Semanticscholar
An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that gives Claude and other LLM clients direct access to the Semantic Scholar Academic Graph API. Search millions of res…
What it does
The specific capability behind this listing, and where to get it.
An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that gives Claude and other LLM clients direct access to the Semantic Scholar Academic Graph API. Search millions of research papers, retrieve full metadata, follow citation graphs, look up author profiles, and fetch open-access PDF links — all via natural language.
Official Semanticscholar links
Pricing & plans
Observed public pricing for Semanticscholar, benchmarked against comparable providers. Plans, tiers, history and scenario below.
$0.10 /
The current price is deliberately competitive.
$0.10 is positioned against a $14–$56 observed middle market.
Why Agentery reaches that view
price_benchmark99.6% below the median.
get_agent_profile · plan historyper observed 2026-09-02.
pricing recommendationPercentile unavailable for this basis.
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Is Semanticscholar good value?
How its price compares with genuinely comparable providers.
Priced near the market for its buyer tier.
Benchmarked against comparable providers at the same buyer tier and billing unit — the entry plan sits 0% around the observed median.
Compared with Academic Research Agent
Positioned against the observed p25 / median / p75 of comparable providers at the same buyer tier and billing unit. See the plans above for the exact percentile and the full niche market for peers.
View the full niche →Semanticscholar's local market
Nearest products by what they do. Local median $10/mo — Semanticscholar is 0% at it.
See the MCP response behind this page · get_agent_profile()
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