genei review (2026): is it worth £3.99 a month, billed yearly?
Summarizes PDFs and web pages and keeps research organized
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genei report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for summarizing PDFs and web pages for essays
genei summarizes PDFs and web pages and keeps your notes and references organized, and the academic Basic plan is £3.99 a month billed yearly. But everything is in pounds, there's no free plan, and multi-document analysis and paraphrasing sit on Pro.
Who genei is for
- Fits if you're a student who wants summaries and references in one place
- Works for someone who builds essay notes from many PDFs and pages
Who genei is not for
- Skip it if you want a free plan, as there's only a 14-day trial
- Pricey if you need multi-document analysis or paraphrasing, which sit on Pro at £24.99 a month yearly
- Watch out: prices are in pounds, so the dollar cost moves with the rate
- Watch out: the homepage promotes a separate tool, CoLoop, for qualitative analysis
Why genei gets a 2.0
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- CValue for moneyBasic is £7.99 a month billed yearly (£9.99 monthly), about the category's $10 middle. Pro is £24.99. The academic discount drops Basic to £3.99, but only for those who qualify.
- CFree plan and trialNo free plan, just a 14-day trial. The listing does not say whether a card is needed.
- CFeaturesSummaries, questions, folders, notes, references and figure extraction. The listing shows multi-document analysis and AI paraphrasing as Pro-only.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You set up projects and folders before the notes pile up usefully.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, with no apps or integrations listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from genei's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/genei#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/genei.svg" alt="genei: 2.0 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where genei stands among AI research tools
genei's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 3 of the 49 other AI research tools we grade, and level with 3.
Its paid plans start at about $5.35 a month, against a middle price of $10 for the category: 2 of the 35 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 50 AI research tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. genei’s own letter is outlined.
- CValue for moneyAbove 6 of 49, level with 29
- CFree plan and trialAbove 4 of 49, level with 31
- CFeaturesAbove 1 of 49, level with 32
- CEase of useAbove 1 of 49, level with 27
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 49, level with 15
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 40 AI research tools. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep genei, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace genei you would be making a library of papers and sources to search. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 43 of the 49 other AI research tools grade higher. It costs $64.15 a year.
What you could make
- Notes and documents: an app builder makes these well.
What you could not
- A library of papers and sources to search.
- Citation records for millions of papers.
- AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
What this rests on. genei’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
What is genei?
genei is a research tool that summarizes background reading, extracts keywords and lets you ask questions of uploaded PDFs and web pages. Documents live in projects and folders with notes and automatic references. Plans are priced in pounds, with a discount for academics.
Worth knowing
- Prices are shown in pounds sterling.
- Multidocument analysis and AI paraphrasing are Pro only.
- The homepage promotes a separate qualitative analysis tool, CoLoop.
Key features
- AI summaries
- Summarizes documents and web pages and extracts keywords to speed up background reading.
- Question mode
- Ask questions and have the AI find answers across your documents; GPT-3 search is on Pro.
- Projects and folders
- Store documents in customizable projects with unlimited resources on both plan tiers.
- Notes and references
- Cloud notes and annotations, note linking and automatic reference generation.
- Multidocument analysis
- Pro analyzes several documents together.
- Figure and table extraction
- Pulls graphs, figures and tables out of documents.
genei pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, genei is a paid product with a free trial, starting at £3.99 per month, billed annually (Academic Basic).
- Starts at
- £3.99 per month, billed annually (Academic Basic)
- Free plan
- None
- Free trial
- 14-day free trial
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | £9.99per month (£7.99 billed annually) | Summaries, keywords, notes, reference generation; files up to 5 GB. |
| Pro | £29.99per month (£24.99 billed annually) | Adds multi-document analysis, AI expand and paraphrase, and GPT-3 search and questions. |
| Academic Basic | £4.99per month (£3.99 billed annually) | Basic features at the academic discount. |
| Academic Pro | £19.99per month (£15.99 billed annually) | Pro features at the academic discount. |
Read from genei.io on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with genei before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- EducationAcademic pricing at 40% off
The pricing page has an Academic tab with Basic and Pro plans labeled as a 40% discount.
Stated on genei.io
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Common questions
Does genei have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. genei is listed for Web.
Does genei have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. genei is listed for Web.
Is genei open source?
genei is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.