# alphaXiv

> arXiv reading and discovery site with an AI research assistant

alphaXiv is a reading and discovery site built on top of arXiv. It offers a community-curated feed of trending research, pages that connect papers, researchers and organizations, and an AI assistant that answers questions and writes literature reviews grounded in the papers it cites. A reader view supports highlights, notes and chat on a paper, and there are an iPhone and iPad app, a Chrome extension and an MCP server for AI agents.

- **Category:** AI Research Tools
- **Made by:** alphaXiv Inc.
- **Website:** https://www.alphaxiv.org
- **Runs on:** Web, iOS, Browser extension
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 5, 2026

## Pricing

alphaXiv has a free plan. Paid plans start at $8 per month (alphaXiv Go).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** Chat with any arXiv paper, with preset models only and strict usage limits on the assistant.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | For occasional reading and quick follow-up questions: chat with any arXiv paper on preset models, under strict usage limits. |
| alphaXiv Go | $8 per month | Higher limits on lower-cost open-source models; Pro-tier models are not included. $5 a month for student researchers. |
| alphaXiv Pro | $20 per month | Higher assistant usage limits, a choice of any model, longer context windows and early access to beta features. |
| alphaXiv Pro 5× usage | $100 per month | The Pro plan with 5 times the assistant usage and priority routing. |

Read from https://www.alphaxiv.org/settings/subscription on Oct 5, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with alphaXiv before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **alphaXiv Go at $5 a month for student researchers** (Education): Linking a recognized academic email, such as an .edu address, to the account lowers alphaXiv Go from $8 to $5 a month. Source: https://www.alphaxiv.org/settings/subscription

## Key features

- **Trending feed:** A feed of research curated by what the community is reading, with a short summary for each paper and a view tailored to your research interests.
- **AI assistant:** Answers research questions and produces literature reviews grounded in the underlying papers, and can point to who is working on a topic.
- **Paper reader:** Read a paper with highlights and personal notes, chat with the assistant about a highlighted section, and add other papers to the conversation with an @ mention.
- **AI visual blogs:** Turns a paper into a blog-style explanation with figures, equations and key insights in one click, readable in several languages.
- **Library:** Bookmark papers to read later with BibTeX citations generated automatically, and upload a paper that is missing to get the same assistant and overviews.
- **MCP server:** Gives AI agents 19 tools to search and read papers, analyze PDFs, explore paper codebases and find researchers. It works with clients such as Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code.

## Good for

- Following new machine learning and AI research on arXiv
- Asking questions about a paper while reading it
- Reading papers on an iPhone or iPad
- Developers who want paper search inside a coding agent

## Worth knowing

- The site has no public pricing page; plans and prices are shown on the Subscription/Usage page in account settings.
- The free plan limits the assistant to preset models with strict usage limits; choosing any model needs alphaXiv Pro.
- alphaXiv Go raises limits on open-source models only and does not include Pro-tier models.
- There is an iPhone and iPad app and a Chrome extension; the site lists no Android or desktop app.

## Works with

arXiv, bioRxiv, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, Zed

**Tags:** Research, AI search, Chat assistant, Highlights, Public API

## Alternatives

- [Semantic Scholar](https://toolgpa.com/tools/semantic-scholar): Free AI-powered search engine for scientific literature. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/alphaxiv-vs-semantic-scholar)
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- [ChatPDF](https://toolgpa.com/tools/chatpdf): Ask questions about PDFs and get answers with citations. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/alphaxiv-vs-chatpdf)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026:

- https://www.alphaxiv.org/settings/subscription
- https://www.alphaxiv.org
- https://www.alphaxiv.org/about
- https://www.alphaxiv.org/docs/mcp
- https://apps.apple.com/us/app/alphaxiv/id6782411985
- https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/alphaxiv-understand-resea/liihfcjialakefgidmaadhajjikbjjab

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