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Paper Digest

AI research platform for literature review and paper digests

Paper Digest is an AI research platform from the Paper Digest Team, based in New York City, that helps academics read, write and track scholarly literature. Its page says it was established in 2018. Tools include a Literature Review generator, Deep Research reports, an Academic Reader for asking questions about PDFs, an Academic Writer with citations, Claim Verification and a Literature Matrix for comparing papers side by side. The service also sends customized daily digests for arXiv, bioRxiv, ClinicalTrials and PubMed, and publishes conference and best-paper digests. The company says its literature review generator does not rely on large language models and cites every sentence.

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Research & Analysis
Pricing
Freemium
Platforms
web
Last updated
November 10, 2026

What Paper Digest does

  • Literature Review. Generates a literature review on a topic, with citations for every sentence according to the vendor.
  • Academic Reader. Answers questions about an uploaded academic PDF.
  • Daily digests. Customized alerts for arXiv, bioRxiv, ClinicalTrials and PubMed, delivered by email or console.
  • Literature Matrix. Compares multiple papers side by side.
  • Claim Verification. Checks claims against the research literature.
  • Conference digests. One-sentence highlights of accepted papers at many conferences.

Who it’s for

  • Researchers keeping up with new arXiv or PubMed papers
  • Students drafting a literature review with cited sources
  • Academics who want quick answers about a PDF

Paper Digest pricing

Free tier with daily quotas; paid for new users: $10.99/mo monthly, $7.99/mo half-yearly, $6.66/mo billed $79.90 yearly

As listed on November 9, 2026. Check paperdigest.org for current prices.

Things to know

  • Free tier is quota-limited: 5 literature reviews, 10 rewriting jobs and 10 Q&A jobs per day
  • Listed prices apply to new users only, not existing accounts
  • Subscriptions are non-refundable and fees are not prorated

Quick answers

What is Paper Digest?
Paper Digest is an AI research platform from the Paper Digest Team, based in New York City, that helps academics read, write and track scholarly literature.
Is Paper Digest free?
Paper Digest has a free plan. Paid plans start at $6.66 a month. (As listed on November 9, 2026.)
Who makes Paper Digest?
Paper Digest is made by Paper Digest Team and has been available since 2018.
Where can you use Paper Digest?
Paper Digest is available on the web.
What are some alternatives to Paper Digest?
Other tools filed in the same section include ResearchRabbit, SciSpace and Logically.

Tags

#literature-review#daily-digest#academic-reader#arxiv#pubmed

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