AI research assistant that grounds every claim in real, peer-reviewed citations
AI academic writing tool and research assistant for researchers and students
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Based in
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Pricing model
Freemium
Freemium
Pricing
Student plan: $9.99/month (verified academic email); Pro annual: $12.99/month billed annually ($155.88 once a year); Pro monthly: $25.99/month. Citation Finder is free.
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
Search-first methodology across 200M+ peer-reviewed academic papers
Verifiable DOIs on every citation
Transparent paper list per draft
Multi-language drafting in 11 languages including Arabic RTL
Support for APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE citation styles
Export to DOCX, Markdown, and LaTeX formats
Live retrieval across 200M+ academic papers
Real-time access to latest research
Intent Analysis and Deep Scholarly Query
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
Uses search-first methodology to query live academic databases before writing, avoiding hallucinated citations
Every citation includes a clickable DOI link for immediate verification
Supports 11 languages with automatic citation formatting across different language styles
Designed specifically for academic integrity with transparent source auditing
Exports ready-to-submit documents with formatted citations in multiple styles
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
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