Felo AI Research

Felo AI Research is a cloud research agent for turning broad questions and uploaded documents into cited, presentation-ready work. It is best suited to academics, analysts, consultants, project managers, and research teams that need both external evidence and file analysis. The free plan is useful for occasional projects, while sustained or integrated work points toward Pro.

Overview

Felo breaks a topic into smaller questions, searches autonomously, and combines the findings into a report. Its stated coverage spans more than 200 million academic papers and global sources in over 30 languages, with support for live X/Twitter posts as well as web and scholarly material. That combination is valuable when a question has both formal literature and fast-moving public discussion, although social posts should complement rather than replace primary research.

Conclusions include citations linking to original papers. This gives readers a route to verify important claims, but consequential academic, financial, or biomedical conclusions still warrant checking the linked work and context yourself.

Key features

A research session can become a structured report, presentation, mind map, or interactive web page. Customizable presentations can run to about 40 pages, so Felo can take a project beyond a short answer and toward a deliverable for a client, class, or internal meeting.

Felo LiveDoc analyzes uploaded PDFs, Excel files, and meeting notes together with web research. That is a practical advantage for projects that must compare internal numbers or minutes with outside evidence. Reports can be saved to Google Drive and Google Docs, reducing friction when collaborators already work in those services.

The product supports deep research, source access across web, files, and connectors, file uploads, and a team workspace. Security controls include TLS 1.3 or higher in transit, AES-256 encryption at rest, role-based access controls, and 24/7 monitoring. Felo says it is pursuing ISO/IEC 27001, SOC 2 Type I, and compliance with Japan’s Act on the Protection of Personal Information; those are stated aims rather than completed certifications.

Pricing

Standard — $0.00 USD, Free/Forever. The free tier includes 200 bonus credits per day, unlimited high-speed search, five professional searches per day, and three file analyses per day. It has no API access, and advanced models plus the Pro workspace are limited or excluded. This is a generous way to evaluate the workflow or handle light research, but the daily search and file caps can interrupt recurring analysis.

Felo Pro (monthly) — $14.99 a month, billed monthly. Subscribers receive 15,000 credits per month plus 200 bonus credits per day, about 100 deep-research tasks per month, the full model lineup, and Pro tools. It fits individuals whose work regularly exceeds Standard’s daily allowances or needs the advanced workspace.

Felo Pro (annual) — $149.99 a year, billed once a year. It carries the same 15,000 monthly credits, daily bonus credits, approximate deep-research allowance, models, and tools as monthly Pro. The annual option suits predictable, year-round use; monthly billing is the less-committal choice for variable demand. No team-seat quantity or trial period is stated, so organizations should confirm those terms before purchase.

Platforms

Felo offers web, Android, iOS, and API access. The API is not included with Standard, making Pro or another arrangement necessary for programmatic workflows.

Who it's for

Academics and graduate students can use paper-linked conclusions and multi-format outputs for literature-led work. Market and financial analysts, consultants, and project managers benefit from combining live web signals with spreadsheets, PDFs, and meeting notes. Biomedical researchers gain broad multilingual searching and document analysis, but should apply their own domain review before acting on generated conclusions. Casual users who need only occasional answers may find Standard sufficient; teams building automated pipelines should look beyond its no-API restriction.

Pros and cons

Pros

• Broad, multilingual research scope: searches across more than 200 million academic papers and sources in 30-plus languages.
• Traceable conclusions: citations link to original papers, supporting verification.
• Useful deliverables: reports, mind maps, interactive pages, and presentations up to about 40 pages.
• Mixed-source analysis: LiveDoc combines PDFs, Excel files, and meeting notes with web research.
• Accessible entry point: Standard is free forever with daily bonus credits and unlimited high-speed search.

Cons

• Daily free caps: five professional searches and three file analyses can be restrictive for active projects.
• No Standard API: free users cannot connect the service to automated workflows.
• Pro credit budgeting: 15,000 monthly credits and roughly 100 deep-research tasks require monitoring for heavy users.
• Compliance is still in progress: ISO 27001, SOC 2 Type I, and Japanese privacy compliance are described as goals or pursuits.

Alternatives

Browse AI Research Assistants for more options. Choose Perplexity instead if you want broad desktop and mobile coverage and a $20-per-month Pro plan for expanded individual use. Genspark Design is the better fit when a free 100-credit-per-day allowance and AI Drive storage on its Plus tier matter more than Felo’s research workflow. Pick Kimi Deep Research for a cross-platform deep-research tool whose free allowance is measured by tokens. Liner suits readers wanting unlimited Advanced Search and one 25MB file upload per day on free. Consensus is oriented toward paper searches, with unlimited free paper searches and three deep reviews monthly. Gab AI Research Assistant offers free starting credits with web search and file analysis. Innogath is an alternative for basic-depth research with a monthly credit allowance and concurrent-research limit. You.com is worth considering for 100 free queries per day and an API priced per thousand pages.

Verdict

Choose Felo AI Research if you need cited, multilingual research that can absorb your PDFs, spreadsheets, and notes and then become a report or presentation. Its free tier is a credible starting point, and Pro adds the models, tools, and capacity serious individual work requires. Look elsewhere if you need generous unrestricted daily volume on no budget, a Standard-tier API, or fully established compliance certifications.