Name: Best Of the Best
Item: Afforai
Rating: 5
Author: J007

Group

Software

Operations

Sub category

Productivity

Product tag

Personal productivity

Best for

Marketers

Small businesses

Solopreneurs

Alternative to

Copy.ai

Jasper

Integrations

Operating system

Browser-based

Features

GDPR-compliant

Allows Existing Accounts

Verifiable data citations with every AI output

Powerful modeDocument retrieval mode: Link multiple documents to chat with AI

Semantic scholar mode: Supplement knowledge from 128 million research papers

Google Search mode: Supplement up-to-date info from the internet

All future Professional Plan (Tier 1 & 2) and Unlimited Plan (Tier 3) updates

If Plan name changes, deal will be mapped to the new Plan name with all accompanying updates

No codes, no stacking—just choose the plan that’s right for you

You must activate your license within 60 days of purchase

Ability to upgrade between 3 license tiers while the deal is available

Ability to downgrade between 3 license tiers within 60 days of purchase

Previous AppSumo customers who purchased Afforai can upgrade their license to increase their feature limits

Previous AppSumo customers will be grandfathered into the new feature limits

Once the rate limit is exceeded, AI will be using Azure GPT3.5 until the time 3-hour time frame is reset

Afforai’s rate limit matches that of OpenAI (implies no relationship or uses OpenAI technology)

Azure GPT models are enterprise AI models provided and hosted by Microsoft Azure

Changelog

Become an Affiliate

Afforai Community

Help Center

Roadmap

G2 reviews

Product Hunt Reviews

Founders LinkedIn

Message from Alec & Roadmap (Jul 16, 2024)

Co-Founder

July 2024 Product Update

Clarification of changes to credits

Afforai Giveaway for Sumo Day 2024!! ($1K value)

February 2024 New Features Update

Last Call announcement from Founder

Q&A video, giveaway, and update #8

Q&A webinar and update #7

A big thank you and update #6

Feature update #5 from Afforai

Feature update #4 from Afforai

Feature update #3 from Afforai

Feature update #2 from Afforai

Feature update #1 from Afforai

First post from founder

Company and product FAQs

<h4 class=""><b>Afforai is an AI chatbot that searches, summarizes, and translates info from multiple sources to produce trustworthy research.</b></h4> 

<p><div class="story-inline-video"><iframe id="afforai-vid" width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hjg2UBsKqCQ?si=muC7i3SrOKc0uLAJ&rel=0" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></div></p>

<h4 class=""><b>Complex research made simple</b></h4> 

<p>With Afforai, you’ll get an AI-powered research reference manager that lets you<b> manage your papers and research from anywhere</b>.</p> 

 
 
<ul><li><b>Supports different document types</b> including website URLs, PDFs, EPUBs, TXT files, and DOI</li><li><b>Create personal folders and shareable libraries</b>—then invite others to collaborate</li><li><b>Annotate and create notes</b> while auto-generating citations using metadata</li></ul> 

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<h5 class="" style="text-align: center; "><i>With Afforai, it’s easy to organize and manage all your research in one place.</i></h5><h4 class=""><b>Get answers from your AI research assistant</b></h4> 

 
 
<ul><li><b>Review literature or summarize and compare hundreds of papers </b></li><li><b>Analyze dense texts</b> like textbooks and in-depth research journals</li><li><b>Always get reliable and verifiable data citations</b> you can easily use in a bibliography</li></ul> 

<p>And because this feature <b>works in over 100 languages</b>, you can upload a French novel or ask a question in Japanese, and the AI will respond accordingly.</p> 

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<h5 class="" style="text-align: center; "><i>Easily connect hundreds of documents and URLs to research with your AI assistant.</i></h5><h4 class=""><b>Level up your research strategy</b></h4><p>Afforai uses every source to <b>answer your questions with multiple citations</b>, so you know replies are factual and reliable.</p>  

 
 
<ul><li><b>Conduct research using uploaded files</b> with citations in Document Retrieval mode</li><li><b>Boost your research with up-to-date Google results </b>in Google Search mode</li><li><b>Get access to over 200 million peer-reviewed papers</b> in Semantic Scholar mode</li></ul> 

<p>
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<h5 class="" style="text-align: center; "><i>Elevate your research using Document Retrieval, Google Search, and Semantic Scholar modes.</i></h5><h4 class=""><b>Side-by-side document views</b></h4> 

<p>Best of all, Afforai lets you<b> pull up your research docs right next to the chat window</b>, so you don’t have to switch between tabs.</p> 

 
 
<ul><li><b>Pull up papers, webpages, and slide decks</b>—Afforai works with all supported info sources</li><li>Click on citations to <b>access direct links to the original information</b></li><li>Only<b> get answers with a direct reference</b> to ensure accurate and reliable information</li></ul> 

