Scholar Sidekick
Under review· 5Citation formatter, verifier, and REST API/MCP server for academic references with retraction and open-access checks.
Active plans
4
Total changes
4
Last change
Jul 19, 2026
Price trend
no history
What we know about Scholar Sidekick’s pricing
Moderately activeChanges in 12 months
4
Cadence
Multiple changes per day
Direction
New plan recently added
Category position
Cheaper than 80% of Developer Tools tools (1073 compared)
Current pricing
BASIC
monthlyFree
- 500 requests/month(included)
- 1x per-IP burst allowance(included)
- Free citation formatter (DOI, PMID, ISBN)(included)
- 10,000+ CSL citation styles(included)
- Export to 9 formats (BibTeX, RIS, EndNote XML, etc.)(included)
- REST API & MCP server access(included)
- No account required(included)
PRO
monthly$9/mo
$9/month
- 10,000 requests/month(included)
- 2x per-IP burst allowance(included)
- Full feature set(included)
- $0.001 per request overage(included)
- Indie apps & research tooling(included)
- REST API & MCP server access(included)
ULTRA
monthly$49/mo
$49/month
- 100,000 requests/month(included)
- 4x per-IP burst allowance(included)
- Full feature set(included)
- $0.0008 per request overage(included)
- High-traffic apps(included)
- Batch citation pipelines(included)
MEGA
monthly$199/mo
$199/month
- 500,000 requests/month(included)
- 8x per-IP burst allowance(included)
- Full feature set(included)
- $0.0005 per request overage(included)
- Platform-scale bibliography processing(included)
- Bulk processing at scale(included)
Price history
Last 4 changes
| Date | Plan | Change | Old | New | Δ% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2026 | MEGA | new plan | — | $199 | — |
| Jul 19, 2026 | ULTRA | new plan | — | $49 | — |
| Jul 19, 2026 | PRO | new plan | — | $9 | — |
| Jul 19, 2026 | BASIC | new plan | — | $0 | — |
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