Research Rabbit

The core product is free forever, including unlimited searches across a very large scholarly corpus, unlimited collections, and shared collaboration. The paid ResearchRabbit+ tier costs roughly $10–$12.50 per month depending on billing, and it raises the seed-article limit from 50 to 300, adds advanced search controls, and allows multiple projects. Discounted parity pricing is offered in over 100 countries, so verify your local price on the pricing page.

You start with one or more seed papers, and ResearchRabbit builds a visual map showing related works, similar papers, and connected authors through citation networks. As you add papers to collections, its recommendation engine learns from your choices and surfaces more relevant literature. You can then explore author networks and see how a topic has evolved over time using the built-in visualizations.

Yes. You can upload existing references and organize papers into collections, add notes, and keep related work grouped by topic or project. The free tier supports unlimited collections, while multiple distinct projects are part of the paid tier.

ResearchRabbit draws on major scholarly databases such as Semantic Scholar and PubMed to cover hundreds of millions of articles. The institutional plan adds LibKey integration so researchers can connect to their university library's holdings. It functions as a discovery layer, so you'll typically pair it with a separate reference manager for citation formatting.

Your collections are private by default and only become visible to collaborators when you choose to share them. The institutional tier gives administrators usage statistics and user management across large groups of researchers. Review the current privacy policy for specifics on data handling before adding sensitive or unpublished work.

Yes. Beyond the individual free and ResearchRabbit+ plans, an Institution tier supports managing thousands of users, volume discounts, library integration via LibKey, usage analytics, and dedicated support. Pricing for that tier is handled through the sales team rather than published rates.

Yes, ResearchRabbit offers a free tier that includes unlimited searches across 280+ million articles, unlimited library and collections, collaboration features, and support for up to 50 seed articles. This free tier is described as 'Free Forever' and includes everything needed for a focused literature review.

ResearchRabbit integrates with Semantic Scholar for broad academic coverage and PubMed for biomedical and life science literature. Users can also upload their existing libraries to the platform. Specific details about other integrations or reference manager compatibility were not found in our research.

ResearchRabbit is often compared to Connected Papers and Litmaps for literature visualization. According to reviews, its visualization features are less developed than these specialized alternatives, though it offers strong search capabilities across a large database. After being acquired by Litmaps, users report the tool has become more similar to its competitor. Semantic Scholar is noted as having excellent search but less developed visualization compared to these tools.