ResearchCollab is an AI research workspace for literature reviews and cited drafting across 460M+ papers. Free plan, paid from $9.99/month.
Researched and fact-checked by Bartu Cavusoglu · Updated October 26, 2026
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ResearchCollab is an AI research workspace built for academic literature work. It indexes more than 460 million papers and organizes the job into three stages: Find, Review, and Write. The company positions it as a tool built for literature synthesis rather than general chat.
The platform is aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and faculty, educators, professionals, and teams and institutions. Its main claim is that each AI statement is tied to a specific paragraph in a real, indexed paper, so users can trace answers back to sources instead of relying on opaque output.
A session usually starts with a question. In the Find stage, the Topic Map converts a research question into an interactive map of papers, sub-topics, and gaps. In the Review stage, users run a systematic literature review while inclusion and exclusion decisions are tracked, and a PRISMA flow diagram is generated for the methods section.
In the Write stage, findings go into the Outline Generator, sections are drafted from the Knowledge Bank, and Virtual Peer Review provides a critique. Users who want to skip the steps can hand a question to Research Agent. It reads the question, searches the paper index, filters for relevance, and saves a cited draft note to the Knowledge Bank.
The core tools are the Topic Map, Evidence Tracker, Outline Generator, Knowledge Bank, Virtual Peer Review, Research Agent, and Deep Analysis. Evidence Tracker keeps each claim tied to its source paragraph. Deep Analysis, available on Plus and above, synthesizes and cross-examines findings across many papers before drafting.
Library tools include imports for PDF, DOCX, CSV, RIS, BibTeX, PubMed exports, and Zotero and Mendeley libraries. Custom templates let users save reusable prompts and run the same analysis over every paper. Plus and Professional offer 50+ AI models including GPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Grok, and DeepSeek, and Professional adds advanced interactive Research Trends mapping.
ResearchCollab is an AI research workspace for finding papers, reviewing literature, and drafting cited text. It indexes more than 460 million papers and includes a Topic Map, a Research Agent, and Virtual Peer Review. It is aimed at students, researchers, teams, and institutions.
There is a free plan at $0. Paid plans are Starter at $9.99 per month, Plus at $19.99 per month, and Professional at $39.99 per month, billed monthly. The site advertises savings on yearly billing and discounted pricing for students and academics.
Yes. The Free plan has no expiry and needs no credit card. It includes 200 AI credits per month, 1 workspace, 2 projects, and 1 Research Agent run per month.
The company states that every claim from Research Agent and AI Analysis links to a specific paragraph in a real, indexed paper. Users can hover a claim in a synthesis to see the passage it came from. Users should still verify sources before submitting work.
The site lists PDFs, DOCX, BibTeX, RIS, PubMed exports, and Zotero and Mendeley libraries. Upload limits are 200 MB on Free, 2 GB on Starter, 15 GB on Plus, and 70 GB on Professional.
Yes. Plus supports 10 workspaces and unlimited projects with shared access. Professional adds unlimited workspaces, role-based permissions, and a dedicated Customer Success Manager. Unpublished work is workspace-private by default.
The site says it is fully responsive on desktop, tablet, and mobile. Workspace, library, drafts, and Knowledge Bank sync in real time across devices.
Every paid plan is backed by a 30 day money back guarantee, according to the pricing page. Users can also upgrade, downgrade, or cancel anytime.