Make the case.
Research in rounds brings the findings into a cited synthesis. Compare the alternatives and explain what the conclusion rests on.
See how the research worksDEEP RESEARCH / WEB + API + MCP
Curiosity killed the cat.
Guesswork killed the deal.
Put Farside on the question. Get the findings, the sources behind them, and the gaps that could change your next move. Deep research builds the work into a cited dossier you can actually use.
Create an account. Review your plan and research cost before you start.
Build with the API01 Iterative search02 Graded sources03 Cited synthesis04 Rabbit holes05 Research dossiers
THE COST OF AN INCOMPLETE PICTURE
The detail you miss
can change everything.
The wrong call can start with a perfectly reasonable answer. A pricing footnote. A benchmark condition. A claim everyone repeats, but nobody checked.
Farside keeps the evidence close, surfaces gaps, and lets you take an unresolved question further. So you can see what a conclusion depends on before you depend on it.
See how the evidence stays connectedLOOK CLOSER AT THE DECISION
- 01
The price behind the price.
Billing units, minimum commitments, and exclusions can change a comparison that looked straightforward.
- 02
The conditions behind the result.
A benchmark matters when its workload, scale, and constraints match the question you need answered.
- 03
The source behind the claim.
Several articles can repeat one original claim. Trace the evidence before treating repetition as confirmation.
Better context supports a better decision. It still deserves your judgment.
01 / SEE WHAT YOU GET
Less guesswork.
More to go on.
Explore a question like yours. See how Farside connects the findings to sources, exposes the unresolved questions, and gives the investigation somewhere to go next.
EXAMPLE RESEARCH / DEEPIllustrative walkthrough
How are observability vendors changing their pricing?
Follow the connections. Select a node to look inside the research.
Official pricing and plan documentation
Published product and packaging changes
Procurement requirements and independent analysis
Enterprise commitments
Retention economics
The answer stays connected to its evidence.
Gaps send the research back out.
SCOPE / COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE
Start with the question and constraints. Clarifying questions help shape the research brief.
RESEARCH BRIEF
Define what a useful answer needs to cover.
Compare pricing units, committed spend, and what is included. Separate published offers from assumptions about buyer preference.
02 / RESEARCH YOU CAN PUT TO WORK
Take evidence
into the room.
You need to explain the choice, defend the reasoning, and know where it could fall apart. Farside gives you the work behind the answer.
DEEP RESEARCH / DELIVERABLES
Your question.
A connected dossier.
- 01Executive summary
The findings and the questions still open.
- 02Comparison & analysis
The alternatives, context, and trade-offs.
- 03Evidence appendix
Sources and claims you can inspect.
Illustrated dossier structure. Documents depend on the research type and evidence.
Show the evidence.
Inspect graded sources, extracted claims, and the passages behind the synthesis. Check an important claim before you put your name behind it.
Explore the research readerFollow the rabbit holes.
A promising thread or an unresolved question can become a focused investigation. Deep research brings the related work into a multi-document dossier.
Inside an investigationTHE SAME RESEARCH. WHEREVER YOU WORK.
Use the browser. Ask grounded follow-up questions. Run recurring research as a scheduled workflow. Put asynchronous research into your product or connect your assistant.
MAKE IT YOUR QUESTION
Bring the decision.
We’ll do the digging.
Start with the choice in front of you, the options you’re considering, and what matters. Give yourself evidence to work with before you commit.
Start your research
Create an account. Review your plan and research cost before you start.
Compare plansTHE DEPTH OF THE WORK
Some questions need
a longer look.
Choose the depth for the question in front of you. Both paths keep the sources with the synthesis. Deep research adds focused investigations and a multi-document dossier.
01 / STANDARDA focused question
Get your bearings.
A focused question, researched in rounds, with a cited synthesis and the evidence to review it.
FOCUSED RESEARCHCited synthesis
FindingsSourcesOpen questions
- Scope the question and its constraints
- Search, read, and grade relevant sources
- Bring findings, citations, and open gaps together
A useful fit: getting up to speed, comparing a bounded set of options, or checking the context behind a decision.
02 / DEEPConnected questions
Follow what emerges.
Build on the initial research with follow-on investigations. Bring the related work together in a dossier shaped by the research type.
CONNECTED RESEARCHResearch dossier
FindingsSourcesOpen questions
01 / INVESTIGATIONA promising thread
02 / INVESTIGATIONAn unresolved question
03 / DOSSIERRelated documents
- Everything in the Standard research path
- Investigate promising threads and unresolved questions
- Assemble related documents into a research dossier
A useful fit: a market landscape, a complex technical choice, or an investigation with several connected questions.
Depth does not remove uncertainty. A longer investigation can still have missing or conflicting evidence. Review the sources, check the gaps, and decide what needs independent verification.
Inside an investigation03 / RESEARCH AS INFRASTRUCTURE
Your product.
Your agents.
Our research engine.
Put deep research where the work happens. The web app, REST API, and MCP share the same research runs and evidence.
- Asynchronous runs with progress events
- Scoped keys and idempotent requests
- Reports, sources, and follow-up questions
DEEP RESEARCH
Create a deep research run
curl -X POST "https://api.farsideresearch.com/v1/runs" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $FARSIDE_API_KEY" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: $REQUEST_ID" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"question": "How is observability pricing changing?",
"depth": "deep",
"research_type": "competitive_intel"
}'POST /v1/runsSubmit. Stream. Retrieve.
