesis
- ✓
- Tabular data extraction and literature matrix generation
- ✗
- Anti hallucination grounding and fact checking layer
- ✓
- Multi agent expert persona debates internal
- ✓
- Export to word PDF markdown with bibliography
- ✓
- Bring your own key byok API support
- ✓
- SOC2 type ii
- ✗
- Mit or apache permissive oss license
- ✓
- Pricing model
- Free open source
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Web
- Self-hosted
Integrations (25)
Independently observed- Bing←•
- Exa←•
- arXiv←•
- PubMed←•
- Jev←•
- Mistral→•
- Ollama→•
- Claude Desktop←•
- Cursor←•
- ChatGPT←•
- n8n←•
- OpenAI
- Anthropic
- DeepSeek
- Meta
- Tavily
- Microsoft
- DuckDuckGo
- SearXNG
- LangChain
- LangSmith
- GitHub
- Google Gemini→•
- LangGraph•
Security & compliance
Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality
GPT-Researcher FAQ
Common questions about GPT-Researcher, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is GPT-Researcher?
GPT Researcher automates the research process by planning subtopics, sourcing and validating documents, and generating organized reports with citations. It supports multiple export formats and can work with web sources, local documents, or a combination of both. It is indexed under AI Research Agents.
Source: https://gptr.dev/pricing
Is GPT-Researcher free to use?
GPT-Researcher is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. It is released under the Apache-2.0 licence. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://gptr.dev/pricing
What platforms does GPT-Researcher support?
GPT-Researcher supports the web and a command-line interface. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://gptr.dev/pricing
Can GPT-Researcher be self-hosted?
Yes. GPT-Researcher can be deployed on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://gptr.dev/pricing
What does GPT-Researcher integrate with?
We have confirmed 12 integrations for GPT-Researcher, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, Meta, Tavily, Microsoft and DuckDuckGo, plus 4 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://gptr.dev/pricing
Is GPT-Researcher open source?
Yes. GPT-Researcher is published under the Apache-2.0 licence, a permissive licence that generally allows commercial use and modification. Licence terms can change between releases, so verify against the repository for the version you intend to use.
GPT-Researcher alternatives
Other ai research agents we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- TavilyWeb access and real-time search API built for AI agents and language modelslow · 42%
- ConsensusEvidence-based research discovery from peer-reviewed studies, powered by AI and ad-freelow · 26%
- ElicitAI-powered assistant for scientific research and literature analysislow · 25%
- ResearchRabbitAI-powered research paper discovery and connection visualizationlow · 25%
- KhojA self-hosted AI assistant that learns from your personal data and documentslow · 26%
- ScholarcyAI-powered summarization and research organization for academic paperslow · 25%
Compare GPT-Researcher
Side by side against other ai research agents, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
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Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for GPT-Researcher, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development activity | 60 | 0.14 | 8.1 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 92 | 0.08 | 7.4 | ✓ |
| Release cadence | 86 | 0.08 | 7.0 | ✓ |
| Stars | 85 | 0.05 | 4.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 39 | 0.05 | 2.1 | ✓ |
| Dependent projects | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | ✓ |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.12 | 0.0 | - |
| Package downloads | 0 | 0.04 | 0.0 | - |
| Security score | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Developer Q&A activity | 0 | 0.14 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 79 | mediumsource · 2026-10-14 · 65% |
Adoption
Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 6 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 66% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Soc2 type ii: No · Pricing model: free_open_source · Architecture model: open_source_framework · Bring your own key byok api support: Yes · Mit or apache permissive oss license: Yes · Recursive multi step iterative searching: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-10-14 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 22 | mediumsource · 2026-10-14 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | Python | highsource · 2026-10-14 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | Apache-2.0 | highsource · 2026-10-14 · 95% |
Pricing
Release
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vulnerabilities | Count: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=gpt-researcher-ian&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0 | highsource · 2026-10-14 · 90% |
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