Head to head · captured 12 September 2026

Manusights vs q.e.d Science: which checks more of your manuscript?

Manusights: analyzes manuscripts across 8 dimensions: claims, evidence, methods, figures, citations, journal fit, reviewer risk, and revision priority. q.e.d Science: breaks papers into core claims, surfaces gaps in logic, methodology and internal consistency, and separates novel contributions from established knowledge. Both quoted from their own sites; PeerReviewAI, a competitor to both, in the third column.

Side by sideWhich to choose
Full Review $39 vs Free for researchers
Side by side

Eight dimensions, quoted.

'Not stated' means the vendor's pages did not address it.
DimensionManusightsq.e.d SciencePeerReviewAI
PriceFree Readiness Scan; Full Review $39; Expert (human) Review tier, 3–7 days, price not shown on the page"free for researchers", no credit card; enterprise: contact sales$49 per manuscript, no subscription. Journal Brief $2.99 per paper (first free). ESL add-on $19.99.
TurnaroundReadiness Scan about 2–3 minutes; Full Review about 30 minutesAbout 30 minutes (per The Scientist's coverage)Minutes; streamed live; PDF downloads at completion
Output.docx report with score, top risks and revision prioritiesClaim-tree review with tailored fixes; also grant-proposal feedback16-section review; PDF and journal-formatted .docx download at completion
Reference verification"claim-level citation verification" with a retraction gate; databases not disclosedNot statedEvery reference checked against PubMed and Crossref; status per reference; retraction screening on every DOI
Reporting guidelinesNo reporting-guideline audit mentionedNot statedItem-by-item audit against the applicable guideline: CONSORT, SPIRIT, PRISMA and extensions, STROBE, CARE, SRQR, ARRIVE, TRIPOD, SQUIRE, CHEERS, STARD, STREGA
Target-journal instructionsJournal-fit assessment; no author-instruction audit mentionedNot statedAudit against the target journal's author instructions
Edits your Word fileNo; diagnostic feedback onlyNo; report onlyJournal formatting applied to your .docx as Word tracked changes, included
Data policyManuscripts "not used to train models"; "bounded retention and purpose-limited access""does not train on any manuscripts or grants you upload", but uploads "may be used as input to improve QED's ability to assess whether its feedback is helpful"; deleted projects purged within 30 daysZero Data Retention (Anthropic); never stored or used for training
Where they differ

The decisive differences.

Price

Manusights Full Review $39. q.e.d Science Free for researchers. PeerReviewAI $49 per manuscript, formatting included.

Turnaround

Manusights: Readiness Scan about 2–3 minutes; Full Review about 30 minutes. q.e.d Science: About 30 minutes (per The Scientist's coverage). PeerReviewAI: minutes; streamed live; pdf downloads at completion.

Verification criteria stated, of five

Manusights 3. q.e.d Science 0. PeerReviewAI 5.

Matrix

Eight countable criteria.

ToolReferences checked against PubMed / CrossrefRetraction screeningReporting-guideline audit (CONSORT, STROBE, PRISMA …)Target-journal author-instruction auditJournal formatting applied as Word tracked changesPay per manuscriptNo subscription requiredFull sample report published
PeerReviewAIYesYesYesYesYesYesYesYes
ManusightsPartialYesNoPartialNoYesYesNot stated
q.e.d ScienceNot statedNot statedNoNoNoYesYesNot stated
Verdict

Choose which.

Manusights

A quick triage of claims, evidence and journal fit at a low per-review price.

q.e.d Science

A free logic-and-claims stress test before you spend money on anything else.

PeerReviewAI

The manuscript you are submitting: references verified, checklist and journal instructions audited, formatting as tracked changes. $49, no verdict, no subscription.

All three

None replaces journal peer review or detects fabricated data; all find manuscript-visible problems before an editor does.

Why the price is different

What the $49 pays for.

Product facts verified in the code that runs the review; prices as captured.
What runs on every review

Up to four model passes: study-design detection, which selects the reporting guideline; the 16-section review; a separate compliance audit after the review is written; journal formatting as tracked changes on your .docx (a fifth pass with the ESL add-on). Plus a PubMed and Crossref lookup for every reference, with retraction screening, and a search of PubMed's roughly 40 million records for relevant uncited papers. A chat plan buys one model turn per message; the cheaper tools deliver one report.

Bundled here, priced separately elsewhere

Human pre-submission peer review starts at $272 (Enago) or $289 (AJE); journal formatting alone is $75 to $150. No AI tool in our comparison edits your Word file. Reference verification, the checklist audit and the formatting are all inside the $49.

Per year, at the captured prices
  • ChatGPT Plus: $20 a month, $240 a year.
  • Claude Pro: $17 to $20 a month, $204 to $240 a year.
  • Google AI Pro (Gemini): $19.99 a month, $239.88 a year.
  • Reviewer3 Researcher: $19 a month, $228 a year.
  • Review-it Unlimited: $59 a month, $708 a year.
  • Paperpal Prime: $144 a year, $144 a year.
  • PeerReviewAI: $49 per manuscript, $49 to $147 a year for one to three manuscripts.
What you keep

Zero Data Retention. No verdict. A full sample review published before you pay. No subscription in the months you are not submitting.

When the cheaper option is right

Manusights (Full Review $39) if a quick triage of claims, evidence and journal fit at a low per-review price is all you need. q.e.d Science (Free for researchers) if a free logic-and-claims stress test before you spend money on anything else is all you need. PeerReviewAI for the manuscript you are submitting, when references, checklist and journal formatting all need checking.

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Your manuscript is never stored, logged, or used for training.
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Or check all of it in one pass.

References verified, checklist and journal instructions audited, formatting as tracked changes. $49, no subscription.

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