Explainpaper
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- Plans updated: Free tier at $0/month (unlimited highlight explanations, follow-up questions, basic AI models). Pro at $16/month (advanced AI models, summaries, saved highlights, paper Q&A, graph/figure/equation explanations, auto outlines) with a 7-day free trial. Teams plan available at custom pricing. Monthly and yearly (save 25%) billing options.
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Explainpaper is a freemium AI-powered research paper reading tool designed for researchers, students, and academics. It provides in-context NLP-driven explanations of highlighted text, with adjustable complexity levels ranging from beginner to expert. The platform supports chat/Q&A interactions grounded in paper content, auto-generated outlines, and key point extraction. Pro tier ($16/month) unlocks advanced AI models, click-to-explain parsing of graphs, figures, and equations, saved highlights, and paper-level Q&A. A Zotero integration enables direct library import. Explainpaper supports 50+ languages for explanations and serves a user base of 400,000+ researchers. Teams pricing is available at custom rates; yearly billing saves 25%.