Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Paperguide
Paperguide clearly comes out ahead of R Discovery on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Paid plans start at $12/mo for Paperguide and $5/mo for R Discovery.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | ai tool |
| Company | Paperguide (Goom AI) | Cactus Communications |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | Data & AnalyticsDevelopment | Data & AnalyticsDevelopmentMedia & Entertainment |
| Categories | ai-research | ai-research |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
Paperguide
freemium
flat
flat
custom
freemium
per user
| Feature | paperguide | r-discovery |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 Ai Credits/Month | ||
| Access To 250M+ Academic Papers | ||
| 10 Papers Per Extract Table At A Time | ||
| Audio Streaming Of Research Papers | ||
| 10,000 Ai Credits/Month | ||
| Auto-Sync With Reference Managers (Zotero/Mendeley) | ||
| 100 Papers Per Extract Table At A Time | ||
| Collaborative Reading Lists | ||
| 1000+ Citation Styles | ||
| Everything In Free | ||
| 2 Ai Writer Document Generations | ||
| Mobile And Web Access | ||
| 2,000 Ask Ai Writer Words/Month | ||
| Multi-Project Management | ||
| 20 Ai Searches/Month | ||
| Personalized Reading Recommendations | ||
| 20 Ai Writer Document Generations/Month | ||
| Research Paper Translation (30+ Languages) | ||
| 40,000 Ai Credits/Month | ||
| Search And Save Research Articles | ||
| 5 Ai Writer Document Generations/Month | ||
| 5 Extract Columns Per Table | ||
| 50 Extract Columns Per Table | ||
| 500Mb References Storage | ||
| Centralized Billing | ||
| Custom Credit Limits | ||
| Data Extraction Table | ||
| Deep Research Reports | ||
| Everything In Pro | ||
| Limited Chats With Pdf |
Showing 30 of 30 features
Dashes mean the feature isn't listed in our data. The tool may still support it.
On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, Paperguide comes out ahead overall, though R Discovery can be the better fit depending on your priorities — see the dimension-by-dimension breakdown above.
Paperguide's paid plans start at $12/mo and R Discovery's start at $5/mo, so R Discovery is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Both Paperguide and R Discovery offer a free tier.
R Discovery scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
