
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
ExplainPaper records 26,016 monthly visits with -39.3% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. WisPaper records 107,817 monthly visits with +0.1% growth and Freemium pricing.
Highlight dense research text and get plain-language explanations instantly
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|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | explainpaper.com | wispaper.ai |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 26.02K (26,016) | 107.82K (107,817) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -16.81K (-39.3%) | +116 (+0.1%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (28.1%) | 🇨🇳 China (41.5%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 9.69K | 30.49K |
| User Rating | 4 | 4.3 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
Highlight dense research text and get plain-language explanations instantly
Select any confusing sentence or term and receive an immediate plain-language explanation that accounts for the rest of the paper.
Shift the reading level from beginner-friendly to expert-detail so the explanation matches your background.
Ask questions and get answers grounded in the document's actual content, with references back to the relevant sections.
Produce a smart outline, key-point extraction, and concept relationship views without reading the entire paper first.

Screen thousands of papers down to the studies that matter
Rapidly screen a large pool of candidate papers down to a small set of core studies, so you skip the reading you do not need to do.
Search academic literature by topic and get AI-ranked results that surface the most relevant work for your research question.
Follow research trends and see what is newly published from major journals and venues, so you stay current in your field.
Browse personalised AI Feeds that adapt to your interests and research area over time.

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

AI academic search engine for peer-reviewed science

AI research platform for reading, understanding and writing scientific papers
AI research platform for reading, understanding and writing scientific papers
AI research assistant for evidence-based literature review and synthesis
AI-assisted systematic review software for screening, extraction, and evidence synthesis at scale
AI-assisted systematic review software for screening, extraction, and evidence synthesis at scale
Chat with any PDF, video, or website and get cited answers in seconds
AI answers grounded in 300M+ scholarly full texts
AI answers grounded in 300M+ scholarly full texts

Map the literature around the papers you love—free
Map the literature around the papers you love—free
Explore the academic literature as a visual graph of related papers
Explore the academic literature as a visual graph of related papers
AI-native workspace for literature reviews and auditable systematic reviews
AI-native workspace for literature reviews and auditable systematic reviews

AI research tools and expert publication services in one place
AI research tools and expert publication services in one place
AI-powered platform to read, write, and stay current with research