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Semantic Scholar
✓ verifiedFree
Free AI-powered academic search engine indexing 236M+ papers, for researchers wanting semantic literature discovery and an augmented reader.
7.9M visits/mo13K saves
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Elicit
✓ verifiedFreemium
Well-adopted AI research assistant for finding papers, summarizing, and extracting data at scale.
2.1M visits/mo
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Algor Education
✓ verifiedFreemium
Algor Education turns notes, docs, and media into AI-generated concept maps, flashcards, quizzes, and study notes.
1.7M visits/mo
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PlantIn plant care identifier
✓ verifiedPaid
Plant identification app with a 17,000+ species database plus care schedules, disease ID and botanist Q&A for home gardeners.
1.2M visits/mo
Pricing
No public pricing
Basic: Free
Plus: $10 per month, billed annually
Pro: $42 per month, billed annually
Team: $65 per user, per month billed annually
Enterprise: Custom
No public pricing
Free: €0 (concept maps, up to 15k characters)
Beginner: €2.99/mo
Base: €5.49/mo
Pro: €7.99/mo
Free trial available
No public pricing
Core features
- ✦AI-powered semantic search across 236M+ papers
- ✦Semantic Reader for augmented, contextual paper reading
- ✦Free public API for paper search and metadata
- ✦Author and topic discovery
- ✦Citation graph exploration
- ✦Beta program for new features
- ✦AI-enabled systematic reviews
- ✦Research reports
- ✦Upload your own PDFs
- ✦Quick summaries
- ✦Source quotes
- ✦Question answering
- ✦Video lessons
- ✦Revision notes
- ✦Quizzes
- ✦Flashcards
- ✦Exam-style questions
- ✦Past papers
- ✦AI concept and mind maps
- ✦AI flashcards and quizzes
- ✦AI study notes/summaries
- ✦Transcriptions from audio/video
- ✦Prebuilt and custom templates
- ✦Multi-language support
- ✦Photo-based plant identification
- ✦Database of 17,000+ species
- ✦Disease and pest identification
- ✦Personalized watering and care schedules
- ✦Ask-the-Botanist expert answers
- ✦Customizable plant lists and reminders
Use cases
- →Researchers searching scientific literature across disciplines
- →Developers building applications on top of scholarly data via the API
- →Students exploring citation networks for a topic
- →Librarians and academics needing free literature discovery tools
- →Speeding up literature reviews
- →Automating systematic reviews and meta-analyses
- →Learning about new domains
- →Data extraction in rigorous systematic literature reviews
- →Preparing for Maths and Science exams at KS3, GCSE, and A-Level.
- →Turning notes into visual study aids
- →Creating teaching materials
- →Exam revision and self-study
- →Identify an unknown houseplant or flower
- →Diagnose plant diseases and pests
- →Set up a watering and care routine
- →Learn care specifics for a species
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