AI Model Suggestions
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💬 Chatbot Engines
ChatGPT (GPT-4o powered)
Free or paid. Versatile for conversational tasks across text, image, and voice. Plus gives better performance.
Claude 4
Paid. Strong for coding and reasoning. Calm, neutral tone with deep reasoning capabilities.
📊 Data Analytics Tools (Not Generative AI)
NVivo
Paid. Used for qualitative data coding (non-generative AI).
R
Free. Popular statistical programming language with AI capabilities through extensions.
Tableau
Paid. Visualises data (not an LLM), includes some AI-powered features.
ZAIA
Unknown pricing. AI-driven analytics platform for enterprise insights.
🎨 Image Generators
Adobe Firefly
Free with limits or paid. Text-to-image and video generation with Gen Fill. Mobile and UI-based tools.
Flux 1 Pro (Black Forest Labs)
Developer free or Pro via API. High-quality 4MP image synthesis with rapid, iterative editing.
Ideogram 3.0
Freemium. Specialises in legible text-art and high realism with speed optimisations.
📚 Open-Source LLM
Gemma 3 (Google)
Free. Fast multilingual model with 128k context, runs on a single GPU. Hosted on Hugging Face.
Grok e (X)
Free or paid. Humor-focused, social media-style LLM with image/text support.
🎓 Research Assistants & Academic Tools
Consensus AI
Free/Paid. Focuses on verified, evidence-backed research answers.
Elicit
Free. Extracts from 125M+ papers with systematic review workflows.
NotebookLM
Partial/Paid. Summarises uploaded documents. Gemini-powered.
Research Rabbit
Freemium. Graph-based exploration of related research topics.
SciSpace (researchGPT)
Freemium. Summarises and chats over academic papers.
Scite.ai
Free/Paid. Adds citation context to claims for scholarly use.
Socratic by Google
Free, education-focused. Solves and explains student questions interactively.
🧐 Research LLMs
Claude 4
Free or paid with Plus. Excellent for reasoning and coding. Offers Opus and Sonnet variants. API available.
Gemini 2.5
Paid. Google’s advanced model supporting audio, video, image reasoning. Access via AI Pro or Ultra tiers.
GPT-4o (OpenAI)
Free or paid with Plus. State-of-the-art model supporting text, images, and audio. High reasoning ability. Available via ChatGPT.
Qwen 2.5–Omni / Qwen 3 (Alibaba)
Free (OSS). Open-source LLM supporting multimodal inputs with strong performance. Apache 2.0 license.
✍️ Writing & Editing Tools
Paperpal
Freemium. Offers real-time grammar, formatting, and academic style suggestions.
Wordvice AI
Paid. Proofreads and edits academic work using AI feedback.
Real-World Workflows
These workflows reflect how students and researchers use multiple tools together to complete real academic tasks. Provided by Kat Sanders.
If you have any questions or suggestions about the real-world workflows listed here, please contact us at [email protected].
📚 Literature Review → Summarisation → Academic Writing
Discover related literature in visual networks. Link to Zotero.
Extract key points, summarise and compare papers to identify gaps.
Refine your writing with academic grammar feedback and clarity suggestions.
📄 PDF Tools → AI Chat → Academic Support
Find verified answers from published research papers.
Chat with uploaded PDFs and explore scientific concepts.
Polish your final drafts with proofreading and structure feedback.
🎓 Reference + Visual + Presentation Tools
Manage references. Integrates with Research Rabbit and Word.
Create academic visuals or posters. Free with Sydney email.