Top reference management AI tools

Lateral is an AI-powered research assistant that helps academics and researchers search, save, and organize findings across papers, making research up to 10x faster with intelligent document processing and organization features.

• Freemium
• From 12$

Eagle provides a centralized solution for designers and creatives to efficiently collect, search, organize, and manage various digital assets like images, videos, audio files, and more.

• Pay Once

Avidnote is an AI-powered tool designed to help researchers write, read, and analyze research papers more efficiently. It offers features for writing, summarizing, data analysis, and transcription.

• Freemium
• From 19$

askwise.ai is your go-to AI-powered assistant that simplifies managing and querying large sets of references or documents with ease.

• Freemium
• From 15$
• API

Litmaps is a literature review software that helps researchers, students, and professionals discover, visualize, and share academic papers across 150 countries, making research workflows more efficient.

• Freemium
• From 10$

ResearchRabbit is an AI-powered research assistant that helps researchers discover, organize, and share academic papers through intuitive visualizations and personalized recommendations.

• Freemium

Jenni AI is an advanced AI-powered workspace that helps academics and researchers read, write, and organize research with integrated citation management and multilingual support.

• Freemium
• From 12$

Paperguide is an all-in-one AI research assistant that combines reference management, AI-powered writing assistance, and document analysis tools for academics and researchers.

• Freemium
• From 9$

Zotero is a free tool designed to help users collect, organize, annotate, cite, and share research materials efficiently.

• Freemium

AI ChatDocs is a document interaction tool that enables users to chat with PDFs, documents, websites, and sitemaps while providing AI-powered summarization capabilities. It supports multiple file formats and offers intelligent question-answering features for efficient information extraction.

• Freemium
• From 10$

MyBib is a free online tool for automatically generating accurate bibliographies and citations in various styles like APA, MLA, Chicago, and Harvard. Search for sources like books, journals, and websites to create perfectly formatted citations instantly.

• Free

Keenious is an AI-powered research tool that analyzes your text to recommend relevant scientific articles and topics, helping you discover unique and valuable insights.

• Freemium
• From 10$

PapersGPT integrates powerful AI models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude into Zotero, enabling users to chat with single or multiple PDFs directly within their reference manager for enhanced research and document processing.

• Free Trial