AI Credits
Understand how AI credits work in Paperguide, how many credits you receive each month by plan, and how to estimate usage for key AI features.
How AI credits work
Paperguide agents and AI features consume credits whenever they run tasks such as literature reviews, deep research reports, or data extraction. Each request uses a certain number of credits based on how much AI processing is required.
Credits are tied to your Paperguide plan and refresh every month on your billing date.
Features that consume AI credits
The following features use AI credits each time they run:
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Chat with PDF
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Literature Review Agent
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Deep Research Report
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Extract Data
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Research Agent Chats
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AI Writer – Generate Document
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AI Writer – AI Edit
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AI Agent Chats
Monthly credits by plan
Each Paperguide plan includes a monthly allocation of AI credits:
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Free users: 1000 credits per month
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Plus users: 12,500 credits per month
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Pro users: 50,000 credits per month
Your available credits determine how many AI-powered actions you can run across Paperguide in a given month.
Estimating AI credit usage
Use the examples below to understand what you typically get each month from your AI credits on each plan.
The numbers below are approximations. Actual usage may vary depending on task complexity, content length, references included and the specific AI features you use.
Literature review
With 1,000 credits/month (Free), you can get around 2 literature reviews in a typical month.
With 12,500 credits/month (Plus), you can get around 25 literature reviews spread across your projects each month.
With 50,000 credits/month (Pro), you can get around 100 literature reviews for larger or more frequent research workflows.
Deep research report
With 1,000 credits/month (Free), you can get around 1 deep research report in a typical month.
With 12,500 credits/month (Plus), you can get around 10 deep research reports to support ongoing or multi-topic research.
With 50,000 credits/month (Pro), you can get around 40 deep research reports for intensive or team-level research needs.
Extract data
With 1,000 credits/month (Free), you can get around extract 50 papers with 6-8 fields per paper in a typical month.
With 12,500 credits/month (Plus), you can get around extract 500 papers with 6-8 fields per paper across your workbooks each month.
With 50,000 credits/month (Pro), you can get around extract 2000 papers papers with 6-8 fields per paper for larger or more frequent extraction workflows.