Afforai vs Jenni.ai: two AI tools that assist with writing research papers
Introduction
Jenni.ai is an AI writing assistant that aims to help users with writing tasks through features such as AI autocomplete, paraphrasing, rewriting and more. These features are undeniably great at helping in the researchers when it comes to maximizing efficiency and productivity during the writing stage of research. Despite Jenni.ai being an amazing writing tool, it lacks in other areas that are important in conducting research. This is why we built our own AI solution, Afforai.
What is Afforai?
Afforai is an AI powered reference manager that was founded in 2023, and built with modern day researchers at the forefront of the product. Afforai offers a wide range of capabilities to assist users in their research. The two main functions are, Afforai Reference Manager, which allows users to organize all of their references using folders and tags and AI Research Assistant, which enables users to search, summarize, and compare their papers.Other functional features of Afforai include Afforai Notebook, allowing users to make different annotations on their papers, as well as shared libraries, which grants users the ability to collaborate with an unlimited number of their peers to organize, annotate, and conduct research on their references.
What is Jenni.ai?
Jenni.ai is an AI writing assistant that allows it’s users to streamline their workflow by helping them write and cite research papers. Jenni.ai has a number of impressive features that make it a great tool for researchers looking to write their next paper. Some of these features include, AI Autocomplete, which aides users in generating text if they face a writing block, in-text citations, allowing users to automatically insert citations into their writing, and paraphrasing, which helps writers to reword content to improve clarity and tone. These features alongside others that Jenni.ai boast, make it a great tool for researchers.
Why was Afforai created?
Afforai was created to scratch the itch of the modern day researcher. As researchers ourselves, we have used many platforms that have set out to ease some of the workload we faced, however, we never found ourselves truly satisfied with anything on the market. This is where the idea from Afforai was born. We wanted to create a comprehensive platform, that could assist researchers in multiple ways. To do this, we set out to solve the following problems:
- Creating a flat learning curve - We understand that to get the most out of other tools, a learning curve may first have to be overcame. We know that researchers have a lot on their plates, so we wanted to create an easy-to-use platform that is friendly to everyone, regardless of their researching experience.
- Integrating AI into a reference management tool - We want to offer researchers the best of both worlds. We know that there are great reference managers and great AI research assistants in the world, but we found user problems with each of products offered in both categories. We wanted to improve on the existing tools, while allowing users a unique opportunity to store their references, and conduct research with AI, all under one roof.
- Leveraging AI to conduct reliable research - In today's world, AI is being used more often than ever before, but trust issues arise when using AI to conduct research. Our AI research assistant allows users to apply AI safely to enhance their research, and receive data sources with every answer, so they know exactly where their data is coming from.
Comparing Features
How easy is it to use and what do I get?
Afforai
- Easy to use
- Reference Manager
- AI Research Assistant
- Annotate papers
- Extensions (coming soon)
Jenni.ai
- Easy to use
- AI writing assistant
Do I need to install anything?
Afforai
- No installation required
- Web app can be accessed from anywhere
Jenni.ai
- No installation required
- Web app can be accessed from anywhere
How much does it cost?
Afforai
Free version available
- 500MB storage
- Upload all of the most supported file types by researchers
- Reference Manager
- Unlimited storage capabilities
- Unlimited collaboration with peers
- AI Research Assistant
- Annotate papers
Multiple premium plans available for upgraded storage and AI usage
- 5GB storage, unlimited AI usage, and organization from $3.99/month
- 10GB storage, unlimited AI usage, and organization with top of the range AI models from $7.99/month
- Unlimited storage, AI usage and organization, with top of the range AI models from $16.99/month
Jenni.ai
Free version available
- 200 AI words per day
- Unlimited PDF uploads
- AI Autocomplete
- Journal & web citations
- AI editing commands
Unlimited plan available for upgraded features
- Unlimited AI words, AI Autocomplete & PDF uploads, as well as priority support and access to latest features available from $30/month (or $12/month paid annually)
How much AI usage do I get with the free version?
Afforai
- Unlimited uploads
- 20 queries per day
Jenni.ai
- 200 AI words per day
- AI autocomplete
Can I auto-populate citations & bibliographies?
Afforai
- Yes
- Citations will be auto-populated when you upload papers
- You can generate and copy a citation at any time natively in Afforai
- Word plugin coming soon
Jenni.ai
- Yes
- You can press ‘@’ to search for a citation to add in
How many citation styles are supported?
