Jenni

Jenni AI is a web-based academic writing and research assistant for students, researchers, and academics who need help drafting papers while managing sources and citations.

Key capabilities include:

• AI Autocomplete that writes alongside the user to reduce writer’s block (limited in the free plan, higher limits in paid plans)
• PDF-based research workflow, including PDF uploads and source-aware writing tools that consult uploaded papers
• Agentic AI Chat to summarize papers, ask questions about a reading set, and search for new research (free plan includes a daily message limit)
• Citations and exporting, with support for 2,600+ citation styles plus document export to formats such as .docx and .tex (full exports require a paid plan)

Pricing: Freemium. Free plan includes limited usage (for example, 200 AI autocomplete words/day, up to 10 PDF uploads, and 10 AI chat messages/day). Paid plans include Pro ($12/month) and Unlimited ($29/month), plus custom pricing for teams and institutions.

Notable for its traceable citations that link back to specific locations in source PDFs and for broad adoption, including being used by over 6 million academics.