Liner vs Scira
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.7 / 10 | 6.5 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Free plan: unlimited Advanced Search, 1 file upload a day (25MB), answers with ads, no agent credits | 3 searches a day with basic models and 13 search modes, no card; or self-host the AGPL-3.0 repo with your own API keys |
| Paid from | Pro $14.99/mo billed annually; $17.99 billed monthly | Pro $15/mo ($9 students); Max $60/mo; India ₹1,390/₹5,990 |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✓ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | — |
| Founded | 2015 | — |
| Maker | Independent (Liner Corp.) | — |
| Verdict | Liner is a capable research assistant whose line-level citations and academic search make it easier to check what the AI says, and one plan now covers search, scholarship and writing. Its scale figures and benchmark are... |
Scira remains one of the cleanest open-source takes on cited AI search, and a useful reference for anyone studying how a Perplexity-style answer engine is built — though the public repository has not seen a code change s... |
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