Keenious vs Semantic Scholar
Keenious
keenious.com
Semantic Scholar
semanticscholar.orgSide by side
| Figure | Keenious | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $10/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 8 | 1 |
| Spec score · Research Paper Discovery Tools | 7.9 (#8) | 7.5 (#19) |
| Spec score · AI Search Engines | 8.0 (#11) | 7.5 (#21) |
| Headquarters | Tromsø, Norway | Seattle, Washington, United States |
| Purpose | Keenious helps students and researchers find published academic research and understand complex literature with AI guidance. | Semantic Scholar provides free, AI-driven search and discovery tools for scientific literature. |
| Research corpus | The site says Keenious provides access to more than 250 million academic works from OpenAlex and identifies open access works through Unpaywall. | Its Academic Graph API page lists 214 million papers, 2.49 billion citations, and 79 million authors. |
| Support | Team and institution plans include dedicated customer and user support; institutional plans also include training, workshops, and webinars. | The librarian resources page directs users to the FAQ, a Contact Us form, and tutorial videos for help. |
Plans
Keenious
- FreeFree
- Plus for Individuals$10 a month
- Plus for Teams$20 a month
- For InstitutionsPriced on request
- Plus for Individuals$10 a month
- Plus for Teams$20 a month
- FreePrice not published
- InstitutionsPriced on request
In their own words
Semantic Scholar
Semantic Scholar has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.