Logically vs Paperpile
Logically
logically.app
Paperpile
paperpile.comSide by side
| Figure | Logically | Paperpile |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $1/mo | $4.15/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 3 |
| Spec score · Reference Management Software | 8.2 (#11) | 8.2 (#12) |
| Spec score · Citation Management Software | 8.2 (#10) | 8.2 (#11) |
| Collaboration | Users can create shared libraries, invite others, and set permissions for collaborators. | Paperpile describes shared folders, shared libraries, access permissions, and collaborative PDF annotations and citations. |
| Founded | 2023 | 2012 |
| Purpose | Logically describes itself as an all-in-one workspace for managing references, conducting literature reviews, annotating files, taking notes, and writing papers. | Paperpile describes itself as a home for research papers and says its goal is to simplify collecting, managing, and writing papers. |
| Support | The pricing page lists a Help Center and priority human support among its customer-success features. | Paperpile directs questions to [email protected]. |
Plans
Paperpile
- Regular$4.15 a month
- Expert$5.75 a month
- Enterprise and InstitutionsPriced on request
In their own words
Logically
Logically is a research workspace for managing references, reviewing literature, annotating files, taking notes, and writing papers. Its AI assistant can search, summarize, and compare references across libraries, with inline citations and data sources. The reference manager accepts PDF, DOCX, TXT, MDOWN, EPUB, and PPTX files, along with URLs and DOIs. Users can import reference data from Zotero, Mendeley, and EndNote in RIS, BibTeX, or CFF formats. Semantic Scholar Mode draws on a database of 200 million peer-reviewed papers, and Logically says it supports more than 10,000 citation styles. Shared libraries, invitations, and collaborator permissions support group work. The free Cite Extension inserts citations and bibliographies from a Logically library into Microsoft Word; compatibility includes Word on the web, Word 2019 or later on Mac, and Word with Microsoft 365 on Mac or Windows. Logically runs as an extension, on macOS and Windows, and on the web. Free costs nothing and includes 100MB storage with daily AI-use limits. Unlimited is listed at $12 a year, billed at $12 per user/month yearly.
Paperpile
Paperpile is a reference manager for collecting, organizing and writing with research papers. It can import references, extract PDF metadata, organize libraries with folders and labels, detect duplicates, repair metadata and search collections. Plans include unlimited storage for research PDFs. Citation support includes more than 10,000 styles, with plugins for Google Docs and Microsoft Word. Shared folders and libraries, access permissions, and collaborative PDF annotations and citations support group work. The Android and iOS apps sync with the web library and support highlights, notes and drawn annotations. Users can also search 150 million articles across sources including PubMed, arXiv and CrossRef, and save PDFs with one tap. Integrations include Google Drive sync, Overleaf, browser extensions, and academic databases and publishers. Regular costs $4.15 a month and Expert costs $5.75 a month, with all plans billed annually; a 30-day trial is available. New sign-ups are currently available on Chrome, while Safari and Firefox access is in beta.