Open Knowledge Maps vs Litmaps

A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.

Open Knowledge Maps Free visual maps clustering the top 100 papers on any topic Visit Litmaps Discover related research with citation-graph mapping Visit
RECATOOLS Score 6.7 / 10 7 / 10
Capability 6 7
Value for money 9 7
Ease of use 7 7
ASEAN readiness 7 6
API quality 5 0
Pricing Free Freemium
Free tier Full access free, no account required 3 maps with 200 papers each
Paid from $10/month (Researcher)
Has API
Open source
Free to use
Users 500k+ researchers 100k+ researchers
Founded 2015 2016
Maker Peter Kraker University of Otago
Verdict

Open Knowledge Maps turns a search query into an interactive map that clusters the top 100 documents from PubMed or BASE into visual topic groups — a fast, free way to get oriented in an unfamiliar field. It's a register...

Litmaps maps citation networks so you can see how papers connect, spot the seminal ones, and catch new work as it publishes — handy for systematic reviews and expanding out from a handful of seed papers. The bigger 2026...

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