Academly vs Aithor

Academly is a web-based thesis-writing platform that generates academic writing from PDFs users upload. Users select pages from their sources, generate drafts, check citations, and assemble chapters into a thesis. The site says citations link to uploaded PDFs and verified page references. Chapter generation covers theory, methodology, discussion, and conclusion. Academly also describes an integrated Mayring workflow for coding interviews, forming categories, and generating findings. Free tools listed on the site include a thesis topic generator and literature search. Academly presents itself for Bachelor’s and Master’s thesis writers and researchers. The site says it is GDPR compliant and does not train AI models on user documents; it also lists email support. The free plan includes 60 Student Points on signup, basic summaries, automatic citations, and PDF uploads up to 5 MB. Pro costs $24 a month and includes 2,000 Student Points refreshed monthly, uploads up to 50 MB, chapter builders, qualitative analysis, and multiple export formats. Author costs $45 a month, and Lifetime costs $399, paid once.

Aithor is an AI-powered writing tool for students, researchers, and professionals, available through the web and API. Its Writer can draft essays, literature reviews, academic work, and research from a topic prompt, with adjustable length and tone. Aithor says its research database contains more than 10 million peer-reviewed, verifiable sources. The Writer can add citations in MLA, APA, IEEE, AMA, ACS, Chicago, Harvard, and Vancouver formats. Other listed tools include an AI Detector, Humanizer, Paraphraser, Grammar Checker, Citation Generator, and Topic Generator. Free accounts include limited paper generation and word allowances for some tools, and users may have to wait in line. Pro costs $7.50 a month, billed twice a year, and lists unlimited content generation and editing tools. API access is available for the Humanizer and Detector with customized usage-based pricing; credits are consumed according to word count, expire monthly, and each request has a five-credit minimum. Aithor says Humanizer results are not guaranteed to be 100% undetectable.