Audeus vs Paperpal
Audeus
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| Figure | Audeus | Paperpal |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $9.92/mo | $11.58/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 15 |
| Spec score · AI PDF Assistants | 9.3 (#2) | 8.9 (#4) |
| API and SDKs | Audeus publishes integration help for browser tools and Canva, but the public Help Center contains no API or SDK documentation section. | The public product, support and integration pages reviewed describe user-facing add-ins and extensions but do not publish API or SDK documentation. |
| Enterprise | The company offers volume-based pricing for teams, companies, and educational institutions. | The pricing page offers institutions shared libraries, access management, institution-wide pricing, and a free trial by contacting sales. |
| Integrations | The pricing page lists Canva integration, while the Chrome extension page says it works with Google Docs and Gmail. | Official pages list a web app, Microsoft Word add-in, Google Docs support, Chrome extension and Overleaf support. |
| Privacy | The privacy policy says uploaded text and documents may be collected as user content, and that services are hosted in the United States. | Paperpal says it never uses user documents, uploads, or personal information to train its AI models and allows users to delete documents. |
| Product | Audeus converts PDFs, documents, and other text into natural-sounding speech. | Paperpal is an AI research and academic writing workspace with writing, citation, paraphrasing, and integrity-check tools. |
| Rating on Software Advice | No rating from 0 reviews | 4.3 out of 5 from 3 reviews |
| Security | Audeus says it maintains administrative, technical, and physical safeguards, while stating it cannot guarantee complete security or privacy. | Paperpal states that data is encrypted in transit with 256-bit encryption and at rest with KMS keys, and that it uses SSAE 18/SOC1-certified data centers. |
| Self-hosting | The product is described as a cloud-based service with account-based library synchronization; no self-hosting option is documented. | Paperpal is presented as a hosted web and add-in service; the public pages reviewed do not describe self-hosted deployment. |
| What it does | Audeus converts PDFs, Word files, EPUBs, web articles, images and pasted text into natural-sounding speech with synchronized highlighting. | Paperpal is an AI academic writing and research assistant covering drafting, editing, research, citations, document checking and submission preparation. |
Plans
Paperpal
- Prime$144 a year
- Prime$25 a month
- Pro$348 a year
- Pro$59 a month
- FreeFree
- FreeFree
- Prime$12 a month
- Paperpal Prime$25 a month
- Prime Monthly$25 a month
- Pro$29 a month
In their own words
Audeus
Audeus converts PDFs, documents, scans, screenshots, and other text into speech using AI voices. It supports PDF, Word (DOCX), and non-DRM EPUB files, and advertises more than 50 languages. As audio plays, spoken text is highlighted; playback speed can be adjusted, with Pro listing speeds up to 3.5x. Users can highlight documents, add notes and comments, and mark images or graphs with shape highlights. The app can scan printed material, including multiple pages in a batch. Listed platforms are Android, iOS, web, and an extension; the Chrome extension page says it works with Google Docs and Gmail, while Canva integration appears on the pricing page. Free includes standard voices, limited access to Pro voices, and limited document uploads. Pro is listed at $119.04 per year, billed annually ($9.92/month), and includes a three-day trial. The selected plan begins automatically after the trial unless canceled. The company offers volume-based pricing for teams and institutions.
Paperpal
Paperpal is an AI research and academic writing workspace for students and researchers, combining writing help, citation tools, and academic checks. Users can upload references and PDFs, ask questions, and receive cited findings from more than 300 million verified research articles. Writing tools cover academic suggestions, paraphrasing, tone changes, word reduction, grammar, proofreading, and citation formatting. Its checker suite looks for plagiarism and AI-writing patterns, checks references, and assesses journal submission readiness. Paperpal runs on the web and as a browser extension; it also offers a Microsoft Word add-in and browser-extension support for Google Docs and Overleaf. The free plan includes 200 language suggestions, five generative AI uses per day, 7,000 plagiarism-check words per month, and five daily AI-detection scans of up to 1,200 words each. Prime costs $144 a year billed annually, or $25 a month billed monthly. Pro costs $348 a year billed annually, or $59 a month billed monthly. Paperpal says it does not train its AI models on user documents, uploads, or personal information, and allows document deletion.