Cognosys vs You.com
A side-by-side comparison of capabilities, autonomy, integrations, and pricing to help you choose.
Short answer: choose Cognosys if you want goal-driven web ai agent that ran research and automation tasks (now deprecated) (Supervised agent, freemium); choose You.com if you want answer engine and supervised research agents (ari) with grounding apis (Supervised agent, usage).
| Cognosys | You.com | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Goal-driven web AI agent that ran research and automation tasks (now deprecated) | Answer engine and supervised research agents (ARI) with grounding APIs |
| Type | agent | product-with-agents |
| Autonomy | Supervised agent | Supervised agent |
| Pricing | freemium · Free; Pro $15/mo, Ultimate $59/mo (historical, pre-sunset) | usage · Search API $5/1k calls; Research API from $12/1k calls; $100 free credits |
| Best for | consumers, smb, developers | developers, enterprise, consumers |
| Deployment | saas | saas, api |
| Modalities | text, browser, email | text, api |
| Models | model-agnostic | model-agnostic, gpt, claude, gemini |
| Protocols | function-calling | rest-api, mcp, function-calling |
| Integrations | Notion, Gmail | Google Drive, SharePoint, Databricks, Notion, Slack, Claude Code |
| Capabilities | 5 documented | 4 documented |
Cognosys
- +No-code way to delegate multi-step web research and automation tasks
- +Useful scheduled briefings and lead-enrichment-to-Notion workflows
- +Backed early: ~$2M seed led by GV with notable angel investors
- -Deprecated: rebranded to Ottogrid, acquired by Cohere, standalone product sunset
- -No longer available; cognosys.ai no longer serves the product
You.com
- +Deep research via ARI processes hundreds of sources with citations
- +Model-agnostic and standards-friendly (REST, OpenAPI, MCP), easy to drop into agent stacks
- +Transparent, low-friction usage-based API pricing with free starter credits
- -Strategic shift away from the consumer answer engine leaves that pricing and roadmap ambiguous
- -Benchmark and win-rate claims are largely self-published, not independently audited
Which should you choose?
Cognosys is goal-driven web ai agent that ran research and automation tasks (now deprecated), best for consumers, smb, developers. You.com is answer engine and supervised research agents (ari) with grounding apis, best for developers, enterprise, consumers. The right choice depends on the autonomy level you want, your existing integrations, and your budget, all compared above.