| What it does | AI academic writing tool and research assistant for researchers and students
| SEO articles researched, written, fact-checked and published to your website on autopilot
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| Stage | Established
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| Pricing model | Freemium
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| 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.
| Cloud plans billed per site: Starter $49/month (3 articles a week), Growth $99/month (1 article a day), Pro $179/month (2 articles a day). Yearly billing available at two months free: Starter $490/year, Growth $990/year, Pro $1,790/year. Additional sites get 20% discount. Agents and API: $20 for 100
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| 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
| - Fact-checking: every number and citation verified against saved source text
- AI article writing using Claude Sonnet and Haiku models
- Topic suggestions from Search Console data and market research
- Multiple publishing options: hosted blog, WordPress, Ghost, webhook, site builder
- Weekly performance reports via email
- Approve-first mode for manual review before publishing
- CLI, REST API, and MCP server interfaces
- Open source self-hosting under AGPL-3.0
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| 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
| - Every claim fact-checked against saved source text before publishing, stopping articles that fail until fixed or manually reviewed
- Completely free first article with full fact-check, no card required
- Open source loop under AGPL-3.0 available for free self-hosting
- 20% discount on additional sites for agencies and multiple properties
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| DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs) | 72 ● no change since last check | 4 ● no change since last check |
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| Trust Flow (Majestic) | 26 | 0 |
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| Citation Flow (Majestic) | 43 | 16 |
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| Referring domains (Majestic) | 2313 | 4 |
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