What Penelope AI does
Penelope.ai is an online tool that checks whether scientific manuscripts meet journal requirements. It is intended for editors, who use it to process manuscripts, and for authors, who use it to prepare work before submission. It integrates with publishing platforms and is available to journals using Manuscript Manager, while users of Editorial Manager or ScholarOne can join a waiting list. Journals can choose from more than 30 configurable checks, mark which are critical, and customize feedback. Checks cover ethics, declarations, abstracts, referencing, and word counts, and results link to marked-up sections of text. Pricing is per submission, tiered by annual submission volume, with an annual fee for the full suite of checks, excluding VAT. Custom pricing applies above 5,000 submissions.
How Penelope AI compares with its closest alternatives
3 of the 5 closest alternatives have a free plan, as Penelope AI does. Among the 2 that list a starting price, the cheapest is Bearly AI at $20 a month and the median is $20. 1 of the 5 offers an API; FalcoScan's records show none for Penelope AI. Penelope AI offers a web app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app. Penelope AI was founded in 2022; the alternatives were founded between 2014 and 2023, 2 of them earlier. The alternatives with a known headquarters are in the United States and Canada.