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researcher.life
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Subscription bundling Editage's academic AI tools: writing assistant, journal finder, literature search, and illustration maker.

723K visits/mo
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SciSummary
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI tool that summarizes scientific papers into abstract, methods, results, and conclusion sections, with figure and citation support.

74K visits/mo162K saves
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txyz.ai
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AI research assistant for reading, searching, and writing about academic papers, built for researchers managing a personal library.

110K visits/mo
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Thesify
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AI reviewer that critiques academic manuscripts and Coauthor agents that search, cite, and draft alongside researchers.

161K visits/mo32K saves
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ThesisAI
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AI research workspace that drafts full academic papers with verified inline citations from up to 500 uploaded sources in a single prompt.

189K visits/mo32K saves
Pricing

No public pricing

Free Trial: $0 for first 7 days (30,000 words, 5 figures, 100 chat messages)
Student: $0 for first month (promo code, unlimited use)
Pro: $4/month billed as $48/year (unlimited summaries, figures, chat, and searches)

Free trial available

Free: $0/year (up to 100-page file analysis, 5 writing pages)
Pro: $96/year (up to 100-page analysis, full library access)
Ultra: $288/year (up to 300-page analysis, 3x context window)

No public pricing

Per document: from $4
Core features
  • AI academic writing assistant with grammar and phrasing suggestions
  • Journal recommender matched to a manuscript's abstract
  • Scientific illustration library with drag-and-drop editor
  • Literature discovery across 300M+ academic papers
  • Plagiarism checking and multilingual translation support
  • Research skill courses included with subscription
  • Structured section-by-section paper summarization
  • Bulk and multi-paper summarization and comparison
  • Chat with figures for data interpretation
  • Folder and tag-based library organization
  • Semantic search across indexed documents on Pro
  • ChatGPT connector integration
  • AI-assisted search across academic papers
  • Chat-based Q&A over uploaded documents with source citations
  • Personal research library with retention limits by plan
  • AI writing agent for drafting research-based content
  • API access for institutions and businesses
  • Adjustable file upload size (up to 300 pages on top tier)
  • AI manuscript review flagging gaps in argument and evidence
  • Citation search across 200+ million academic sources
  • Coauthor agents that search, read, and draft alongside users
  • Journal recommender and chat support
  • Confidentiality guarantee that documents aren't used for AI training
  • Full document drafting from one prompt
  • Automated literature search via Semantic Scholar
  • Import and cite up to 500 uploaded papers
  • Inline citation verification
  • Export to PDF, Word, LaTeX, and BibTeX
  • Overleaf integration for manual editing
  • Zotero and Mendeley library import
Use cases
  • Non-native English researchers polishing manuscripts before submission
  • Finding the right journal for a paper's subject area
  • Building scientific figures without a graphic designer
  • Keeping up with new literature in a research field
  • Students digesting dense research papers quickly
  • Researchers doing literature reviews across many papers
  • Academics organizing a personal paper library
  • Finding papers relevant to a research topic
  • Getting quick summaries and answers from long PDFs
  • Managing and revisiting a personal library of research papers
  • Drafting literature-informed writing with AI assistance
  • Integrating paper search/analysis into an institution's own tools via API
  • Graduate students refining a thesis or dissertation
  • Researchers preparing a manuscript for journal submission
  • Students polishing essays and reports for coursework
  • Getting fast feedback without waiting on a supervisor
  • Researchers producing a literature review quickly
  • Students drafting long papers with verified citations
  • Academics writing in a non-native language
  • Exporting AI-drafted content into LaTeX workflows
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