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Anara

AI research workspace that searches 300M+ papers and your own library, answers with passage-level citations, and drafts with verifiable references

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Anara is an AI workspace for research. You can search over 300 million papers (including PubMed and trial registries), import files by DOI, PMID, or URL, upload your own papers, notes, slides, and recordings, and sync with Zotero and Mendeley. You then ask questions across one paper, a folder, or your whole library, and every answer links to the exact passage it came from so you can verify it in one click. A table extraction feature turns a folder into a table with one row per paper and one column per question, with every cell cited and PICO and GRADE options for evidence work, and you can export to CSV and Excel. You can draft notes with citations suggested from your library and export to Word, LaTeX, or BibTeX in any citation style, with a Microsoft Word add-in. Anara also offers a paper search and citation-resolving API, plus an MCP server and llms.txt for coding agents. Plans are priced per seat: Free, Plus at $8, Pro at $16, and Max at $80 a month on yearly billing, with Enterprise on request. The accuracy rankings shown on the site are the company's own benchmarks. Citations make claims easier to check but do not make them correct, so read the cited passage before relying on a result, especially in clinical or regulatory work.

Best for
Academic researchers, graduate students, and life-science and medtech teams who want to search the literature, query their own paper library with passage-level citations, and extract evidence into tables
Pricing
Free ($0, limited AI usage and uploads, 20MB or 120 pages per upload, Zotero and Mendeley connectors); Plus $8/seat/mo billed yearly; Pro $16/seat/mo (4x Plus usage, advanced models, 300MB uploads); Max $80/seat/mo (5x Pro usage, Deep Search, Model Council, no upload limits); Enterprise on request; yearly billing saves 20%

Pros

  • Passage-level citations that link every answer to the exact text, so claims can be checked in one click
  • Searches 300M+ papers and your own library, with Zotero, Mendeley, PubMed, and ClinicalTrials.gov connectors
  • Extracts a folder into a cited table with PICO and GRADE options and exports to CSV and Excel
  • Word, LaTeX, and BibTeX export, a Word add-in, a paper search API, and an MCP server for coding agents

Cons

  • The accuracy benchmark figures on the site are the company's own, so test it on your own papers before trusting them
  • The Free plan has limited AI usage and uploads, and advanced models, Deep Search, and Model Council need the Pro and Max plans
  • Max costs $80 a month per seat on yearly billing, which is steep for individual students
  • Passage-level citations cover open-access full text, so paywalled papers may only be cited at a lower level of detail

Core features

  • • Search 300M+ papers with filters and PubMed and trial registry sources
  • • Upload and organize a library, with Zotero and Mendeley sync and OCR for scans
  • • Ask across a paper, folder, or whole library with passage-level citations
  • • Extract folders into cited tables with PICO and GRADE options
  • • Write with citations and export to Word, LaTeX, and BibTeX
  • • Microsoft Word add-in
  • • Paper search and citation-resolving API, MCP server, and llms.txt
  • • Deep Search and Model Council on Max

Use cases

  1. 1. Running a literature search and saving the relevant papers
  2. 2. Asking questions across a library of hundreds of papers with cited answers
  3. 3. Extracting study characteristics into a table for a systematic review
  4. 4. Drafting notes with citations pulled from your own library
  5. 5. Resolving DOIs and titles to papers through an API

How to use

Sign up for the free plan, search the literature or upload your papers, ask questions across a folder or your library, check each answer's cited passage, extract key fields into a table if needed, and export your notes and references.

Pricing plans

Free

$0

  • • Limited AI usage and uploads
  • • 20MB or 120 pages per upload
  • • Zotero and Mendeley connectors

Plus

$8/seat/mo billed yearly

  • • Extended AI usage limits
  • • 100MB or 600 pages per upload
  • • PubMed and ClinicalTrials.gov connectors
  • • 5 collaborators per folder

Pro

$16/seat/mo billed yearly

  • • 4x more AI usage than Plus
  • • Advanced AI models
  • • 300MB or 10,000 pages per upload
  • • Google Drive, Notion, OneDrive connectors

Max

$80/seat/mo billed yearly

  • • 5x more AI usage than Pro
  • • Deep Search and Model Council
  • • No upload size or page limits
  • • Unlimited folder collaborators

FAQ

How much does Anara cost?

On yearly billing, Plus is $8 a seat a month, Pro is $16, and Max is $80, with a free plan and custom Enterprise plans. Monthly billing costs more.

Is Anara free?

Yes. The Free plan has no credit card requirement, with limited AI usage and uploads and Zotero and Mendeley connectors.

How do citations work?

Every answer links to the passage it came from so you can verify it in one click. Passage-level citations apply where open-access full text is available.

Does it have an API?

Yes. It offers an API for paper search and citation resolving, plus an MCP server and llms.txt for coding agents.

Can it export to Word and LaTeX?

Yes, to Word, LaTeX, and BibTeX in any citation style, and it offers a Microsoft Word add-in.

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