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Freemium

Free sign-up, with paid plans for more usage and enterprise options.

 Freemium

Free to try, with paid plans for more use.

Web Web
  • Search across more than 280 million papers
  • Chat with PDF to explain difficult papers
  • Built specifically for the structure of academic papers
  • Extracts figures and references, not just text
  • AI summaries of papers still need checking against the source
  • Full features require a paid plan
  • Summaries are AI-generated and should be checked against the paper
  • Web only, with no offline use
Web application Web application
Closed source Closed source
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Account needed Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet Needs internet

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