AI academic writing tool and research assistant for researchers and students
Turn a podcast into a blog post — free SEO draft
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Freemium
Freemium
Pricing
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.
Free: 3 packs per day per IP, last 5 saved packs. Pro: first month $1.9, then $12/month, or $99/year billed annually. First 50 annual subscribers get 2 bonus months (14 months total).
Key features
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
Converts podcast transcripts and show notes to SEO blog drafts
Generates FAQ blocks and schema markup
Creates social media scripts
Includes publish checklist with canonical and sitemap guidance
Accepts audio file uploads for automatic transcription
Markdown and HTML download options
Pack history and recovery with email backup
BlogPosting and PodcastEpisode JSON-LD schema copy
Free podcast show notes template
What makes it different
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
Podcast-specific pack format instead of general AI rewriting
Works without a full transcript using structured show notes
Focuses on search intent and problem-solving rather than episode archive titles
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