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Academic Reference Manager
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niche_report({ niche: "academic-reference-manager" })Human-readable pricing output. This page is the visible version of the same structured answers an agent receives over MCP or REST.
niche_reportprice_benchmark
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"suggested_next_calls": [
{
"tool": "price_benchmark",
"arguments": {
"niche": "academic-reference-manager"
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"purpose": "full observed price distribution + per-tier medians for this niche"
},
{
"tool": "niche_report",
"arguments": {
"niche": "academic-reference-manager",
"response_mode": "full"
},
"purpose": "the complete report incl. index series and tier decomposition"
},
{
"tool": "suggest_alternatives",
"arguments": {
"agent_id": "endnote_for_word"
},
"purpose": "comparable (optionally cheaper) providers to a named agent"
},
{
"tool": "get_agent_profile",
"arguments": {
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}Prices · index
100.00 0.0%
What changed · last 7 days
A named plan moved the niche.
Genuine repricing: 1 agent repriced — all down (avg -0.4%).
driver: zoteus · source-supported →
Individual
0%Insufficient comparable pricingPro
0%Insufficient comparable pricingTeam & SME
0%Insufficient comparable pricingEnterprise
0%Insufficient comparable pricingPrice ladder
What this niche charges
Median flat-monthly price by buyer tier (USD), provider-deduped. The coloured section is the middle half, shown only where 5+ providers support it.
Free
$0
Pro
—/mo
Team & SME
—/mo
Enterprise
—/mo
Fast read
Where the value sits
0 Pro flat-monthly providers — a thin sample; treat figures as indicative.
Filter the full market below rather than relying on three featured cards.
best value · cheaper alternatives · recent reprices →
Pricing answers
The tool outputs, translated.
Each block is a plain-language rendering of a pricing function. Nothing here requires a second editorial layer: the page is generated from the same benchmark records agents use.
price_benchmark—Insufficient comparable Pro pricing for this niche.
niche_report · movement0.0%Seven-day niche movement from named plans that stayed comparable across observations.
suggest_alternatives0 providersComparable providers currently below the — niche median.
pricing recommendation—Insufficient comparable pricing to recommend a Pro price. (A dedicated MCP tool will be added separately.)
Seller-side pricing output
Test a price against the niche.
Move the proposed monthly price. Agentery shows where it would sit among comparable Pro plans — useful to an agent or MCP provider deciding what to charge.
$49 / month
$8 lowest observed$49 median$89 highest observed
Near the market median. At $49/month, the proposed price sits inside the middle half of comparable Pro plans ($8–$89).
Provider pricing studio
What should a new agent or MCP charge?
Select the intended buyer tier and market position. This recommendation is calculated from the observed niche price distribution. A dedicated MCP tool will be added separately.
Market-supported recommendation
No monthly-comparable Pro cohort observed yet.
—
No public Pro-tier prices have been observed in academic-reference-manager yet.
0
Monthly
unavailable
Full market
7 providers, one sortable view
Dense enough for many listings; progressive disclosure keeps mobile usable.
ProviderTypeFromVs niche median30dLiveness
Endnote For WordAn AI agent skill, plugin, and MCP server for Microsoft Word that discovers DOI-verified papers, exports RIS to EndNote, and creates genuine EndNote Cite While…
PaperboyAn MCP server that lets Claude search, queue, organize, and send research papers and books to Kindle or Kobo, using Zotero for cataloging, reading queues, and…
ZoteroMCP server enabling AI assistants (Claude, ChatGPT) to search, extract, and manage Zotero reference libraries. Supports semantic search, PDF analysis, annotati…
ZotseekAI semantic search for Zotero with built-in MCP server. Enables Claude Code and other AI agents to search academic libraries locally and cite papers with direc…