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Paperguide is built for undergraduate and graduate students, academic researchers, professors, doctors, scientists, and any professional who regularly reads and analyzes scientific literature. Whether you're brand new to research or a seasoned PhD, Paperguide adapts to your workflow.
Paperguide provides access to over 200 million research papers spanning life sciences, medicine, engineering, social sciences, and more. The AI understands the meaning behind your questions — not just keyword matching — delivering highly relevant results with proper citations.
The free forever plan includes AI Search, Chat with PDF, basic Reference Manager, and basic AI Writer — enough to experience the full research workflow. Upgrade to Pro when you need Deep Research Reports, unlimited searches, and large-scale data extraction across hundreds of papers simultaneously.
Zotero and Mendeley are primarily traditional reference managers. Paperguide goes far beyond — with AI Search from natural language questions, automated analysis and comparison of multiple papers, an AI Writer that generates cited academic content, and Deep Research that produces complete reports automatically. It also supports Zotero import, so you can use both together.
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