Best AI for every kind of work
Hobnob AI is the free, cited AI search engine — and it works differently depending on what you do. Pick your role to see the best workflows, prompts and tools.
For Lawyers
best AI tools for lawyers
Hobnob AI is built for legal research that you can actually cite. Every answer comes with sources, a TrustScore, and a full document upload — so you spend minutes, not hours, on case prep.
For Students
best AI tools for students
Hobnob AI is the free AI search built for studying — cited answers you can actually use in essays, instant summaries of dense PDFs, and unlimited questions even on the free plan.
For Developers
best AI search engine for coding
Hobnob AI searches Stack Overflow, GitHub issues, MDN, official docs and changelogs in one go — and returns answers with the source code blocks intact and citations underneath.
For Doctors & Clinicians
best AI tools for doctors
Cited medical literature search — PubMed, Cochrane reviews, NEJM, BMJ — with TrustScore so you can see at a glance whether sources are peer-reviewed or pre-print.
For Marketers
best AI tools for marketers
From SERP research to ad-copy variants in one place — Hobnob AI gives marketers live web search, competitor analysis and a full writing studio without juggling five tabs.
For Researchers
best AI tools for researchers
Deep Research mode runs multi-step literature surveys, cross-references methodology, and returns a structured report with every claim linked to its primary source.
For Writers
best AI tools for writers
A research-grade AI writing studio — cited fact-checks, tone-matched paraphrasing, instant summaries — without the bland 'as an AI' voice ChatGPT defaults to.
For Teachers
best AI tools for teachers
Generate lesson plans, quiz questions and rubrics with cited sources — and upload student PDFs for fast, structured feedback.
For Small business owners
best AI tools for small business
A full AI back-office for one-person businesses — market research, copywriting, customer-email drafts, contract review — for $0 on the free plan.
For Designers
best AI tools for designers
Trend research, design-system audits, accessibility checks and cited inspiration — Hobnob is the research layer your design process is missing.
For Real estate agents
best AI tools for real estate agents
Live comp research, neighborhood reports, listing-copy generation and contract review — Hobnob handles the busywork so you can list more.
For Finance professionals
best AI tools for finance
Cited earnings analysis, 10-K summarisation and macro research — Hobnob's TrustScore lets you instantly see whether a source is SEC-filed or speculation.
For Perplexity users
Perplexity alternatives
Hobnob AI is the free Perplexity alternative — unlimited cited search on the free plan, faster Deep Research, and PDF upload up to ~1M tokens on Pro.
For ChatGPT users
ChatGPT alternatives
Hobnob AI is the free ChatGPT alternative built for real-world research — every answer is cited, the free plan is genuinely unlimited, and you can upload PDFs without paying.
For Google Search users
Google search alternatives
Google is 80% ads and SEO spam. Hobnob AI gives you direct, cited answers — no 10 blue links, no AdSense, no scroll past 6 sponsored boxes.
For Claude users
Claude alternatives
Hobnob AI gives you Claude-grade reasoning plus web search, citations and a real free tier — no $20/mo to escape rate limits.
For Gemini users
Gemini alternatives
Hobnob AI gives you Gemini-style speed plus cited search, larger free PDF context and multi-model routing — without Google's ad layer.
For Engineers
best AI tools for engineers
Cited datasheet search, spec lookups and standards browsing — Hobnob reads PDFs of standards, datasheets and patents and answers with citations.
For Consultants
best AI tools for consultants
Market sizing, competitive teardowns, framework synthesis and deck-ready summaries — Hobnob's Deep Research mode produces consultant-grade outputs with full citations.
For Startup founders
best AI tools for startup founders
Investor research, market validation, pitch-deck drafting and competitor scanning — Hobnob is the unfair-advantage AI for solo and seed-stage founders.
For Journalists
best AI tools for journalists
Source verification, archive search, document review and TrustScore-grounded fact-checking — Hobnob is the AI research assistant newsrooms have been waiting for.
For E-commerce sellers
best AI tools for ecommerce
Product description writing, competitor pricing, review summarisation and listing-SEO — Hobnob is an entire e-com back office for the price of nothing.
For Non-fiction authors
best AI tools for non-fiction authors
Chapter outlines, cited research blocks and long-form drafting — Hobnob's combination of search + writing is built for book-length work.
For Scientists
best AI tools for scientists
Cited literature search across arXiv, bioRxiv and PubMed, plus Deep Research mode for systematic reviews — Hobnob is the research-grade AI for working scientists.
For Freelancers
best AI tools for freelancers
Proposal drafting, client research, contract review and brand-voice writing — Hobnob is the back-office team your freelance business doesn't have.
For HR teams
best AI tools for HR
Resume screening, policy drafting, comp benchmarking and interview-question generation — Hobnob is the AI co-pilot for lean HR teams.
For YouTubers & creators
best AI tools for YouTubers
Cited research, viral hook generation, script drafting and trend search — Hobnob is the back-of-house AI for serious creators.
For Podcasters
best AI tools for podcasters
Guest research, episode outlines, show-note generation and chapter-stamp summaries — Hobnob is a producer in your pocket.
For Sales teams
best AI tools for sales
Account research, personalised outreach, objection handling and proposal generation — Hobnob is the SDR co-pilot that actually does the work.
For Kids & families
best AI tools for kids
Cited homework help, age-appropriate explainers and safe search — Hobnob is the family-friendly AI that shows where every answer comes from.
For Nonprofits
best AI tools for nonprofits
Grant-writing drafts, donor research, impact-report summaries and policy briefs — Hobnob is the free AI back-office for mission-driven teams.