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OpenRead vs Asta: catalog facts
OpenRead	Asta
Freemium Free tier available, with a paid Pro plan.	Free Offered by Ai2 as a research project; no paid plans are listed.
Web	Web
Search across more than 300 million papers Compare several papers to spot agreements and contradictions	Large corpus of 108M+ abstracts and 12M+ full-text papers Built by Ai2, the institute behind Semantic Scholar
Web only, no desktop app Advanced features sit behind the Pro plan	Web only Little detail about features is available on the homepage
Web application	Web application
Closed source	Closed source
License not stated	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 26, 2026

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