Compare ReadCube and Sciwheel 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (53.0% of reviews)
Enterprise (47.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $7.00 Per Month
$0.00
ReadCube
Star Rating
(173)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (53.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
Starting at $7.00 Per Month
Browse all 2 pricing plansSciwheel
Star Rating
(48)4.7 out of 5
Market Segments
Enterprise (47.5% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Not enough data
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.00
Browse all 4 pricing plansReadCube vs Sciwheel
- Reviewers felt that Sciwheel meets the needs of their business better than ReadCube.
- When comparing quality of ongoing product support, reviewers felt that ReadCube is the preferred option.
- For feature updates and roadmaps, our reviewers preferred the direction of ReadCube over Sciwheel.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
ReadCube
Papers by ReadCube - Individual Licenses
Starting at $7.00
Per Month
Papers, by ReadCube, simplifies your research life by dramatically enhancing how you discover, annotate, collaborate and cite research. Eliminate wasted hours manually wrangling information and get back to research with the Papers reference manager.
With Papers across all of your devices (web, desktop & mobile), you can unlock a powerful suite of features that will streamline your research life and keep you one step ahead.
Academics take 40% off (academic email or ID required for discount).
Papers Essentials is $7/month, or $65/year if billing annually.
Papers Pro is $14/month, or $130/year if billing annually.
- Search & Download: Built-in search engines. Personalized recommendations. Related article feeds. Institutional proxy support. Web importing via browser. 1-click PDF downloads. Advanced search filters.
- Stay Organized: Easy importing tools from your desktop/other reference managers. Auto article meta-data matching. Full text library search. Advanced sorted & filtering. Manual & Smart Lists. #keyword tagging, labels & article ratings.
- Read & Annotate: Enhanced PDF viewing. Hyperlinked inline references, high-res figure browsers & auto-fetched supplements. Advanced article metrics (incl. citations, field & relative citation ratio, and Altmetric) Inline and sticky notes, highlighting and drawing tools. Text to speech tool.
Sciwheel
Basic
$0.00
Get started for free! You will have access to all of Sciwheel's tools including access to Sciwheel website, our browser extension, citations tools for MS Word and Google Docs, and our companion mobile apps for Android and iOS.
- Create up to 3 projects
Free Trial
ReadCube
Free Trial is available
Sciwheel
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.4
133
8.9
22
Ease of Use
8.5
141
8.8
22
Ease of Setup
8.7
56
Not enough data
Ease of Admin
9.4
6
Not enough data
Quality of Support
8.7
105
8.6
17
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.3
5
Not enough data
Product Direction (% positive)
8.4
124
8.3
20
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
ReadCube and Sciwheel are categorized as Reference Management
Unique Categories
ReadCube has no unique categories
Sciwheel has no unique categories
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
ReadCube
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Sciwheel
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Research
39.3%
Higher Education
20.8%
Biotechnology
7.7%
Hospital & Health Care
4.8%
Mechanical or Industrial Engineering
4.2%
Other
23.2%
Research
34.1%
Higher Education
31.7%
Biotechnology
17.1%
Hospital & Health Care
7.3%
Education Management
7.3%
Other
2.4%
Discussions
How can I see pdf while editing bibliographic data?
2 Comments
JM
You can use the Preview button in the bottom left of the app to see a preview of the PDF while you are editing metadata fieldsRead more
How do identify articles that are not grouped
2 Comments
DK
I do a search in my general library.Read more
Does Papers easily replace EndNote for the generation bibliographies, within Word documents?
2 Comments
AH
Yes it does. The SmartCite plugin supports Word & Google Docs and supported 9000+ preset styles. Custom styles can also be used.Read more
Sciwheel has no discussions with answers
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