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Genspark alternatives in 2026

Research tables at 5¢ to $1 a row.

Genspark is an AI workspace of agents: Super Agent, AI Slides, AI Sheets, AI Docs and more, paid in credits. Plus is $24.99 a month for 10,000 credits, Pro $249.99 for 125,000, and a text job's cost shows after the turn.

SpecStream is the live web data engine for teams and agents. Describe the data in plain words, approve the most it can cost, and get every match as rows, each value with its source URL and read time, at 5¢ to $1 a row.

Describe your data

New accounts get $10 of credit, no card.

SpecStream and Genspark side by side

SpecStreamGenspark
What it isThe live web data engine: the Search API, the Extract API and Deep Search, which returns every match on the live web as structured rowsAn AI workspace with Super Agent, AI Slides, AI Sheets, AI Docs, AI Meeting Notes, Call For Me and Workflows
What you sendThe data you want in plain words. SpecStream reads it back as the conditions every row must meet and the facts to bring back, and you can change any of them before it runsA prompt. Super Agent plans the steps, runs them on a cloud computer and hands back files: a report, a deck, a spreadsheet
What you get backStructured rows, one record per company, person, place or filing, with facts from many sites joined. Source URL and read time on every value. A result that fails one of your conditions is not delivered and not billedA sheet in AI Sheets, filled from SEC filings, Yahoo Finance, Google Scholar, Amazon and the public web. Genspark's guide asks you to check a value against the source cells and citations before you rely on it
How big a listA run keeps working until it reaches the count, for up to four hours on the largest listsA long Super Agent job runs for up to 2 hours. In AI Sheets, a single range read is capped at 3,000 cells
The unit you pay forA delivered row: 5¢, 15¢ or $1 by how much the row needs, plus 5¢ for an email and 15¢ for a phone. Duplicates, rows you already own and rows a page contradicts are not chargedCredits, which measure computational effort. Each retry costs the same as the original, and an AI Sheets run that partly succeeds still costs credits
The price before a runThe most the run can cost, quoted before it starts and good for 30 minutes. Nothing runs until you approve it, and what the run does not use goes back to your balanceNew images, video and music show a price first. A text job's cost shows after the turn, in the credit history
Plans$10 of credit, no card. Pro $19, Scale $99 and Team $499 a month, all spent as credit at the same row rates. A yearly plan adds 20% more creditFree: 100 credits a day up to a lifetime limit. Plus $24.99 a month for 10,000 credits. Pro $249.99 a month for 125,000 credits. Team $40 a seat a month
Unused creditPlan credit and top-ups are spent at the same row rates, and a top-up never expiresPlan credits reset each billing period. Top-up credits are valid for 3 months
Keeping it up to dateA saved request reruns hourly to yearly. Each row comes back labeled changed, unchanged or no longer matching. A changed or new row costs half its rate, an unchanged row 1¢Workflows run on a schedule: daily, weekly, monthly or a custom interval such as every 30 minutes
Where the data goesGoogle Sheets, Excel, Airtable, Notion, monday.com, HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Attio, Slack, Teams, Zapier, Make, n8n and signed webhooks. MCP server, REST API, Python and TypeScript SDKs and a CLIAn .xlsx export from AI Sheets, or files from Super Agent: a deck as PPTX or PDF, a document as PDF or .docx

Why Genspark users bring their research to SpecStream

Rows that meet every condition you wrote

Genspark's AI Sheets cross-checks critical data, and its own guide says automated collection is not perfect and asks you to verify each value against the source cells and citations. SpecStream checks each condition against the result's own words and numbers before it delivers the row. A row that fails is not delivered and not billed, and every value carries the URL of the page it was read on and the time it was read.

The price comes first, and it is per row

Genspark bills credits by computational effort: a retry costs the same as the first try, a long chat costs more per reply, and a text job's cost shows after the turn. SpecStream quotes the most a request can cost before anything runs. A row with up to 5 facts is 5¢, up to 15 facts and one set of related records is 15¢, and a deep row is $1. 1,000 companies with 5 facts each cost $50, and a run that finds nothing costs nothing.

Lists larger than one session

A Super Agent job runs for up to 2 hours, and AI Sheets reads at most 3,000 cells in one range. A SpecStream run keeps working until it reaches the count you asked for, for up to four hours on the largest lists, and joins the facts it finds on many sites into one record per company, person, place or filing.

Up to date, in the tools you already use

Save the request and it reruns hourly to yearly. Each row comes back labeled changed, unchanged or no longer matching, and rechecking 1,000 rows that did not change costs $10. New matches reach Google Sheets, Excel, Airtable, Notion, HubSpot, Salesforce, Slack, Teams or a signed webhook, with no export step.

Inside the agent you use

The same engine runs inside Claude, ChatGPT, Manus, Cursor and other AI assistants through the MCP server at https://api.specstream.ai/mcp. The agent sends the request, shows you the quote, and gets the rows after you approve it. Setup for each client is at MCP clients.

The most accurate web search API in the world

The SpecStream Search API scores a 97.9 F-score on all 1,000 official SimpleQA Verified questions, with 978 correct. On WideSearch it scores 64.0 item F1 and 43.4 row F1 on all 200 official tasks, and the Extract API scores 0.908 F1 on WCXB. The scores and the method are at benchmarks.

