Kimi Deep Research turns a research question into a cited report by clarifying its scope, planning the work, searching sources and synthesizing findings. Searches cover the open web and professional databases, including news, government, academic, corporate, financial and economic sources. Reports can include charts and traceable citations from web research and uploaded materials. Users may ask follow-up questions in the same session, with additional sources added in light of earlier findings. Deliverables include Markdown, PDF, PowerPoint, Word, Excel and interactive HTML. Users can optionally upload background files and review the research agent’s queries and fetched URLs while it works. Listed use cases include finance and investment, academic and market research, consulting, business analysis and due diligence. It is available on Android, iOS, macOS, Windows, web and as an extension. The free plan is 0.00 USD per free and has a limited monthly allowance; usage is measured by token consumption rather than a fixed query count. The privacy policy says prompts and uploaded files may be processed to provide and improve services, including training and optimizing AI models.
Who it is for
It suits people conducting academic, market or business research who need cited reports and multiple export formats. It may also fit users who want to supply background files and inspect queries and fetched URLs during research.
What is good
- Searches the open web and professional databases.
- Reports can include charts and traceable citations.
- Supports six named output formats, including interactive HTML.
- Follow-up questions can build on earlier session findings.
- Available across mobile, desktop, web and extension platforms.
What to know first
- Free plan has a limited monthly allowance.
- Usage is measured by token consumption, not query count.
- Prompts and uploaded files may be used to improve models.
- Security measures do not guarantee complete security.
Verdict
Kimi Deep Research combines source searching, synthesis and cited reporting, with follow-up research and several export options. The free allowance is limited, and user content may be processed for model improvement.
Kimi Deep Research plans and pricing
All plansCompared on AI research assistants
- Free plan
- Yes
- Source citations
- Yes
- Deep research mode
- Yes
- Source access
- web+files+connectors
- File uploads
- Yes
- Team workspace
- Yes
