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RefWorks vs. Paperguide

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricRefWorks

by ProQuest

Paperguide

by Paperguide

Overall rating3.94.6
Review count29102
Ease of use8.49.0
Ease of setup7.19.3
Quality of support8.59.3
Meets requirements8.29.0
NPS27.58620777.922078
Small Business20.7%91.2%
Mid-Market24.1%7.8%
Enterprise55.2%1.0%
Total page views90366
Total LLM citations2922,195

RefWorks

RefWorks is an online research management, writing and collaboration tool that is designed to help researchers easily gather, manage, store and share all types of information, as well as generate citations and bibliographies.

Pros

    Paperguide

    Paperguide is an AI-native platform for scientific research workflows and systematic reviews. It brings the entire research lifecycle into one workspace: literature discovery across 200M+ peer-reviewed papers, AI reference management, structured data extraction, citation-grounded writing, and protocol-driven systematic reviews with dual-review screening and PRISMA compliance. Trusted by 974,000+ researchers, Paperguide is built for individual researchers running literature reviews and for evidence-synthesis teams conducting publication-grade systematic reviews.

    Pros

    • AI Features
    • Features
    • Ease of Use
    • Helpful
    • Document Management
    • Intuitive