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ResearchCollab.ai

A platform for research collaboration through document synchronization, literature analysis, and task management.

At a glance

Price not confirmed · Source review 2026-10-31
Price & billing

Free plan forever with 200 AI credits per month, 1 workspace, 2 projects, 50 notes, 50 bookmarks and 1 Research Agent run per month, no card on file; paid tiers are not detailed in the reviewed text.

Free allowance

Free plan forever with 200 AI credits per month, 1 workspace, 2 projects, 50 notes, 50 bookmarks and 1 Research Agent run per month, no card on file; paid tiers are not detailed in the reviewed text.

Best suited to

Students, researchers and labs doing systematic literature reviews with cited drafts.

Fit is editorial guidance, not a measured result.
Platforms

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What to know before choosing

Good fit

Students, researchers and labs doing systematic literature reviews with cited drafts.

Limits and trade-offs

Built around full review workflows, not single-paper lookup; citation accuracy still needs reviewer checks; free plan caps workspaces, projects and monthly agent runs.

Plans and free allowances

Free plan forever with 200 AI credits per month, 1 workspace, 2 projects, 50 notes, 50 bookmarks and 1 Research Agent run per month, no card on file; paid tiers are not detailed in the reviewed text.

Evidence

ResearchCollab homepage ↗ (reviewed 2026-10-31)

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Dates: Last reviewed 2026-10-31. Last reviewed is the latest source or editorial review date; it is not a content-change date.

A closer look at ResearchCollab.ai

ResearchCollab is an AI research agent covering 460M+ papers: type a question to get an interactive topic map, run systematic literature reviews with tracked inclusion and exclusion and an auto-generated PRISMA diagram, and draft cited sections with an outline generator, knowledge bank and virtual peer review.

Editorial guidance based on published documentation. The workflow below is a suggested starting point, not a measured product result.

When to choose ResearchCollab.ai

  • Students starting a dissertation who need a structured outline from a messy first week.
  • Researchers and faculty doing systematic reviews who want claims tied to source paragraphs.
  • Labs and departments that want shared sources with workspace-level privacy controls.

When to choose something else

  • Readers who only need to look up one paper, since the product is built around full review workflows.
  • Users who need guaranteed citation accuracy without checking, since AI-drafted citations still need review.
  • Teams that need more than 1 workspace or 2 projects without paying, since those are the free plan's limits.

A practical starting workflow

  1. Type a research question to get an interactive topic map of papers, sub-topics and gaps.
  2. Run the review stage with inclusion and exclusion tracked and a PRISMA diagram generated.
  3. Draft sections from the knowledge bank with the outline generator and virtual peer review.
  4. Export the cited draft ready to submit.

Check before committing

  • The 460M-paper index figure and the 'outline by lunch' testimonial are vendor claims, not independently verified.
  • The free plan's Research Agent run is limited to 1 per month; heavier use requires upgrading.
  • Citation accuracy still depends on the underlying papers and the reviewer's own checks.

Common questions

What does ResearchCollab do?

ResearchCollab is an AI research agent covering 460M+ papers: it turns a question into an interactive topic map, runs systematic literature reviews, and drafts cited sections.

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Is it really free?

Yes. The Free plan is forever: 200 AI credits per month, 1 workspace, 2 projects, 50 notes, 50 bookmarks and 1 Research Agent run per month, with no card on file.

ResearchCollab homepage ↗

How does it keep citations accurate?

Its Evidence Tracker keeps every claim tied to its source paragraph, and inclusion and exclusion are tracked as the review runs.

ResearchCollab homepage ↗

Compare approaches for this task

  • ArxivGPT — A Chrome Extension to summarize a arXiv paper and get insights.
  • AnswerThis — Researchers and students who need cited answers across a large paper corpus.

Sources and checks

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