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Alethea vs Connected Papers vs Nodalist AI

All three are research tools. Here is what separates them.

	Alethea	Connected Papers	Nodalist AI
What it is	ALETHIA AI is a research and development studio building at the intersection of two of the most transformative technologies of our time: Generative AI and…	A unique, visual tool to help researchers and applied scientists find and explore papers relevant to their field of work.	A visual reasoning workspace for the thinking that matters most. Map ideas, storm them through six AI models, ground them in cited research, shape real work.
Category	Research	Research	Research
Pricing	Paid	Paid	Freemium
How it bills	Not published	Not published	Not published
Free tier	No	No	Yes
Rating	Not yet rated	Not yet rated	Not yet rated
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What works	Sits in Research, one of the better-covered categories here — easy to compare	Sits in Research, one of the better-covered categories here — easy to compare	—
What does not	No free tier — it has to be paid for before it can be tried Does not publish a price on its own site, so the cost is only clear after signing up 44 other tools in this catalogue claim to do the same job 12 tools in the same category have a free tier	No free tier — it has to be paid for before it can be tried Does not publish a price on its own site, so the cost is only clear after signing up 44 other tools in this catalogue claim to do the same job 12 tools in the same category have a free tier	—