Connected Papers vs Research Rabbit
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Connected Papers
Visual exploration of related academic papers
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Research Rabbit
Visual citation-network mapper for papers — still free, now has RR+.
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7.4 / 10 | 7.7 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Free |
| Free tier | — | Full access for free |
| Paid from | — | — |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✓ |
| Users | — | 1m+ researchers |
| Founded | 2019 | 2021 |
| Maker | — | Riley Davis, Timothy Chang |
| Verdict | Connected Papers is a beautifully simple research tool: enter one paper and it generates a visual graph of similar work based on citation/co-citation similarity, making it easy to discover prior, derivative and seminal p... |
Research Rabbit maps citation networks, co-authorship, and topic timelines around any paper, and for years operated as a fully free public good for researchers. That changed on October 30, 2025: a redesign kept the core... |
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