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Paperguide

AI research assistant and reference manager for academics.

Category
Research
Pricing
FREEMIUM
Hosting
Cloud
Models
Multi-model
Verified
Jun 15, 2026

Paperguide is an all-in-one academic research platform combining an AI assistant, reference manager, and chat-with-PDF in one workspace. It searches papers with real citations, runs literature-review workbooks, extracts data into tables, annotates PDFs, and drafts with an AI writer and plagiarism checker. Built for students, educators, and research teams, with a browser extension to save sources.

Pros & cons

  • Search, references, PDF chat, and writing in one tool
  • Free tier with 1,000 monthly AI credits
  • Search returns real citations
  • Student discount available
  • AI credits cap monthly usage
  • Newer and smaller than incumbents
  • No model choice

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