Other Genspark alternatives

Manus

A general AI agent paid in credits: Pro starts from $20 a month with 4,000 credits, and the Free plan refreshes 300 credits a day. Manus says it cannot judge or regulate the credits a task uses. SpecStream runs inside Manus as a custom MCP server and quotes each request first: setup.

Claude

An AI assistant with Pro at $17 a month billed yearly, or $20 billed monthly, and Max from $100 a month, with usage limits on every plan. SpecStream adds rows from the live web to Claude through its MCP server, each value with its source: setup.

Lindy

AI agents for work, from $29.99 a month for 3,000 credits, with top-ups at $10 per 1,000 credits. SpecStream bills the rows it delivers, at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a row, with the most a run can cost approved before it starts.

How SpecStream scores

The same numbers as the benchmarks page, from the official tasks and scorers.

SpecStreamParallelExaTavilyPerplexity
Web researchWideSearch, GPT-5.6 Luna60.945.553.047.947.0
Factual accuracySimpleQA Verified, GPT-5.6 Luna9694919494
Factual accuracySimpleQA Verified, GPT-5.6 Sol9997919295

How to move your research from Genspark

1. Write the task you give Super Agent or AI Sheets as one request in plain words: the records you want, the conditions each must meet and the facts to bring back. Sign up and you get $10 of credit, no card. At 5¢ a row, that is up to 200 rows.

2. SpecStream reads the request back as conditions and facts, and quotes the most it can cost. Approve it, and the rows arrive in the workspace with a source on every value.

3. Or send the request from code. This call spends nothing: the 402 reply shows how SpecStream read the request, the columns and the most it can cost.

curl -i https://api.specstream.ai/v1/agent/lists \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"request": "Every AI startup in Europe that raised a seed or Series A round in 2026, with the amount, the lead investor, the date and the website", "count": 25}'

4. Connect Google Sheets, Excel, Airtable, Notion or your CRM once, save the request, and it stays up to date on the schedule you choose.

Describe your data

Frequently asked questions

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What is the best Genspark alternative for research?
SpecStream, at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 a delivered row. You describe the data in plain words, approve the most it can cost, and get every match as structured rows with a source URL and read time on each value, in your sheet, your CRM or your agent.
How much does Genspark cost?
Genspark Plus is $24.99 a month for 10,000 credits, or $19.99 a month billed yearly. Pro is $249.99 a month for 125,000 credits, Team is $40 a seat a month, and Free gives 100 credits a day up to a lifetime limit. SpecStream starts with $10 of credit and no card, and bills 5¢ to $1 a delivered row.
Do Genspark credits roll over?
No. Genspark plan credits reset each billing period, and top-up credits are valid for 3 months. A SpecStream top-up never expires, and what a run does not use goes back to your balance.
Can I see the cost before a task runs?
On SpecStream, yes: every request gets a quote of the most it can cost, and nothing runs until you approve it. On Genspark, new images, video and music show a price first, and a text job's cost shows after the turn in the credit history.
How many rows can one request return?
A SpecStream run keeps working until it reaches the count, for up to four hours on the largest lists. A Genspark Super Agent job runs for up to 2 hours, and AI Sheets reads at most 3,000 cells in one range.
Does SpecStream work inside ChatGPT, Claude or Manus?
Yes, through the MCP server at https://api.specstream.ai/mcp. The agent sends the request, shows you the quote, and reads the rows after you approve it. Setup for each client is at MCP clients.
Does SpecStream have an API?
Yes. The Search API costs $5 per 1,000 searches of up to 10 results, the Extract API costs $0.80 per 1,000 pages, and Deep Search returns rows at 5¢, 15¢ or $1 each. All three run through the REST API, the Python and TypeScript SDKs, the CLI and the MCP server.

Sources

SpecStream wrote this page. Each figure for Genspark and the other tools comes from that company's own page.

  1. SpecStream pricingspecstream.ai/pricing, read Nov 12, 2026
  2. SpecStream for agentsspecstream.ai/agents.md, read Nov 12, 2026
  3. SpecStream benchmarksspecstream.ai/benchmarks, read Nov 12, 2026
  4. Genspark membership plansgenspark.ai/helpcenter/membership-plans, read Nov 12, 2026
  5. Genspark credits guidegenspark.ai/helpcenter/credits-guide, read Nov 12, 2026
  6. Genspark AI Sheetsgenspark.ai/helpcenter/ai-sheets, read Nov 12, 2026
  7. Genspark Super Agentgenspark.ai/helpcenter/super-agent, read Nov 12, 2026
  8. Genspark Workflowsgenspark.ai/helpcenter/workflows, read Nov 12, 2026
  9. Manus membership pricinghelp.manus.im/en/articles/11711111-what-is-the-current-membership-pricing-for-manus, read Nov 12, 2026
  10. Manus credit usehelp.manus.im/en/articles/13185575-is-there-a-way-to-check-how-many-credits-a-task-will-cost-before-i-begin, read Nov 12, 2026
  11. Claude pricingclaude.com/pricing, read Nov 12, 2026
  12. Lindy pricinglindy.ai/pricing, read Nov 12, 2026