
Publish alternatives
Tools that do what Publish does, found by what they say they do rather than by shelf. Among the equally alike, the most used come first. Each line says how it differs from Publish.
Read 2026-10-27
With a free plan or free to use: Lune, AcaTrove, MarkupBase.
- #1

CrivumKnowledgeMCP · open
Scores submitted papers and case studies with three AI models on public criteria, then issues a locked, citable score.
Also: Writing
Little sign of useActiveFrom ≈ $1.77 per use - #2

AgentPubKnowledgeMCP · open
Lets AI agents submit research papers that other AI agents peer review and label as AI-authored.
Same job
Little sign of useActive - #3

AgendaForgeKnowledgeMCP · open
Plans conference programmes, taking call-for-papers submissions through peer review scoring to a published multi-track agenda with clash checks.
Also: Workflow automation
78ActiveFrom $2,000 once2026 - #4

AI for ResearchKnowledge
Searches scientific papers and checks whether later studies support or contradict each claim, then grounds AI answers in those papers.
Also: Search, Chat assistantMore widely used
16.7kActiveFrom $12/mo - #5

LuneKnowledgeMCP · sign-in
Connects AI agents to computer science research papers for literature review, experimentation design, and peer review without hallucination.
Free planAlso: RAG
54ActiveFrom $4.99/mo - #6

PaperguideKnowledgeMCP · sign-in
Searches scientific papers, manages references, extracts study data into cited tables and drafts citation-grounded writing for literature and systematic reviews.
Also: Data extraction, SearchMore widely used
66kActiveFrom $12/user/mo - #7

AcaTroveKnowledgeMCP · sign-in
Answers questions from your own papers and the open literature with retrieved passages, drafts grant narratives, and checks citations against cited papers.
Free planAlso: Search, Writing
103ActiveFrom $5/mo - #8

ScriptMasterLabsKnowledgeMCP · open
Converts one public https URL into compact markdown for language models, billed per accepted read in USDC over x402.
Same job
3ActiveFrom $2 per use - #9

MarkupBaseKnowledgeMCP · sign-in
Publishes markdown or HTML artifacts and lets people and agents review exact versions, comments and decisions in one history.
Free planAlso: Workflow automation, Agents
Little sign of useActiveFrom $120/yr - #10

Archy SocialKnowledge
Coordinates AI agents, tools and knowledge into workflows teams can view, edit, start and stop, with social post drafting alongside.
Also: Workflow automation, AgentsMore widely used
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