Detailed comparison across 10 dimensions
Winner: Scisummary
SciSummary 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 $4/mo for SciSummary.
| Overview | ||
|---|---|---|
| Type | saas tool | ai tool |
| Company | Paperguide (Goom AI) | SciSummary |
| Free Tier | ||
| Has API | ||
| Open Source | ||
| Learning Curve | - | - |
| Integration | - | - |
| Trending | Stable | Stable |
| GitHub Stars | - | - |
| Industries | Data & AnalyticsDevelopment | Data & AnalyticsDevelopment |
| Categories | ai-research | ai-research |
| Website | Visit | Visit |
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| Feature | paperguide | scisummary |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000 Ai Credits/Month | ||
| 1,000 Documents Indexed Via Semantic Search | ||
| 10 Papers Per Extract Table At A Time | ||
| 100 Chat Messages | ||
| 10,000 Ai Credits/Month | ||
| 30,000 Words | ||
| 100 Papers Per Extract Table At A Time | ||
| 5 Figures Analyzed | ||
| 1000+ Citation Styles | ||
| 50 Papers Quick Click Import | ||
| 2 Ai Writer Document Generations | ||
| Unlimited Article Searches | ||
| 2,000 Ask Ai Writer Words/Month | ||
| Unlimited Article Searches For 1 Month | ||
| 20 Ai Searches/Month | ||
| Unlimited Chat Messages | ||
| 20 Ai Writer Document Generations/Month | ||
| Unlimited Chat Messages For 1 Month | ||
| 40,000 Ai Credits/Month | ||
| Unlimited Figures Analyzed | ||
| 5 Ai Writer Document Generations/Month | ||
| Unlimited Figures Analyzed For 1 Month | ||
| 5 Extract Columns Per Table | ||
| Unlimited Quick Click Import | ||
| 50 Extract Columns Per Table | ||
| Unlimited Quick Click Import For 1 Month | ||
| 500Mb References Storage | ||
| Unlimited Summaries | ||
| Centralized Billing | ||
| Unlimited Summaries For 1 Month |
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On Staquest's weighted six-dimension scoring, SciSummary 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 SciSummary's start at $4/mo, so SciSummary is the lower entry price. Check the pricing comparison for higher tiers and per-seat costs.
Both Paperguide and SciSummary offer a free tier.
SciSummary scores higher on pricing value in Staquest's analysis. It is the highest-weighted dimension in this comparison.
SciSummary exposes a public API. The feature comparison and dimension scores above cover the full breakdown.
