# The best AI tools for researching your own documents

> What lets me hand my own documents to an AI and ask questions about them?

- Canonical: https://serchai.com/en/best-ai/document-research/
- Site: Serchai (https://serchai.com) — AI tools comparator
- Language: en
- Updated: 2026-07-26

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> **The question this segment answers:** What lets me hand my own documents to an AI and ask questions about them?

> **Taking shape.** 1 of 5 tools. Below five we do not publish a ranking: ordering them would not help you choose.

## What we have so far

- [NotebookLM](https://serchai.com/en/reviews/notebooklm/) — 4.2/5 · Free + from $4.99 — The research notebook that answers only from your own documents, with the citation attached.