Aginsi vs SciSummary

Aginsi is an AI research co-pilot that turns reading material into summaries with key passages highlighted. It accepts articles, academic papers, PDFs, long threads, reports, and video transcripts; summaries keep their references and show the amount of compression and estimated reading time saved. The free Margin plan costs nothing and includes 10 monthly summaries for articles and PDFs. Scholar costs $9 a month and adds unlimited summaries, a library with tags and search, Markdown and PDF export, and a browser companion. Faculty costs $29 a month and adds team seats, shared shelves, batch and API access, and priority support. The product is available through web, extension, and API. Aginsi says it discards submitted source documents and retains only summaries users choose to save. Source text is processed transiently and not used to train models. Users can request access to, correction of, export of, or deletion of account data and saved summaries by contacting [email protected]. The company describes itself as a small studio in Helsinki.

SciSummary uses AI to help scientists, researchers, and students understand scientific papers through summaries, analysis, and extracted insights. Summaries are organized into abstract, methods, results, and conclusion sections. It can combine multiple papers into one summary and compare them, while folders and tags organize a research library. Figure chat interprets p-values, confidence intervals, and effect sizes. The service extracts abstracts, figures, and references and highlights key findings. Its web and API access includes a bulk API accepting PDFs, links, or full text, with hundreds of documents supported in one request. A REST API includes an official CLI and generated SDK clients from its OpenAPI specification. An MCP server connects with Claude Desktop and ChatGPT. SciSummary also summarizes webpages and accepts file uploads. Pricing is paid, starting at $4/mo (annual), with a 7-day trial and no standard free plan.