
A free, AI-powered academic search engine for 240M+ papers across every scientific field
A free, AI-powered academic search engine for 240M+ papers across every scientific field

12 alternatives to Dewey, matched by what they do.
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| ● | Dewey | chromewebstore.google.com | 0 | 0 (—) | Free | Global | 4.4 | Profile |
| 1 | Semantic Scholar | semanticscholar.org | 8.2M | 450.65K (+5.8%) | Free | United States | 4.8 | Compare |
| 2 | ResearchRabbit | researchrabbit.ai | 831.57K | 25.19K (+3.1%) | Free | United States | 4.5 | Compare |
| 3 | OpenRead | openread.academy | 27.1K | -28.84K (-51.6%) | Freemium, Paid, Contact for Pricing | Indonesia | 4.3 | Compare |
| 4 | Connected Papers | connectedpapers.com | 750.58K | 22.43K (+3.1%) | Freemium | United States | 4.7 | Compare |
| 5 | Lune | luneresearch.com | 6.34K | -2.47K (-28%) | Freemium | United States | 4.3 | Compare |
| 6 | PaperClip | paperclipapp.xyz | 2.16K | 945 (+77.9%) | Free | Vietnam | 4.2 | Compare |
| 7 | Scite | scite.ai | 841.97K | 8.94K (+1.1%) | Free Trial, Contact for Pricing | Indonesia | 4.6 | Compare |
| 8 | WisPaper | wispaper.ai | 107.82K | 116 (+0.1%) | Freemium | China | 4.3 | Compare |
| 9 | CitedEvidence | citedevidence.com | 24.67K | 4.18K (+20.4%) | Paid | South Africa | 4.3 | Compare |
| 10 | Blainy | blainy.com | 15.13K | -10.72K (-41.5%) | Freemium | United States | 4.1 | Compare |
| 11 | ExplainPaper | explainpaper.com | 26.02K | -16.81K (-39.3%) | Freemium | United States | 4 | Compare |
| 12 | SciSummary | scisummary.com | 38.87K | -23.54K (-37.7%) | Freemium, Free Trial, Paid | United States | 4.4 | Compare |

A free, AI-powered academic search engine for 240M+ papers across every scientific field
A free, AI-powered academic search engine for 240M+ papers across every scientific field

Map the literature around the papers you love—free
Map the literature around the papers you love—free
AI research workspace for searching, reading and connecting papers
AI research workspace for searching, reading and connecting papers
Explore the academic literature as a visual graph of related papers
Explore the academic literature as a visual graph of related papers

Evidence-grounded literature search for AI research agents
Evidence-grounded literature search for AI research agents

On-device AI memory for AI researchers
On-device AI memory for AI researchers
AI answers grounded in 300M+ scholarly full texts
AI answers grounded in 300M+ scholarly full texts

Screen thousands of papers down to the studies that matter
Screen thousands of papers down to the studies that matter

Research reports built from 300M+ real scholarly papers — every claim cited and DOI-checked
Research reports built from 300M+ real scholarly papers — every claim cited and DOI-checked

The AI research paper writer built for academic work
The AI research paper writer built for academic work
Highlight dense research text and get plain-language explanations instantly
Highlight dense research text and get plain-language explanations instantly
AI summaries and study guides for scientific papers
AI summaries and study guides for scientific papers