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Genei

AI research assistant that summarizes PDFs and papers and manages citations for academic and professional writing.

3.8 Research
3.8 Good 3.8
Entry price of £3.99/month undercuts most academic research-assistant tools No permanent free plan, only a 14-day trial
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PricingFrom £3.99/mo
Free planNo
CompanyGenei
PlatformsChrome Extension, Web
CategoryResearch
Founded2019
Visits5
Last reviewedJul 2026
UpdatedJul 2026
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Overview

Genei is an AI research and writing tool that summarizes PDFs, web pages, and academic papers, extracts keywords, and answers questions about uploaded material. The London-based company was founded in 2019 and raised a $125,000 seed round led by Y Combinator in 2021.

Rather than summarizing one document at a time, Genei organizes source material into customizable projects and folders, then lets users search and ask questions across multiple documents at once, with automatic citation and reference generation built in. A Chrome extension extends the same summarization to any webpage without exporting it first.

Genei is built for academic researchers, students, and professional content writers who process large volumes of source material and need citations tracked alongside their notes. Pricing runs Basic at £3.99/month and Pro at £15.99/month, both with a 14-day free trial and no permanent free tier.

Key features

  • PDF, webpage, and research-paper summarization
  • Multi-document search and question-answering
  • Automatic citation and reference generation
  • Chrome extension for on-page summarization
  • Project- and folder-based document organization
  • Paraphrasing and rephrasing tools for writing

Screenshots & demo

Demo video

Screenshots

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Pricing

Genei is a paid tool, with plans that start at £3.99/mo.

  • Pricing modelFree Trial
  • Starting priceFrom £3.99/mo
  • Free planNo
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Pricing is provided as a guide. Check the official site for the latest plans.

Is Genei expensive?

Genei starts at £3.99 (about $5.07), which is 49% below the Research median of $10 a month across the 42 priced tools we list in that category.

The cheapest paid option in Research starts at $1 and the most expensive at $1,667.

67% of Research tools in the directory offer a free tier, which this one does not.

Compared against every priced listing in Research, recalculated as the catalogue changes. Method and the full market breakdown are in our AI tool pricing study.

Pros & cons

Pros

  • Entry price of £3.99/month undercuts most academic research-assistant tools
  • Multi-document question-answering goes beyond single-file summarization competitors
  • Built-in citation generation saves a separate reference-manager step for academic writers
  • Chrome extension covers web sources, not only uploaded files

Cons

  • No permanent free plan, only a 14-day trial
  • Pricing in British pounds adds currency friction for buyers outside the UK
  • Small team size and thin funding relative to newer, more heavily-capitalized AI research tools
  • Interface and summarization depth lag newer research assistants in side-by-side reviews

How it compares

ToolRatingFreeFromBest known for
Genei (this tool)3.8No£3.99/moPDF, webpage, and research-paper summarization
ChatDOC3.9YesFreeAnswers cite the source passage in the document
Papers4.2No$5.42/moAI assistant that answers questions across multiple papers at once
OpenRead3.5YesFreePaper Espresso – rapid AI summarization of key points

Alternatives to Genei

4 tools matched to Genei on what they do, their category and their price.

ChatDOC

3.9

Chat with PDFs where every answer cites the passage it came from, backed by its own document parser and API.

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Papers

4.2

Reference manager with an AI research assistant for querying and organizing academic literature.

Free Trial Research

OpenRead

3.5

Ask a research paper a question and Oat, the AI assistant, answers directly from its content – plus rapid paper summarization and visual mapping of related work, updated every 5 minutes.

Freemium Research

Frequently asked questions

What is Genei?
Genei is an AI research and writing tool that summarizes PDFs, web pages, and academic papers, extracts keywords, and answers questions about uploaded material.
Is Genei free?
Genei does not offer a free plan; paid pricing starts at £3.99 per month.
How much does Genei cost?
Genei starts at £3.99 per month. See the pricing plans above for full details.
What are the best Genei alternatives?
The closest matches in the directory are ChatDOC, Papers, and OpenRead, compared side by side above.

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