1) Is it able to handle at least 20 uploaded documents per paper? I want to upload PDFs of peer-reviewed papers that I've selected, and I need the AI to use the information from those papers to help me write my literature review.
2) Is the AI able to cite the sources where it got the information from, while also making sure to provide page numbers? My main concern with tools like this is the accuracy of the information, since I worry the AI will just make things up, as AI is known to hallucinate. It would be way too time-consuming for me to cross-check everything manually though, especially if I don't know where to look. So, to deal with this problem, I need to know the page numbers where each piece of information came from, in order to verify that it's accurate. Are page numbers provided?
1) You can use the option of selecting "my references" or a folder within it as AI knowledge sources when using our writer to write your literature review. Please refer to help page of our writer which has demo video as well as feature details https://paperguidehelp.notion.site/AI-Writer-111980d21a2d801bb425d0fe010b5797 2) In chat with pdf, literature review and extract data, the citation will show you the paragraph/section from which it has sourced the information, when you ask a question or extract specific info. In the writer, it currently gives only the paper from which it sources and does not give page number. We will work on this feature request.
A: Hi. Thanks for your question. The storage is for meant for the reference manager which essentially can be used as your knowledge base. In terms of features, tier 1 and tier 2 will have same quality except that the feature limits would vary. For example the number of columns you can extract and download at a time in literature review and extract data feature will be 8 vs 50. Similarly the number of papers/pdfs you can select at a time in extract data will be 25 vs 100. Automatic Full article generation feature in AI writer limits per month will be 3 vs 20. In our upcoming deep research reports, this limit will be 10 vs 50 per month.
Q: How is your AI Tool the best for Food Research, Solutions for Sourcing, Contamination, and Public Collaboration?
I'm researching food sourcing, harvesting, pesticide and chemical contamination, ingredient origins, and brand transparency. Which is better and why: PaperGuide, Wonders AI (Read Wonders). Which one helps me gather credible sources, then organize findings, and share them with the public via links? My priority is a tool that ensures transparency, lists all sources used, and supports collaboration with the public on food benefits and risks. Can yours show proofs for: -Sourcing and Harvesting -Pesticide and Chemical Contamination -Food Processing and Extraction -Ingredient Origins and Farming Practices -Name Brands and Product Transparency How does your SaaS tool allow me to publicly display a comprehensive list of all sources used in my research so others can verify the information themselves and prove the above?
A: Hi. Thanks for your question. Paperguide's AI search and literature review, along with chat with pdfs can serve your purpose as they have share option as well which helps you share public links with others. Sharing a quick sample below on the topic of your search "food sourcing, harvesting, pesticide and chemical contamination, ingredient origins, and brand transparency" https://paperguide.ai/search/94265a32-fc67-43b4-8cf4-0735fb222470/ Apart from the research assistance features, paperguide also has collaborative reference manager to save your references and pull AI summaries for them, add notes etc. It' also has AI writer which should help you quickly write articles, essays, lit reviews or research papers along with citations in 1000+ citation styles.
Readwonders is relevant as well for your use case (if you don't need the writer tool) as it can help with similar features for your search, organizing and sharing, although you will have to check the quality of response on both platforms and take a call. Readwonders has multi-step research feature, a feature similar to our upcoming Deep Research reports that we expect to get live in couple of weeks time.
Please do reach out to us on support chat in help section of our website or email at hello@paperguide.ai in case you have further queries.
A: Hi. Thanks for your question. Paperguide is an all-in-one research assistant for discovering (AI search & literature review features) reading (chat with pdf/extract data0 managing (reference manager) and writing research(AI writer). While consensus and elicit help you with finding research-backed answers similar to paperguide, there are limited to one or couple of features when compared to paperguide. Consensus only helps with finding research backed answers and conducting a deeper analysis. It does not have writer, reference manager or literature review/extract data features. Elicit also does not have writer and reference manager (they have a basic library feature to save files)
You can find detailed comparisons here: https://paperguide.ai/blog/paperguide-vs-consensus/ https://paperguide.ai/blog/paperguide-vs-elicit/
But with Consensus and Elicit, you pay for a monthly subscription. So, I guess you cannot say that you "have" them. You have them only if you pay for their respective monthly subscriptions.
I'm not sure how to ask, but wanna try. I have tons of PDFs covering topics of music theory, harmony and composition. I'm looking for a tool, that could reliably search through them to find answers to my questions and that could provide information about the source (which pdf etc). Will it work this way?
Thanks for your question. Paperguide currently supports extracting data from 100 papers/pdfs at a time using its Extract Data feature where you can extract upto 50 parameters in a tabular format. You can also chat with upto 100 papers using chat with papers in reference manager. However, chat with papers works by scanning all relevant papers among the selected and responds based on the top 3-5 relevant papers for answering the specific question. Based on the question, the top 3-5 papers will be different from among the selected papers (upto 100 papers)
Q: Questions about this tool
I have a few questions about this tool.
1) Is it able to handle at least 20 uploaded documents per paper? I want to upload PDFs of peer-reviewed papers that I've selected, and I need the AI to use the information from those papers to help me write my literature review.
