Explainpaper

Name: Explainpaper
Price: 16 USD

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#8 of 27

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6.8

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Plans and prices

From Explainpaper's own pricing page, checked 3 Oct 2026.

Plan	Price	What it gives you
Pro	$16 a month	Math Explain for formulas and figures · Advanced AI models · Whole-paper summaries · Save highlights and explanations · Ask questions about your paper · $16/month
Free	Free	Unlimited highlight explanations · Ask follow-up questions · Import your Zotero library · Powered by basic AI models · $0/month
Teams	Priced on request	Everything in Pro · Team management · Priority support · Volume discounts · Contact us

Each one read from Explainpaper's own pages, with the date it was checked.

Audience: The home page describes the product as a research paper reader and says it is used by more than 400,000 researchers.checked 3 Oct 2026
Auto-generated insights: The product generates smart outlines, extracts key points, and shows relationships between concepts.checked 3 Oct 2026
Citations: Paper chat can cite specific sections so readers can jump to relevant parts.checked 3 Oct 2026
Paper chat: Users can ask questions about a paper, get answers tied to its content, and follow up or request summaries of findings.checked 3 Oct 2026
Product: Explainpaper is an AI-powered research paper reader that lets users highlight confusing text and get simple explanations.checked 3 Oct 2026
Pro features: Pro includes Math Explain for formulas and figures, advanced AI models, full-paper summaries, saved highlights and explanations, and paper questions.checked 3 Oct 2026
Support: The fulfillment policy directs billing and subscription questions to [email protected].checked 3 Oct 2026

Billing and payments: The maker says subscriptions are billed monthly or annually according to the selected plan, payments are processed through Stripe, and card details are not stored on its servers.checked 3 Oct 2026
Free plan: Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
Free tier: The free plan is offered indefinitely and includes unlimited highlight explanations, follow-up questions, Zotero library import, and basic AI models.checked 3 Oct 2026
In-context explanations: Explanations support adjustable complexity, more than 50 languages, and the full paper context.checked 3 Oct 2026
Pro trial: The Pro plan offers a 7-day free trial, and the home page says a card is required for the trial.checked 3 Oct 2026

Teams: The Teams plan lists team management, priority support, and volume discounts.checked 3 Oct 2026