Anara vs Logically

Anara

• Researchers who want answers grounded in their own library of papers
• Working across hundreds of files and checking each claim against its source
• Zotero and Mendeley users, whose libraries import on every plan
• Writing with citations in a note editor or in Microsoft Word

Logically

• Students who want references, notes and drafts in one workspace
• People moving a library over from Zotero, Mendeley or EndNote
• Writers who cite in Microsoft Word from a shared reference library
• Asking questions across a whole folder of uploaded papers

Anara

• The Free plan's AI usage limit refreshes daily, and each upload is capped at 20 MB or 120 pages.
• Choosing a model, OCR and the Google Drive, Notion and OneDrive connectors need Pro; Deep Search and Model Council need Max.
• The pricing page's scripts show the prices recorded here to visitors without a paid plan, while its initial HTML lists an earlier, higher set (Plus $10, Pro $20, billed yearly).
• The desktop app is for Mac only and there is no Android app. Anara's FAQ says it does not currently offer a student discount.

Logically

• The free plan allows 5 AI chat messages, 5 AI commands and 5 autosuggestions a day, with 100 MB of storage.
• Free accounts are limited to files of 25 MB or 200 pages, a 2-entry automatic bibliography per document and watermarked PDF export.
• Advanced and reasoning AI models are reserved for the Unlimited plan.
• The site lists a web app, a Chrome extension and a Word add-in; it mentions no mobile or desktop apps.

Anara

Chat across your library

Ask questions of a single file, hundreds of files in a folder or the entire library. Anara says one conversation can work across up to 10,000 files.

Answers cited to the passage

Every answer carries inline citations that open the exact passage in the source document, in numbered form or an academic citation style.

Agent and paper search

The agent searches your library, the web and academic databases such as PubMed, arXiv and JSTOR, then returns a cited synthesis. It can also import files and reorganize folders on request.

Write and cite

The note editor matches your writing to your library and the web to suggest citations, and builds formatted reference lists. An add-in brings the same tools into Microsoft Word.

File handling

Reads PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Markdown, EPUB, images, audio and video; audio and video are transcribed automatically. OCR for scanned documents is part of Pro and above.

Deep Search and Model Council

On the Max plans, Deep Search runs multi-step research across your library and the web, and Model Council puts one question to several models at once.

Logically

Document Writer

An editor for notes and full papers with AI autosuggestions, citations pulled from your library and an automatic bibliography. Paid plans export to PDF, Markdown and DOCX without a watermark.

Reference Manager

Stores PDFs, EPUBs, web pages and DOIs with citation details filled in automatically, organized by folders and tags. It imports RIS, BibTeX and CFF files exported from other managers.

AI research assistant

Answers with inline citations in three modes: from your uploaded files, from a Semantic Scholar database of 200 million papers, or from Google search.

File Annotator

Text and area highlights, sticky notes and comments on files in the library, with an Ask AI option that summarizes or explains what you have marked.

Citations in Microsoft Word

A free Word add-in inserts citations and bibliographies from your library in more than 10,000 styles. It supports Word on the web and Microsoft 365 on Mac and Windows.

Chrome extension

A side panel answers questions about the page you are reading with cited sources, and a toolbar button saves papers and books to the reference manager.

Anara

• Free$0

  Limited AI usage that refreshes daily, uploads of up to 20 MB or 120 pages each, and Zotero and Mendeley connectors.

• Plus$8

  per seat / month, billed yearly ($96); $10 billed monthly

  A larger weekly usage limit, credits for extra usage, uploads of up to 100 MB or 600 pages, science database connectors and 5 collaborators per folder.

• Pro$16

  per seat / month, billed yearly ($192); $20 billed monthly

  4x the usage of Plus, a choice of every AI model, uploads of up to 300 MB or 10,000 pages, OCR, cloud storage connectors and 50 collaborators per folder.

• Max 5x$80

  per seat / month, billed yearly ($960); $100 billed monthly

  5x the usage of Pro, plus Deep Search, Model Council, uploads with no size or page limit and unlimited folder collaborators.

• Max 20x$160

  per seat / month, billed yearly ($1,920); $200 billed monthly

  The same features as Max 5x with 20x the usage of Pro.

• EnterpriseCustom

  SSO/SAML and SCIM provisioning, SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified security, SharePoint live sync and a shared Slack channel for support.

Logically

• Free$0

  All products with standard AI models, 5 chat messages, 5 AI commands and 5 autosuggestions a day, and 100 MB of reference and file storage.

• Unlimited$12

  per user / month, billed yearly; $30 billed monthly

  Unlimited AI chat, commands and autosuggestions, advanced and reasoning AI models, unlimited storage and an admin portal for teams.

Anara

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with yearly billing

  Billed yearly, Plus is $8 a seat per month against $10 billed monthly, Pro is $16 against $20 and Max 5x is $80 against $100. The pricing page labels the yearly option as a 20% saving.

Logically

• Annual discount

  Save 60% with yearly billing

  The Unlimited plan is $12 per user a month billed yearly against $30 billed monthly. The pricing page labels the yearly option as saving 60%.

• Education

  Extra 50% off the first year for students

  Students who sign up with a university email and finish the product tours get a 50% coupon for the first year of the Unlimited yearly plan. It expires 72 hours after the tours.

• Other savings

  Tiered discount for multiple seats

  Unlimited plan pricing is tiered, so the per-seat price falls as more seats are bought. The pricing FAQ points institutions and nonprofits to the same seat tiers.