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<h5 class="" style="text-align: center; "><i>View documents next to the Afforai chatbot to simplify your research.</i></h5><p>Research on easy mode! Use Afforai to analyze hundreds of cited sources and access a database packed with millions of peer-reviewed articles.</p>  

<p>Find exactly what you’re looking for.</p> 

<p><b>Get lifetime access to Afforai today!</b></p>

Use this AI research assistant to search, summarize, and translate your research

<h4 class=""><b>Afforai is an AI chatbot that searches, summarizes, and translates info from multiple sources to produce trustworthy research.</b></h4> 

<p><div class="story-inline-video"><iframe
  id="afforai-vid"
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  allowfullscreen
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<h4 class=""><b>Complex research made simple</b></h4> 

<p>With Afforai, you’ll get an AI-powered research reference manager that lets you<b> manage your papers and research from anywhere</b>.</p> 

 
 
<ul><li><b>Supports different document types</b> including website URLs, PDFs, EPUBs, TXT files, and DOI</li><li><b>Create personal folders and shareable libraries</b>—then invite others to collaborate</li><li><b>Annotate and create notes</b> while auto-generating citations using metadata</li></ul> 

<p>
        <img
          class="story-inline-image z-depth-2"
          src="https://appsumo2-cdn.appsumo.com/media/stories/images/afforai24-1.png?optimizer=gif"
          alt="Research reference manager"
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<h5 class="" style="text-align: center; "><i>With Afforai, it’s easy to organize and manage all your research in one place.</i></h5><h4 class=""><b>Get answers from your AI research assistant</b></h4> 

 
 
<ul><li><b>Review literature or summarize and compare hundreds of papers </b></li><li><b>Analyze dense texts</b> like textbooks and in-depth research journals</li><li><b>Always get reliable and verifiable data citations</b> you can easily use in a bibliography</li></ul> 

<p>And because this feature <b>works in over 100 languages</b>, you can upload a French novel or ask a question in Japanese, and the AI will respond accordingly.</p> 

<p>
        <img
          class="story-inline-image z-depth-2"
          src="https://appsumo2-cdn.appsumo.com/media/stories/images/afforai24-2.png?optimizer=gif"
          alt="AI research assistant"
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          width="850" height="500"
          loading="lazy"
        />
    </p>



<h5 class="" style="text-align: center; "><i>Easily connect hundreds of documents and URLs to research with your AI assistant.</i></h5><h4 class=""><b>Level up your research strategy</b></h4><p>Afforai uses every source to <b>answer your questions with multiple citations</b>, so you know replies are factual and reliable.</p>  

 
 
<ul><li><b>Conduct research using uploaded files</b> with citations in Document Retrieval mode</li><li><b>Boost your research with up-to-date Google results </b>in Google Search mode</li><li><b>Get access to over 200 million peer-reviewed papers</b> in Semantic Scholar mode</li></ul> 

<p>
        <img
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          src="https://appsumo2-cdn.appsumo.com/media/stories/images/afforai24-3.png?optimizer=gif"
          alt="Research modes"
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<h5 class="" style="text-align: center; "><i>Elevate your research using Document Retrieval, Google Search, and Semantic Scholar modes.</i></h5><h4 class=""><b>Side-by-side document views</b></h4> 

<p>Best of all, Afforai lets you<b> pull up your research docs right next to the chat window</b>, so you don’t have to switch between tabs.</p> 

 
 
<ul><li><b>Pull up papers, webpages, and slide decks</b>—Afforai works with all supported info sources</li><li>Click on citations to <b>access direct links to the original information</b></li><li>Only<b> get answers with a direct reference</b> to ensure accurate and reliable information</li></ul> 

<p>
        <img
          class="story-inline-image z-depth-2"
          src="https://appsumo2-cdn.appsumo.com/media/stories/images/afforai24-4.png?optimizer=gif"
          alt="Side-by-side document viewer"
          srcset="https://appsumo2-cdn.appsumo.com/media/stories/images/afforai24-4.png?width=495&optimizer=gif 450w, https://appsumo2-cdn.appsumo.com/media/stories/images/afforai24-4.png?width=654&optimizer=gif 595w, https://appsumo2-cdn.appsumo.com/media/stories/images/afforai24-4.png?width=935&optimizer=gif 850w"
          sizes="(min-width: 950px) 1045px, 100vw"
          width="850" height="500"
          loading="lazy"
        />
    </p>



<h5 class="" style="text-align: center; "><i>View documents next to the Afforai chatbot to simplify your research.</i></h5><p>Research on easy mode! Use Afforai to analyze hundreds of cited sources and access a database packed with millions of peer-reviewed articles.</p>  

<p>Find exactly what you’re looking for.</p> 

<p><b>Get lifetime access to Afforai today!</b></p>