# Can I replace Research tools with an agent?

9 research apps checked against the looot catalog. Each line shows the verdict from the jobs we reviewed. Live prices are on the web page.

## Research apps

- Crunchbase (/can-i-replace/crunchbase): yes. A company database covering funding rounds, investors, leadership and news.
- Google Alerts (/can-i-replace/google-alerts): kinda. A free service that emails you when new web results match a search term.
- BuiltWith (/can-i-replace/builtwith): kinda. A lookup service that shows which technologies a website uses.
- Perplexity (/can-i-replace/perplexity): kinda. An answer engine that searches the web and replies with a cited summary.
- Exploding Topics (/can-i-replace/exploding-topics): kinda. A trend discovery tool that lists topics and products with fast-growing search interest.
- Feedly (/can-i-replace/feedly): kinda. A feed reader that follows sites and topics and organises the stories in one place.
- Glimpse (/can-i-replace/glimpse): kinda. A trends tool that charts the growth of search topics, shown inside Google Trends.
- Similarweb (/can-i-replace/similarweb): kinda. A web analytics service that estimates traffic, audience and technology for any site.
- SparkToro (/can-i-replace/sparktoro): kinda. An audience research tool that shows where a target audience reads, watches and follows.

## Can an agent replace research tools?

For many jobs, yes. This page lists 9 research apps and shows for each one which jobs an agent covers through looot endpoints, which it covers partly and which it does not.

## Which research apps are on this page?

Similarweb, BuiltWith, Crunchbase, SparkToro and more. Each has its own page with the jobs, the providers and the cheapest live price.

## How is the verdict for a research app scored?

Each job counts 1 when covered, 0.5 when partly covered and 0 when not covered. 85 percent and up is yes, 40 percent and up is kinda, anything lower is not really.

## What do research replacements cost?

You pay per call, with no monthly seat. Each app page shows the cheapest live price per job, and says price on request when no priced endpoint exists.

## Why is a research job marked not covered?

Either the catalog has no priced endpoint for it right now, or the job is a hosted feature such as a dashboard or a mailbox that an agent cannot reach through data endpoints.

## How do I start with a research replacement?

Open an app page, copy the agent prompt, and paste it into the agent you already use after you set up looot from https://looot.ai/skill.md.