Paperguide vs Zotero
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Paperguide
AI research workspace for literature search and systematic reviews
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Zotero
Free, open-source reference manager from a nonprofit
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.8 / 10 | 8.4 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Open Source |
| Free tier | Free plan: 2,000 AI credits a month, limited reference manager and AI searches, and 10 Search API requests | Full app free and open source (AGPL-3.0) on desktop, iOS and Android; unlimited data sync; 300 MB file storage; WebDAV for files; 2 hrs/month standard Read Aloud voices |
| Paid from | $12/seat/month (Plus, billed yearly), or $19 billed monthly | $20/year for 2 GB cloud file storage |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✓ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | — |
| Founded | 2023 | 2006 |
| Maker | — | Corporation for Digital Scholarship (Digital Scholar) |
| Verdict | 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... |
Zotero remains the open-source benchmark for reference management: free on desktop, iOS and Android, with one-click browser capture, a built-in PDF and EPUB reader, and citation plugins for Word, LibreOffice and Google D... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.