Connected Papers records 750,576 monthly visits with +3.1% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. Eraser records 534,396 monthly visits with -23.6% growth and Freemium, Paid, Contact for Pricing pricing.
Explore the academic literature as a visual graph of related papers
AI diagrams and technical design docs built from your code and systems
| Dimension / Metric | ||
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | connectedpapers.com | eraser.io |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Freemium, Paid, Contact for Pricing |
| Monthly Visits | 750.58K (750,576) | 534.4K (534,396) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +22.43K (+3.1%) | -164.9K (-23.6%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (17.6%) | 🇮🇳 India (39.6%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 308.44K | 267.66K |
| User Rating | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
Explore the academic literature as a visual graph of related papers
Each graph places the seed paper among its most closely related works, clustered by how often papers are cited together or share references.
Separate perspectives show what a paper builds on and what later work builds on it, which is ideal for tracing a research lineage.
Start from a paper title, DOI, URL or proceedings link, so you can enter the graph from whatever you already have at hand.
A ranked list view lets you browse related publications by relevance when you need specifics rather than an overview.
AI diagrams and technical design docs built from your code and systems
Generate architecture diagrams, flowcharts, sequence diagrams, and BPMN from a text prompt, code, Terraform, or an uploaded PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Draw.io, or Visio file.
Build interactive maps that sync with cloud accounts, repositories, and internal catalogs so the picture stays close to the real environment, with drill-down from org level to a single container.
Paste code or connect private and public Git repositories, Confluence, Notion, VS Code, and GitHub to keep diagrams grounded in actual implementation.
Run the agent toolkit in your own infrastructure under an MIT license and let MCP-compatible clients create, search, update, and export diagrams with OAuth or API tokens.
Offers an expansive infinite canvas for team brainstorming and visual workshops, but lacks Eraser's code-to-diagram automation.
Offers an expansive infinite canvas for team brainstorming and visual workshops, but lacks Eraser's code-to-diagram automation.
Provides broader citation data across millions of papers, but lacks Connected Papers' proprietary graphical relationship view.
Provides broader citation data across millions of papers, but lacks Connected Papers' proprietary graphical relationship view.
SpecialistFocuses on answering specific research questions with extracted evidence, rather than exploring visual citation graphs.
SpecialistFocuses on answering specific research questions with extracted evidence, rather than exploring visual citation graphs.
SpecialistIntegrates deep PDF reading and analysis workspaces, but lacks dedicated visual citation network mapping capabilities.
SpecialistIntegrates deep PDF reading and analysis workspaces, but lacks dedicated visual citation network mapping capabilities.
SpecialistExcels at automating systematic reviews and data extraction, but lacks interactive graphical citation tree exploration.
SpecialistExcels at automating systematic reviews and data extraction, but lacks interactive graphical citation tree exploration.
SpecialistAutomatically embeds visual diagrams directly inside text documents, though it lacks Eraser's specialized cloud architecture focus.
SpecialistAutomatically embeds visual diagrams directly inside text documents, though it lacks Eraser's specialized cloud architecture focus.
SpecialistTracks citation reliability and context via Smart Citations, but offers less visual graph-based exploration of literature.
SpecialistTracks citation reliability and context via Smart Citations, but offers less visual graph-based exploration of literature.
Offers a similarly polished visual literature mapping interface, but adds collaborative collection management features.
Offers a similarly polished visual literature mapping interface, but adds collaborative collection management features.
SpecialistStreamlines literature search and reference management, but does not provide an interactive visual citation graph.
SpecialistStreamlines literature search and reference management, but does not provide an interactive visual citation graph.
Provides extensive drag-and-drop shapes and templates for general diagrams, but weaker automated code-to-diagram capabilities than Eraser.
Provides extensive drag-and-drop shapes and templates for general diagrams, but weaker automated code-to-diagram capabilities than Eraser.
Combines team whiteboarding, documentation, and diagramming in one platform, but less tailored for automated codebase architecture.
Combines team whiteboarding, documentation, and diagramming in one platform, but less tailored for automated codebase architecture.
Helps discover and track academic papers and trends, but offers less robust visual citation graph mapping.
Helps discover and track academic papers and trends, but offers less robust visual citation graph mapping.
