Wonders

Research the way
it’s meant to be.

One workspace to search 550M+ sources, organize what matters, and write — with AI that makes you a sharper researcher, not a lazier one.

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Used by researchers at
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People really like Wonders.

Hundreds have told us it meaningfully helped their research — here are a few, in their own words.

★★★★★

“Wonders helped me save hours and sharpen my research direction.”

Chelsea is a working PhD student who finished her degree with Wonders.

Chelsea N.
Chelsea N.
PhD Candidate
★★★★★

It replaced my chaotic 50-tab workflow — Scholar, PDFs, ChatGPT — with one clean, powerful space.

Roman A.
Roman A.
PhD Candidate
★★★★★

A game-changer for focus and info overwhelm. I search across sources in one place and refine results without juggling tabs — and their support is genuinely invested.

Mandi S.
Mandi S.
Postdoc
★★★★★

Days of research in a matter of minutes.

Jefferson L.
Jefferson L.
Researcher
★★★★★

Unlike chatbots, Wonders supports real thinking — it helps me explore ideas, fill gaps, and stay focused as I write.

Anastasia K.
Anastasia K.
Researcher
★★★★★

It goes beyond search — it’s a full research workspace. Smart queries, term lookup, citations.

Craig L.
Craig L.
Research Engineer
★★★★★

Built for serious research, not shortcuts — granular control, credible sources, and a focus on transparency. A rare AI tool truly made for researchers.

Edwin M.
Edwin M.
Teaching Assistant
★★★★★

It brings structure to the literature review. The guided workflow and traceable citations make it ideal for evidence-based research.

Sushil K.
Sushil K.
Researcher
★★★★★

An advanced research platform with real depth — purposeful and efficient. Color-coded highlights, fast conclusions, in-platform reading.

Asif R.
Asif R.
Researcher
★★★★★

It lets my students quickly find articles that deserve deeper analysis over texts that don’t meaningfully contribute.

Frank A.
Frank A.
Doctoral Supervisor
★★★★★

Essays were always hard with my attention struggles. Now I’m getting A’s and understand my assignments better.

Ylva S.
Ylva S.
BA Student, Clinical Psychology
★★★★★

Used Wonders through my Master’s — it saved me hours with clear, accurate summaries of complex papers.

Haydy A.
Haydy A.
MA Student
★★★★★

Concise, high-quality insights for academic work and content alike. Intuitive and simple.

Gui A.
Gui A.
Supervisor & Professor

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Here’s exactly how Wonders helps.

Configuring a search strategy in Wonders
01 · Search

Start with a question, not a blank page.

Come with a rough idea — Wonders sharpens your approach across 550M+ papers, patents, and dissertations, the way a good librarian would.

Organizing findings on the Wonders board
02 · Organize

Make sense of the best findings.

Save, highlight, summarize, and drag findings around until it clicks — and we surface the gaps that make a piece of research worth doing.

Auto-formatted citations and bibliography
03 · Write

Write — we keep the thread.

Focus on your thinking, knowing exactly where every claim came from. Wonders handles the admin, from your PDFs to the bibliography.

And a hundred more thoughtful touches.

They make research more fun, quick, and reliable — color-coded highlights, automated bibliography, Zotero & Overleaf sync, in-app PDF annotation, chat with a paper, and more.

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Student pricing
$20$6
/month · billed yearly

Fits your budget.

About a third of what similar tools charge. Just link your active academic email. Regular price: $16/mo or $144/yr. Either way—first two weeks are on us, so you can try before you buy.

Research is weird.

Let’s be honest, making sense of thousands of papers feels impossible. Where do you even start?

You open twenty tabs, save a few vague leads, and lose the good ones to odd filenames. It all scatters across truly bizarre tools...

The library system looks like it’s from 1993 and really only works with boolean queries. Your chatbot offers to help by confidently citing a paper that doesn’t exist. Great.

That’s just the start of months of Excel sheets and citation formats, a supervisor stretched across 7 other theses, and a nagging worry that Turnitin flags you over a missing quote.

Somewhere along the way, the curiosity and joy you started with gets crushed.

I love research, but hate the process. So Wonders is our attempt at the tools it deserves — a calmer, more inspired way to research: find the best sources, uncover worthwhile gaps, write, and get feedback in one place.

Join us for a free trial and tell us what you think. And if it sticks — we’d be genuinely glad to have you as our customer.

Joe Pacal

Joe Pacal

Co-Founder & CEO

Get better at research with our genuinely useful free guides.

Learn how to find high-quality sources, identify gaps in the literature, and export publication-ready citations — without juggling multiple tools or prior research experience.

Getting started with Wonders
Literature search strategy

Literature search strategy

Find the right papers across 550M+ sources.

Sharing & collaboration

Sharing & collaboration

Invite your team and work through the literature together.

Exporting + integrations

Exporting + integrations

Export your work and sync with Zotero, Overleaf, and Word.

Organize & manage your library

Organize & manage your library

Keep every source, note, and PDF in order.

Plan a better literature review

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Cite any kind of source

All 50 guides →

Loved by students. Trusted by staff & faculty.

Supervisors save 4–6 hours a week when students arrive with their reading already organized. Students learn how to research as they go — not just hand in a polished PDF. And every claim a student writes traces back to a real source you can check.

“It’s the only AI that teaches research while doing it.”

Andy RiggleAndy RiggleAVP, Office of Graduate Studies

They see the process behind the work, not just the final PDF — and you can roll it out to a cohort in a day.

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Common questions.

What is Wonders?

Wonders is an AI research workspace for literature review. It helps you find, organize, and analyze academic literature with guided, step-by-step workflows and access to 550M+ scholarly sources.

Who is Wonders for?

Researchers of every level — undergrads, graduate students, PhD candidates, faculty, and professionals. Unlike tools that only optimize for experts, Wonders helps everyone run a genuinely good literature review.

How much does Wonders cost?

There’s a 14-day free trial with unlimited searches. Plus starts at $16/month, and students get up to 50% off.

How is Wonders different from Elicit or ChatGPT?

Instead of a black box, Wonders shows transparent, step-by-step workflows — you always see where each answer came from. It’s a full workspace with Boolean filters, project boards, and collaboration, not just a search box.

What citation formats does Wonders support?

APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, and more — export to PDF, DOCX, LaTeX, or plain text with auto-formatted bibliographies.

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