Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: ScholarAI
ScholarAI clearly comes out ahead of Paperguide on Staquest's weighted six-dimension score. Both offer a free tier. Paid plans start at $12/mo for Paperguide and $9.99/mo for ScholarAI.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | saas tool |
| Company | Paperguide (Goom AI) | ScholarAI |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| Industries | Data & AnalyticsDevelopment | MarketingDesignData & AnalyticsDevelopment |
| Categories | ai-research | ai-researchai-writingdatabaseai-chatbot |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | paperguide | scholarai |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 Ai Credits/Month | ||
| 3 Tb Uploaded To Copilot | ||
| 10 Papers Per Extract Table At A Time | ||
| 5 One-Time Credits | ||
| 10,000 Ai Credits/Month | ||
| 50 Credits Per Month | ||
| 100 Papers Per Extract Table At A Time | ||
| 9 Tb Uploaded To Copilot | ||
| 1000+ Citation Styles | ||
| Collaboration Spaces | ||
| 2 Ai Writer Document Generations | ||
| Data Sharing Across Teams | ||
| 2,000 Ask Ai Writer Words/Month | ||
| Pay Per Use Structure | ||
| 20 Ai Searches/Month | ||
| Unlimited Scholarai Access | ||
| 20 Ai Writer Document Generations/Month | ||
| Unlimited Uploads | ||
| 40,000 Ai Credits/Month | ||
| Unlimited Use Of The Gpt & Copilot | ||
| 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 |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, ScholarAI comes out ahead overall, though Paperguide 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 ScholarAI's start at $9.99/mo, so ScholarAI is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Both Paperguide and ScholarAI offer a free tier.
ScholarAI scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
ScholarAI exposes a public API. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
