Paperguide vs Scholarcy
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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Scholarcy
Turns papers into structured flashcards: findings, methods, refs.
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.8 / 10 | 6.3 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | Free plan: 2,000 AI credits a month, limited reference manager and AI searches, and 10 Search API requests | Free plan capped — the pricing page says both 10 summaries and one a day |
| Paid from | $12/seat/month (Plus, billed yearly), or $19 billed monthly | Scholarcy Plus from SGD 13.99 a month, priced by country |
| Has API | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | 1m+ researchers |
| Founded | 2023 | 2018 |
| Maker | — | Everway (acquired October 2025) |
| 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... |
Scholarcy does one job: feed it a paper and it hands back a structured summary — key findings, methods, tables, a pulled reference list — instead of you reading twenty pages to get there. The Chrome extension is the most... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.