Genei vs Paperguide
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Genei
UK PDF and web-page summariser, still online but no longer maintained
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Paperguide
AI research workspace for literature search and systematic reviews
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| RECATOOLS Score | 5.4 / 10 | 6.8 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Subscription | Freemium |
| Free tier | Not offered — a 14-day free trial on each plan | Free plan: 2,000 AI credits a month, limited reference manager and AI searches, and 10 Search API requests |
| Paid from | £9.99/month (Basic) or £7.99/month billed annually, academic Basic from £3.99 | $12/seat/month (Plus, billed yearly), or $19 billed monthly |
| Has API | ✗ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✓ |
| Users | — | — |
| Founded | 2019 | 2023 |
| Maker | — | — |
| Verdict | Genei was a promising early AI reader: Oxford-prize-winning, a Y Combinator Summer 2021 company, and genuinely useful to students who needed key points pulled out of dense papers. The core features, summaries, keywords,... |
Paperguide puts literature search, a reference manager, data extraction, a research agent and an AI writer in one workspace, and its newer Systematic Review module adds dual-reviewer PRISMA screening where the AI prepare... |
| Full review → | Full review → |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.