Free search across 238M research papers, with citation context, one-line summaries and an open scholarly API.
United StatesAdded 2mo ago
FreeAPI
94trust score out of 100
alphaXiv alternatives
3 products our research names as a replacement for alphaXiv in Academic Search & Literature Review, each with what it does differently — prices, API and status from our own checks rather than from the vendors’ own pages.
Elicit
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90trust score out of 100
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