# AnswerThis

> AI research assistant that searches papers and drafts literature reviews with verifiable citations

- Category: [AI Assistants](https://finderatlas.com/categories/ai-assistants)
- Pricing: Freemium
- Website: https://answerthis.io
- Platforms: Web
- Made by: AnswerThis, founded 2024, San Francisco, CA
- Last updated: 2026-10-19
- FinderAtlas page: https://finderatlas.com/tools/answerthis

## Overview

AnswerThis is a web-based AI research assistant for literature reviews and academic writing. It searches a corpus the company describes as 250M+ papers (some pages say 300M+), extracts findings from them, and drafts literature reviews in which each claim links back to a source passage. The site says unsourced claims are removed and each claim is checked against its source.

## Key features

- Literature Search
- Literature Review Drafting
- AI Writer
- Library and Canvas
- Systematic Review
- Meta-analysis and Evidence Grading
- Research Gaps and Citation Mapper
- Regulatory and Trial Connectors

## Pricing

- **Free** ($0): For students getting started with cited literature search
- **Pro** ($35/user/mo): Individual researchers needing frontier models and systematic review
- **Lab & Team** ($75/month): Research groups collaborating on shared reviews and libraries
- **Max** (Custom): Site licenses for institutions and libraries

## Best for

- Literature reviews with traceable citations, systematic reviews, managing a paper library, and drafting academic manuscripts

## Who uses it

- Students
- Academic Researchers
- Research Labs
- Universities and Libraries
- Pharma and HEOR Teams
- Consultants

## Strengths

- Each claim links to a source passage, which makes citations checkable.
- Free plan with no card required.
- Systematic review tooling with PRISMA, dual-reviewer screening and meta-analysis, which many general assistants lack.
- Two-way sync with Zotero, Mendeley and EndNote.
- States that user content is not used for model training.

## Limitations

- Free plan is limited to 5 saved projects.
- Pricing page shows conflicting figures (plan cards versus a credits table), and Max has no clear published price.
- No mobile app or public API documentation found.
- Independent academic evaluations note that AI literature tools can miss papers, so results should be checked against traditional databases.

## Not recommended for

- Users who need a mobile app or a documented public API, or who want a general-purpose chatbot

## Integrations

- Zotero
- Mendeley
- EndNote
- PubMed
- Embase
- Cochrane

## FinderAtlas editorial scores (out of 10)

- Ease of Use: 8.2/10
- Feature Depth: 8.4/10
- Value for Money: 7.6/10
- Performance & Speed: 7.8/10
- Documentation & Support: 7.2/10

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## FAQ

**What is AnswerThis?**

An AI research assistant that supports a research workflow from finding research gaps and collecting papers to summarizing, analyzing and drafting citation-backed content for papers, dissertations or theses.

**Is there a free plan?**

Yes. The Free plan costs $0, needs no card, and includes deep search, cited answers and summaries, 5 saved projects and export to Zotero, Mendeley and EndNote.

**Does AnswerThis use my papers to train models?**

The site states that user papers and drafts are never used for model training, are private by default and are encrypted.

**Can it format citations automatically?**

The site says it supports 2,000+ citation styles.

**Does it support systematic reviews?**

Yes. It offers PRISMA-based systematic review, dual-reviewer screening and meta-analysis, with the fuller features on Pro, Lab & Team and Max.