Afforai
- 10,000+
- Supports the most commonly used citations including APA, MLA and Chicago
Jenni.ai
- Five
- Supports APA 7, MLA 9, Harvard, IEEE, and Chicago
What document formats can I upload?
Afforai
- PDF, DOCX, TXT, MDOWN, EPUB, PPTX
- URL
- Upload URLs, convert them to MDOWN if you want the AI to read them more easily
- DOI
- Upload papers with a DOI, arXiv, PMID, or ISBN
- Import from other reference managers such as Zotero, Mendeley and EndNote
- Import papers in the format of RIS, BibTex, and CFF
Jenni.ai
- File formats
- PDF, TXT (for citation generator)
- URL
- URL upload supported (citation generator)
- DOI
- Upload DOIs in the citation generator
How can I organize my papers?
Afforai
- Folders and sub-folders
- Create folders and sub-folders for optimal organization
- You can add unlimited papers to a folder and assign tags to unlimited folders
- Tags
- Create and assign color coded tags to your papers
Jenni.ai
- Collections
- Users can store their papers inside their library under ‘collections’
- You can also add papers to ‘favorites’
What search functions are available?
Afforai
- Advanced library search
- Search all content in your library, including, files, citations and notes
Jenni.ai
- Search collections
What AI features are available?
Afforai
- AI research assistant
- Reliably search, summarize, and compare papers in your libraries.
- Receive verifiable inline citations and data sources with every answer.
- Create prompts to re-use later
- Chat with multiple files at the same time
- Supplement research with 3 unique search modes
- Document Retrieval - Conduct your research using your uploaded files, complete with citations
- Semantic Scholar - Augment your research with data from a 200 million peer-reviewed research papers database
- Google Search - Enrich your research with information from Google, complete with citations.
Jenni.ai
- AI Autocomplete
- Jenni.ai will use AI to generate finish sentences based on what you have already written
- Ask Jenni
- Ask Jenni is an AI chat that can be used to discover new concepts alongside your writing
- AI Commands
- Use AI to paraphrase, rewrite, and simplify your text
What collaborative features are available?
Afforai
- Create and join shared libraries
- No limit to how many users can join
- Edit user permissions based on how much control you want someone to have
- Share your output of your AI research assistant with your peers
- Anyone can with a link view a research assistant
- You don’t need an Afforai account to view someone’s research assistant
Jenni.ai
- No collaboration (export only)
- You can export your chat and share it with peers
Can I add notes to my uploaded papers?
Afforai
- Yes
- Perform different types of annotations directly on your papers
- Text highlight - highlight any body of text
- Area highlight - highlight any area of any page
- Sticky note - create a note linked to any area of a page
- Quick note - brainstorm without your note being linked to a specific area of the paper
- View annotations in your library
- Collaborate on notes with your fellow researchers
- Use AI to explain and summarize your notes.
Jenni.ai
- Not supported
How does data security work?
Afforai
- Cloud storage is mandatory
- Cloud data is stored on US Central Region servers
- Visit Afforai Trust Center for more information
Jenni.ai
- Data transmitted between users and the Jenni.ai servers is typically encrypted using SSL/TLS protocols. This ensures that data is secure during transit.
- Visit Jenni.ai privacy policy for more information
Why you might want to use Afforai
If you are on the market for a great, user friendly reference manager that allows you to comprehensively organize your references, whilst supplementing AI within the product to help you uncover more information about your papers, then Afforai is the perfect tool for you. It also boasts great collaborative features, making it great for people looking to conduct research as part of a team.
Why you might use Jenni.ai
If you are looking for a great writing tool that uses AI to help you overcome writing blocks, and assist you in paraphrasing and summarizing, as well as other useful features, then Jenni.ai is a great tool to help you increase the efficiency of your writing.
Conclusion
In summary, both Afforai and Jenni.ai are both great AI tools, however, as of right now, they are more tailored to users in different stages of the research process. If you are overwhelmed with references in the build up to writing a paper, and are looking to organize, and conduct further research on them all under one roof, then Afforai is a great tool for you. Whereas, if you have collected your research, and you are looking for a writing tool to assist you in overcoming the challenges that come with writing your own paper, then Jenni.ai is a great tool for you.