PaperDraft

What PaperDraft is

PaperDraft is a web workspace for academic research and writing, with tools for drafting, citations, document questions, rewriting and paper management. It can create outlines, section headings and draft text from a topic or uploaded reference material. Users can upload PDF or DOCX files and ask questions; answers include references to supporting passages. For citation work, PaperDraft searches Crossref and academic databases, inserts citations and builds bibliographies in selected styles. Its Ghost Text autocomplete uses the document’s context and accepts suggestions when the user presses Tab. Finished papers can be downloaded as DOCX or PDF.

PaperDraft offers a free plan and paid Personal Plus and Personal Pro plans, billed yearly. The free plan includes monthly allowances for AI writing, autocomplete, rewrites, file questions, reviewer reviews, detection scans, manuscript checks and journal submission checks. Personal Plus costs £150 per year, and Personal Pro costs £360 per year. Business plans add shared workspaces, team management, collaborative writing and centralized billing. Enterprise plans include custom usage limits, dedicated support, SSO, onboarding and organization-wide deployment. PaperDraft identifies students, researchers, professors, universities and research teams as its audience. Its privacy policy says private documents are not used to train its own AI models, though they may be processed securely by third-party AI providers.

Who it suits

PaperDraft suits students, researchers and professors who want drafting and citation tools alongside questions about uploaded papers. Its Business and Enterprise plans are aimed at research teams and organizations needing shared workspaces or organization-wide deployment.

Limits

The free plan allows 5,000 AI writing words, 100 AI Autocomplete suggestions, 100 AI rewrites and 20 file questions per month. It also includes one AI Reviewer review, three AI Detection scans, three Manuscript checks and one Journal Submission check per month.

Getting started

1. Visit the PaperDraft website.
2. Choose the Free plan or a paid plan billed yearly.
3. Use the web workspace to start from a topic or upload reference material.
4. Upload a PDF or DOCX file to ask questions about its contents.
5. Download a completed paper as DOCX or PDF.

Verdict

Choose PaperDraft if you want academic drafting, document questions and citation tools in one web workspace. The free plan has monthly usage limits; higher allowances are available with Personal Plus at £150 per year or Personal Pro at £360 per year.