04 / OPEN SOURCE
Our engines.
Your blueprints.
Farside Research releases some of the engines behind its own work as open source. The first is StateFrame, our Open Agent Engine. It runs agents from a typed state frame instead of a growing chat history, building every model request fresh. Built and measured on software engineering work, with early live results on document and data tasks that come with an automatic check.
Released under the AGPL-3.0-only, with a commercial license from Farside Research LLC for teams that keep their own code closed.
AGPL-3.0-onlyFree to use, study, change and share.
CommercialFrom $9.99/mo for solo devs, priced by company size.
05 / PUT IT TO WORK
Decisions don’t wait.
Make yours informed.
You’re putting time, money, and your reputation behind the next move. Research the assumptions it rests on.
01 / RESEARCH APPLICATION
Before you back the opportunity.
Map competitors, buyer signals, and switching barriers. Separate an attractive market story from evidence worth acting on.
Research the market02 / RESEARCH APPLICATION
Before you commit to the stack.
Compare architectures, benchmark conditions, and operating constraints. Bring the trade-offs into the room before the choice gets expensive to change.
Research the trade-offs03 / RESEARCH APPLICATION
Before you trust the old answer.
Reopen the evidence. Ask what your first investigation left unresolved and take the important threads further.
Build on your research06 / CHOOSE YOUR RESEARCH CAPACITY
A plan for
your next move.
Every plan includes the web app, REST API, and MCP. Choose your monthly research capacity. Check the credit cost before paid work starts.
Full pricing and credit costsPublished monthly plans. Checkout shows the current price before you pay.
01 / RESEARCH PLAN
Solo
One person, a few questions$9/ month
For one researcher with a handful of questions each month.
350credits per month
- 1 seat
- 3 API keys
Web app + REST API + MCP
Choose Solo02 / RESEARCH PLAN
Starter
Your research starts here$29/ month
For focused questions and a regular research habit.
800credits per month
- 3 seats
- 3 API keys
Web app + REST API + MCP
Choose Starter03 / RESEARCH PLAN
Pro
For recurring research$99/ month
For ongoing comparisons and deeper investigations.
2,500credits per month
- 10 seats
- 10 API keys
Web app + REST API + MCP
Choose Pro04 / RESEARCH PLAN
Team
Shared research capacity$349/ month
For teams making research part of the work.
10,000credits per month
- 25 seats
- 50 API keys
Web app + REST API + MCP
Choose TeamNeed more credits? Top up without upgrading.
Prepaid packs never expire while your subscription is active. Mini and Plus are for the Solo and Starter plans; every plan can buy the others. Published prices; checkout shows the current price.
- MiniSolo & Starter$15500 credits$0.030 per credit
- PlusSolo & Starter$291,000 credits$0.029 per credit
- Top-upAll plans$1202,500 credits$0.048 per credit
- SmallAll plans$2205,000 credits$0.044 per credit
- MediumAll plans$95025,000 credits$0.038 per credit
- LargeAll plans$3,200100,000 credits$0.032 per credit
- BulkAll plans$14,000500,000 credits$0.028 per credit
More research. More people.
Enterprise: from $1,500 / month, with 50,000 monthly credits.
See the current trial terms on the pricing page. Review live plan details.
BEFORE YOU START
Good questions.
Clear answers.
What to expect from the research, and how to put it to work.
Explore the documentationWhat should I put in a research question?
Include what you need to understand, who the answer is for, and the constraints that matter. For a vendor comparison, name the use case, region, budget constraints, and evaluation criteria. A specific brief gives the research a useful direction.
Start with a briefWhat makes this more than one web search?
The engine researches in rounds. It reads and grades sources, brings the findings into a cited synthesis, and retains the evidence. Deep research takes emerging questions into follow-on investigations and a dossier.
Can I inspect the evidence behind an answer?
Yes. Research retains source records, citations, extracted claims, and open gaps. Read the evidence behind important claims, especially when sources disagree or a conclusion depends on an assumption.
Read the evidence trailCan my product or assistant use the same engine?
The REST API creates asynchronous research runs and exposes status, progress events, and results. Hosted MCP lets compatible assistants work with the research tools. Use scoped keys and check the cost before starting paid work.
Connect through MCPWhat happens after the report is finished?
Reopen the retained research, inspect the sources, ask grounded follow-up questions, or investigate a new thread. Sharing and export depend on the controls and permissions available to your account.
Work from the resultHow do credits and plan access work?
Paid research actions use credits. Review the live plan, action price, and access before starting. Reading an existing report does not spend credits. The pricing page uses the live catalog rather than estimates embedded in this site.
Review plans and creditsTHE NEXT MOVE IS YOURS.
Know More.
Succeed More.
Bring one question that matters. Leave with research you can examine, challenge, and build on.
Create an account. Review your plan and research cost before you start.
THE WORK YOU TAKE AWAY
An answer you can
look into.
- 01The findings.
A cited synthesis of what the research found.
- 02The evidence.
Source records and extracted claims behind the conclusions.
- 03The open questions.
Gaps and conflicting evidence, with threads to investigate further.
Choose Deep for follow-on investigations and a multi-document dossier.