2) Is the AI able to cite the sources where it got the information from, while also making sure to provide page numbers? My main concern with tools like this is the accuracy of the information, since I worry the AI will just make things up, as AI is known to hallucinate. It would be way too time-consuming for me to cross-check everything manually though, especially if I don't know where to look. So, to deal with this problem, I need to know the page numbers where each piece of information came from, in order to verify that it's accurate. Are page numbers provided?
Mallik_Paperguide
Apr 29, 2025A: Hi. Thanks for your question.
1) You can use the option of selecting "my references" or a folder within it as AI knowledge sources when using our writer to write your literature review. Please refer to help page of our writer which has demo video as well as feature details
https://paperguidehelp.notion.site/AI-Writer-111980d21a2d801bb425d0fe010b5797
2) In chat with pdf, literature review and extract data, the citation will show you the paragraph/section from which it has sourced the information, when you ask a question or extract specific info. In the writer, it currently gives only the paper from which it sources and does not give page number. We will work on this feature request.
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Great! Thank you for answering my questions.
My pleasure
Q: Is the storage actually our knowledge base?
Also, is Tier 1 at least 75% (for example) as good as Tier 2 in producing cited references and producing good work for research papers?
Mallik_Paperguide
Apr 25, 2025A: Hi. Thanks for your question. The storage is for meant for the reference manager which essentially can be used as your knowledge base. In terms of features, tier 1 and tier 2 will have same quality except that the feature limits would vary. For example the number of columns you can extract and download at a time in literature review and extract data feature will be 8 vs 50. Similarly the number of papers/pdfs you can select at a time in extract data will be 25 vs 100. Automatic Full article generation feature in AI writer limits per month will be 3 vs 20. In our upcoming deep research reports, this limit will be 10 vs 50 per month.
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Q: How is your AI Tool the best for Food Research, Solutions for Sourcing, Contamination, and Public Collaboration?
I'm researching food sourcing, harvesting, pesticide and chemical contamination, ingredient origins, and brand transparency. Which is better and why: PaperGuide, Wonders AI (Read Wonders). Which one helps me gather credible sources, then organize findings, and share them with the public via links? My priority is a tool that ensures transparency, lists all sources used, and supports collaboration with the public on food benefits and risks. Can yours show proofs for:
-Sourcing and Harvesting
-Pesticide and Chemical Contamination
-Food Processing and Extraction
-Ingredient Origins and Farming Practices
-Name Brands and Product Transparency
How does your SaaS tool allow me to publicly display a comprehensive list of all sources used in my research so others can verify the information themselves and prove the above?
Mallik_Paperguide
Apr 25, 2025A: Hi. Thanks for your question. Paperguide's AI search and literature review, along with chat with pdfs can serve your purpose as they have share option as well which helps you share public links with others. Sharing a quick sample below on the topic of your search "food sourcing, harvesting, pesticide and chemical contamination, ingredient origins, and brand transparency"
https://paperguide.ai/search/94265a32-fc67-43b4-8cf4-0735fb222470/
Apart from the research assistance features, paperguide also has collaborative reference manager to save your references and pull AI summaries for them, add notes etc. It' also has AI writer which should help you quickly write articles, essays, lit reviews or research papers along with citations in 1000+ citation styles.
Readwonders is relevant as well for your use case (if you don't need the writer tool) as it can help with similar features for your search, organizing and sharing, although you will have to check the quality of response on both platforms and take a call. Readwonders has multi-step research feature, a feature similar to our upcoming Deep Research reports that we expect to get live in couple of weeks time.
Please do reach out to us on support chat in help section of our website or email at hello@paperguide.ai in case you have further queries.
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Q: How is this the same or different from Consensus and/or Elicit
Are there any notable differences? (Especially if I already have the other two)
Mallik_Paperguide
Apr 23, 2025A: Hi. Thanks for your question. Paperguide is an all-in-one research assistant for discovering (AI search & literature review features) reading (chat with pdf/extract data0 managing (reference manager) and writing research(AI writer). While consensus and elicit help you with finding research-backed answers similar to paperguide, there are limited to one or couple of features when compared to paperguide. Consensus only helps with finding research backed answers and conducting a deeper analysis. It does not have writer, reference manager or literature review/extract data features. Elicit also does not have writer and reference manager (they have a basic library feature to save files)
You can find detailed comparisons here:
https://paperguide.ai/blog/paperguide-vs-consensus/
https://paperguide.ai/blog/paperguide-vs-elicit/
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But with Consensus and Elicit, you pay for a monthly subscription. So, I guess you cannot say that you "have" them. You have them only if you pay for their respective monthly subscriptions.
I have subscriptions to both. Hence, my question
Q: Working with pdfs
I'm not sure how to ask, but wanna try.
I have tons of PDFs covering topics of music theory, harmony and composition.
I'm looking for a tool, that could reliably search through them to find answers to my questions and that could provide information about the source (which pdf etc).
Will it work this way?
Mallik_Paperguide
Apr 22, 2025A: Hi Avatoria,
Thanks for your question. Paperguide currently supports extracting data from 100 papers/pdfs at a time using its Extract Data feature where you can extract upto 50 parameters in a tabular format. You can also chat with upto 100 papers using chat with papers in reference manager. However, chat with papers works by scanning all relevant papers among the selected and responds based on the top 3-5 relevant papers for answering the specific question. Based on the question, the top 3-5 papers will be different from among the selected papers (upto 100 papers)
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