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Petal

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AI research assistant that lets academics and teams chat with their own document libraries for cited, sourced answers.

What it does

Petal is a document analysis and reference-management platform aimed at researchers and academics. It centralizes files in a cloud drive with automatic metadata extraction, lets users chat with single or multiple documents for sourced answers, and supports annotation and sharing among collaborators.

How to use: Users can upload documents to Petal and then chat with them using natural language. The AI will provide answers, summaries, translations, and explanations based on the document content. Users can also collaborate with their team by sharing documents and annotations.

Core features

Chat with single or multiple documents
Automatic metadata extraction and deduplication
Citation list generation
Document annotation and sharing links
Browser plugin for reference collection
Cross-workspace sharing

Best for

Researchers querying large PDF libraries for answers
Faculty groups sharing and annotating references
Generating citation lists for papers
Summarizing technical or scientific documents quickly

Pricing

Free
Plus
$2.55/mo
Advanced
$8.49/mo
Premium
$25.49/mo
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Reviews

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