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Last updated on Apr 09, 2026

Paperpile offers 2 pricing editions, starting from $2.99 to $9.99. Paperpile pricing tiers are designed to support different usage levels and team sizes. Paperpile also offers a free trial. Compare the Paperpile pricing table below to figure out the best fit for your needs. Some plans may require you to contact Paperpile for custom pricing.

ACADEMIC — $2.99 / per month (billed annually)

BUSINESS — $9.99 / per month (billed annually)

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ACADEMIC

$2.99

per month (billed annually)

All features included For academic institutions, non-profits and personal use

BUSINESS

$9.99

per month (billed annually)

All features included For business and industry use

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Product	Price	Features
ReadCube ReadCube	Starting at $65.00Per Year	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 ReadCube reference manager. With ReadCube 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. 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. Share & Collaborate: Private shared collections (PDFs/references). Collaborate with teammates. Share references, PDFs, notes, tags and PDF annotations. Cite Faster: Insert references from personal / shared libraries or use built-in search engine. 8000+ citation styles supported. Customize & import your own Quick-copy of citations in bibtex, ris. Export reference list for use in third party citation tools like EndNote and Overleaf. Supports Word 2016+ Sync Across Devices: Unlimited cloud storage for your personal library. Sync your entire library including notes, lists, annotations, and highlights across all of your devices. Supports Desktop (Mac/PC), mobile (iOS/Android) and Web.
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
Citavi Citavi for Windows - Business	$379per user	Citavi for Windows is suited to small teams that have access to a network share.

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