// pricing

Reading is free. Machine work uses credits.

Organising, reading, notes and your own writing never cost anything. Processing papers, cited questions, comparisons and AI drafting draw on a monthly allowance. Prices are the same on every plan.

// free

Free

$0forever

No charge. 300 credits a month and the free processing queue. Top-up packs work on Free too.

300 credits / monthAbout 7 papers processed, or 10 drafted sections.
  • 300 credits a month
  • The free queue: 3 papers a day, 30 a month
  • Top-up packs from $4
  • The same prices as every plan
start free
// prorecommended

Pro

$9.99per month

For one researcher with a full library.

4,000 credits / monthAbout 100 papers processed, or 133 drafted sections.
  • Top-up packs from $4
  • Automatic top-up when the balance runs low
  • The same prices as every plan
choose pro
// enterprise

Enterprise

$29.99per seat / mo

For labs and reading groups.

15,000 credits / seat / monthPer seat, pooled across the lab. About 375 papers processed, or 500 drafted sections.
  • One credit pool for the whole lab
  • Seat management
  • Per-member spend caps
  • Monthly spend report
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// when credits run out on Free, new papers wait in the free queue — 3 papers a day, 30 a month — instead of failing.

// top-up packs

For the months that run long.

Packs work on every plan, never expire, and are only spent once the monthly grant is used up.

0.40¢ / cr1k
1,000 cr$4

About 25 papers processed, or 33 drafted sections.

save 10%5k
5,000 cr$18

About 125 papers processed, or 166 drafted sections.

save 25%20k
20,000 cr$60

About 500 papers processed, or 666 drafted sections.

// what things cost

Every price, up front.

Anything over your threshold asks before it runs. A task that fails is refunded automatically.

// library — per paper

Process a paper
40 cr
Text extraction, figures and tables, references, summary. One charge, run once. · brief 18 · deep 85
Regenerate a summary
14 cr
Re-runs the model over an already extracted paper.
Translate a summary
4 cr
Creates or refreshes one saved summary language.
Translate full paper text
3 cr
Three credits per 1,000 source words; the original PDF never changes.
Re-extract figures and tables
12 cr
When the first pass missed a page or a rotated table.
Parse the bibliography
6 cr
Matches every reference against Crossref and OpenAlex.

// writing and asking

Draft a section from the library
30 cr
Grounded generation across the papers you point it at. · short 20 · thorough 45
Ask a question of the library
2 cr
One question and its answer, with citations.
Inline suggestion pass
3 cr
Line-level edits over one section. Accepting them is free.
Rewrite or tighten a selection
4 cr
Per run over a highlighted passage.

// comparative analysis

Compare methodologies
4 cr
One grounded comparison across the selected paper summaries.
Build a comparison table
2 cr
Two credits per paper batch; cached and hand-edited cells are retained.
Identify research-gap leads
4 cr
Recurring limitations and future-work themes across the selected papers.
Map agreements and disagreements
5 cr
Evidence-backed claims with exact source quotes.

// always free

Semantic search across your library
free
Unlimited, on every plan.
Reading, tagging, notes, folders
free
Your own organising work is never metered.
Compile, cite and export
free
PDF compiles and BibTeX exports cost nothing.

// 1 credit ≈ $0.004. Papers over 60 pages add one extraction charge per started 60 pages. Reading, organising, tagging, searching your own notes, citing, compiling and exporting never cost credits. A task that fails is refunded automatically, and re-running an extraction on a paper already processed this cycle is free.

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Start free. Upgrade when it earns it.

free plan · 300 credits / month · no card