Best AI Tools for Zotero in 2026

Includes 10 AI generations per day, access to premium models (GPT-4, GPT-4o, Claude 3.5), 500MB storage, up to 5 literature review columns, and 300 AI Writer words per day.

Billed annually. Includes unlimited AI generations, premium models, unlimited storage (100GB fair use limit), up to 50 literature review columns, unlimited AI Writer words, unlimited plagiarism checks, and all Free features.

For casual exploration. Includes automated research reports, unlimited search across 125+ million papers, unlimited summaries and chat with 4 papers at once, data extraction from 20 papers per month, and Zotero import.

For systematic reviews. Everything in Plus, plus data extraction from 200 papers per month (or 2,400 per year), dedicated workflows for systematic reviews, up to 20 table columns at a time, binary & multi-select fields for paper coding, and explanations for AI-generated answers.

For companies and schools. Everything in Team, plus custom usage limits, volume discounts, training and onboarding, data configuration, co-branding, and custom workflow development.

Includes a limit of 10 summaries, single export of flashcards, and compatibility with a range of file formats.

Provides full access to all Scholarcy Plus features with a 25% discount compared to the monthly billing cycle.

Billed yearly. Basic plan featuring 100 pages per document limit, 15MB max upload size, 1 document upload per day, 50 questions per day, and 3 conversations per day. Uses the GPT-4o Mini model.

Billed yearly. Features 6000 pages per document limit, 877MB max upload size, 150 documents per day, and 100,000 questions per day. Includes priority support, longer reply lengths, and 30 free credits.

Flexible per-document credits with no recurring monthly commitments.

Up to 50 pages per document, PDF/LaTeX/BibTeX/Word output, GPT-4.1 model, low AI-detectability configuration, includes 4 documents per month.

Good for testing the product. Includes 1 project, 3 paper uploads, 2 paper insights, and 2 literature reviews.

Billed monthly. Includes unlimited projects, 450 paper uploads, 150 paper insights, 150 literature reviews, and access to Claude 3.5 Sonnet, OpenAI 4o, and OpenAI o1 models.

For Testing and Basic Research. Includes 500 credits per month, full Research Notes use, limited access to AI Proposal Generator, AI Thesis, data analysis, and literature searches. Connects to Zotero for free, limits uploads to 50 files, and does not allow exports.

Advanced Research. Includes 10,000 credits per month. Inherits everything in Premium, plus the ability to generate proposals in one shot, generate documents longer than 20,000 pages, support over 1,000 data collection responses, and upload up to 1,000 files.