Explainpaper vs Scholarcy
Scholarcy scores 6.0 to Explainpaper's 3.3 among the paper readers we rate, and is the better pick for 4 of the 5 kinds of buyer below.
Scholarcy wins, 6.0 to 3.3
Scholarcy costs CA$13.99 a month for its only paid plan; Explainpaper's Pro plan is $16 a month. Scholarcy answers back with far more built in: it shows whether later papers support or dispute a paper through a Scite.ai integration, pulls data from many papers into an Excel literature matrix, reads tables and figures, and sends RSS or email alerts for new papers, none of which Explainpaper offers. Explainpaper's advantage is a chat style question and answer feature on a single uploaded paper.
Pick Explainpaper if you want to chat with and ask questions of one paper.
Pick Scholarcy if you want citation classification, table extraction and paper alerts.
Best for
Who each one suits, decided on the criteria that matter to that buyer and the checked facts where the two differ.
- Searches a database of papers: Scholarcy yes, Explainpaper no
- Alerts for new papers: Scholarcy yes, Explainpaper no
- Shows if later papers support or dispute a paper: Scholarcy yes, Explainpaper no
- Pulls data from many papers into a table: Scholarcy yes, Explainpaper no
- Reads tables and figures: Scholarcy yes, Explainpaper no
- But Explainpaper leads on ask questions of a paper: Explainpaper yes, Scholarcy no
- Monthly price, cheapest paid plan: $10.21 against $16
- Export formats: Markdown, RIS, DOC, XLS, PPT, BibTeX against None
- Browser extension: Scholarcy yes, Explainpaper no
- University or library licence: Scholarcy yes, Explainpaper no
- But Explainpaper leads on works in languages other than English: Explainpaper yes, Scholarcy no
How they score
Both are scored the same way, against the other paper readers we rate, from facts on each vendor's own pages. Scholarcy leads on 5 of 6 criteria.
Where they differ
Every point where the two vendors' published facts disagree, with a link to where each fact was read. "Not published" means the vendor does not say either way.
Where they match (16)
Pricing, plan by plan
Every plan each vendor publishes, monthly and yearly where both are offered.
Explainpaper
Scholarcy
For everything else about each tool, read the full Explainpaper review and Scholarcy review.
Explainpaper vs Scholarcy: common questions
Which is better, Explainpaper or Scholarcy?
Scholarcy scores 6.0 and Explainpaper 3.3 out of 10 among the paper readers we rate. Scholarcy is ahead on finding papers, reading and analysing papers, pricing, citing and writing and access, teams and privacy.
Is Explainpaper or Scholarcy cheaper?
Explainpaper's cheapest paid plan is $16/mo and Scholarcy's is €8.99/mo. Compare what each plan includes below before going on price alone.
What can Explainpaper do that Scholarcy cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: ask questions of a paper and works in languages other than English.
What can Scholarcy do that Explainpaper cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: searches a database of papers, alerts for new papers, shows if later papers support or dispute a paper, pulls data from many papers into a table, reads tables and figures, browser extension, university or library licence and aPI.
