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students and labs who will start on Free and pay Pro when the 5-project cap is gone.
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Our take
Pick AnswerThis if students and labs who will start on Free and pay Pro when the 5-project cap is gone. Pick PaperQA2 if engineers and labs who will run Python and already have a PDF pile.
Best for
AnswerThis A sourced review you can check
PaperQA2 Answer from papers you already have, in your own runtime
Free plan
AnswerThis $0 · / month. No card. Deep search; cited answers; 5 saved projects; Zotero / Mendeley / EndNote export
PaperQA2 $0
Lowest paid
AnswerThis Pro $35/user/mo, monthly only
PaperQA2 Not published by the vendor
Next step up
AnswerThis Lab & Team $75/mo yearly
PaperQA2
Coding agent
AnswerThis Systematic review (PRISMA)
PaperQA2
Runs where
AnswerThis Hosted
PaperQA2 Hosted
Watch out
AnswerThis Free is 5 saved projects
PaperQA2 You bring the model bill
Last checked
AnswerThis 2026-10-22 · answerthis.io/our-pricing
PaperQA2 2026-10-22 · github.com/Future-House/paper-qa
Which one, then?
Pick PaperQA2 if
engineers and labs who will run Python and already have a PDF pile.
Read the PaperQA2 page