Anara vs Doxy

Anara is an AI tool for scientific workflows, helping researchers search literature, understand sources, synthesize findings and write cited work. Its Agent searches a library, the web and academic databases; Anara says its academic search spans more than 500 million papers, including sources such as PubMed, arXiv and JSTOR. Answers link citations to exact passages in source documents. Supported materials include PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoints, spreadsheets, images, audio and video, and a conversation can cover up to 10,000 documents in a library. Connectors include Zotero, Mendeley, Google Drive, Notion, OneDrive, Dropbox, Slack, Teams, PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov. A scientific writing editor offers citation suggestions and LaTeX support. Access is listed for the web, macOS, iOS and Chrome extension. Anara states that it is SOC 2 Type II and ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified and GDPR and HIPAA compliant. Data is processed and stored in the United States; EU-only data residency is not available. Paid plans start at $10/user/mo (annual).

Doxy is a web document-chat app for asking questions about uploaded files and other source material. Users organise files into projects, ask questions in plain language and receive answers that cite the documents used. Supported inputs include PDFs, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, images, audio, HTML, CSV, ZIP and EPUB files, plus web links and YouTube URLs. YouTube questions use the video transcript. Users can upload and ask questions in many languages, with answers in the question’s language where the source supports it. Pro and Business plans generate multiple-choice quizzes with explanations and open-ended practice exercises from selected sources. The Free plan costs nothing for 3 documents, 20 questions monthly and 10 MB files. Pro costs $4.99 a month for 100 documents, 1,000 questions monthly and 50 MB files. Business costs $9.99 a month with unlimited documents and questions and 200 MB files. An account is required.