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Explainpaper

Free tier

Read research papers 10x faster with AI-powered explanations and insights

Free tier available·All audiences·Powered by OpenAI (LLM-based, unspecified)

Key strengths

Highlight-to-explain: instant in-context explanations of confusing textChat with the paper for accurate, citation-backed Q&AAuto-generated outlines, key points, and concept relationshipsSupports 50+ languages for explanationsAdjustable complexity from beginner to expert level
Free tier + paid plans · from $16 USD/mo
Founded 2022
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Explainpaper is a web application that processes uploaded PDF research papers through a large language model (LLM) pipeline, extracting full document context to power three core features: in-context highlight explanations, a paper-scoped chat interface, and auto-generated structural insights. The system is context-aware, meaning explanations and answers are grounded in the specific paper's content rather than general world knowledge. The Pro tier upgrades the underlying model to a more capable LLM, enables full-paper summarization, and persists highlights and explanations across sessions.