PaperPilot vs Scholarcy
PaperPilot
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| Figure | PaperPilot | Scholarcy |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $4.92/mo | $7.50/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 5 |
| Spec score · Text Summarization Software | 7.7 (#16) | 8.6 (#6) |
| Integrations | Google handles sign-in, Stripe handles billing, and Anthropic provides the language model for summaries. | Scholarcy supports direct import from Zotero and exports referenced summaries to Markdown for knowledge managers such as Roam, Obsidian, and Notion. |
| Purpose | PaperPilot adds a Summarize button to research paper pages and generates structured AI summaries for triage. | Scholarcy turns research documents into interactive summary flashcards that highlight key information and provide context. |
| Support | Support questions, bug reports, and feature requests can be sent to [email protected]. | The pricing page directs users to its contact page or [email protected] for help. |
Plans
Scholarcy
- Free Article SummarizerFree
- Scholarcy Plus Monthly$9.99 a month
- Scholarcy Plus Yearly$90 a year
- Scholarcy Plus (monthly plan)Price not published
- Scholarcy Plus (yearly)Price not published
In their own words
PaperPilot
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Scholarcy
Scholarcy turns research material into interactive summary flashcards that highlight key information and provide context. It accepts research papers, PDFs, book chapters, online articles, plain text and YouTube videos. Users can add content by uploading or dropping files, entering a webpage URL, pasting text or using a browser extension. Enhanced summaries can be tailored to reading styles such as School level, General reader, Bulleted list, Undergrad level, One liner and Researcher. Research tools include cited-work findings, article prompts and questions, a Research Quality Indicator and comparisons with related research. Scholarcy imports directly from Zotero and exports referenced summaries to Markdown for tools including Roam, Obsidian and Notion. Extensions are offered for Chrome, Edge and Firefox; Safari is listed as coming soon. The free plan costs nothing and allows 10 summaries, with flashcards exported one at a time. Scanned PDFs without extractable text are unsupported unless OCR is run first, and URLs behind paywalls may not import. Scholarcy says customer data is encrypted at rest and in transit.