AI academic writing tool and research assistant for researchers and students
Stage
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Established
Founded
2023
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SG
Pricing model
Freemium
Freemium
Pricing
Free: $0 forever. Starter: $39 per month ($468 billed yearly). Growth: $99 per month ($1,188 billed yearly). Scale: $279 per month ($3,348 billed yearly). All paid plans include a 14-day free trial of Growth. Founding customers: 50% off first year on paid plans.
Monthly Plan, Annual Plan, Quarterly Plan available. Multi-year Plans: 2 years ($229) or 3 years ($289). Paperpal for Teams offers up to 25% savings on annual subscriptions. Student discounts available.
Key features
Drafts help centre articles from code
Flags stale articles on merged pull requests
Generates changelog from merged PRs
Publishes API reference without OpenAPI spec
AI answers on help centre
Imports existing documentation
Integrates with Claude and Cursor via MCP
Links claims back to source code
Draft review before publishing
Grammar check with academic-grade suggestions trained on millions of scholarly edits
Plagiarism checker against 99 billion sources
AI paraphraser to restructure and improve academic tone
Research and citation in 10,000+ citation styles
Access to 250 million verified research articles
Pre-submission checks for 1,500+ top journals
Chat with PDFs to extract key insights
Works across MS Word, Google Docs, Chrome, and Overleaf
Translator for multiple languages
What makes it different
Writes documentation directly from your code, not manual files
Keeps docs accurate by flagging stale articles on each merged PR
Captures real screenshots of your app rather than generic mockups
Generates API reference automatically without an OpenAPI spec
Works with apps built using no-code tools like Lovable, Bolt or v0
Built exclusively for academic writing, trained on millions of scholarly articles
All-in-one platform combining writing assistance, citations, plagiarism checks, and pre-submission support
Works seamlessly within existing writing tools without switching applications
Used by over 5 million researchers and trusted by 1,500+ journals
Maintains academic integrity and originality of user work
Ellie Docs
Paperpal