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Comparisons

Lune vs Noteweave

Noteweave reads a method and turns it into an executable plan, with agents that scope, explore, plan and run. It lives in VS Code, as does Lune. The two do different halves of the same day.

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If the first list is you, take Noteweave.

Choose Noteweave if

  • Reproducing a method is the work, not finding it.
  • You want agents that plan and run experiments end to end.
  • Tracking assumptions and reproducibility is part of your process.

Choose Lune if

  • You need to know whether the method is the right one before running it.
  • You want claims checked against the paper that made them.
  • You want retrieval in every client, not only in the editor.

From a question to a citation

Noteweave

  1. Scope the method
  2. Plan the experiment
  3. Run and evaluate

Lune

  1. Search top-tier venues
  2. Read the full text
  3. Quote with a locator
One takes a paper and runs it. The other takes a claim and checks it.

Line by line

Marks the side we think wins. We mark the ones we lose.

  • What it does

    Lune

    Finds, quotes, compares and verifies published work.

    Noteweave

    Turns methods into reproducible, executable plans.

  • Where it runs

    Lune

    Lune wins this row. Any MCP client, plus a CLI and three miniapps.

    Noteweave

    A VS Code extension and a web app.

  • What it reads

    Lune

    Top-tier venues, most papers in full text.

    Noteweave

    Papers, datasets, code and repositories.

  • How deep a citation goes

    Lune

    Lune wins this row. A verbatim quote and its locator, per claim.

    Noteweave

    Methods traced into the plan they produced.

  • Running experiments

    Lune

    Not offered.

    Noteweave

    Noteweave wins this row. Parallel evaluations and execution.

  • Published pricing

    Lune

    Lune wins this row. Free, $4.99 and $9.99 a month, or $47.90 and $95.90 a year.

    Noteweave

    None published.

Where the difference comes from

Before the experiment, and after it

Noteweave picks up where a paper's method section ends: turn it into something runnable, surface the assumptions, evaluate it. That is a hard problem and a useful one, and being backed to build it suggests they are serious about it.

Lune sits on either side. Before, when you are deciding which method is worth reproducing and what the literature already reports about it. After, when the write-up needs every claim tied to a source.

Two extensions, one editor

Both products ended up in VS Code, which says something about where research work has moved.

They do not overlap there. Noteweave's agents produce and run plans. Lune's tools answer questions about published work, in the same window, through MCP rather than an extension of its own.

What your agent can call

  • search_papers
  • search_papers_many
  • search_related_papers
  • get_paper_fulltext
  • get_paper_citations
  • extract_from_papers
  • verify_claims
  • gather_evidence
  • list_conferences
  • get_conference_papers
  • search_research_guidance
  • get_research_guidance_doc

One connection, in Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, ChatGPT or anything else that speaks MCP. The same tools back the miniapps in the Lune dashboard.

Price

Lune

Free
$0 10 requests a day, every tool
Pro
$4.99 a month or $47.90 a year, 300 requests a day
Max
$9.99 a month or $95.90 a year, 600 requests a day
Credits
$0.99 300 extra requests, no expiry

Noteweave

Not published
Contact no public pricing page

Noteweave ships a VS Code extension alongside its web app. Prices move; treat this as a snapshot, not a quote.

What we read

Questions

Is Lune a Noteweave alternative?
No. Noteweave turns methods into runnable experiments; Lune finds and verifies published work. They cover different halves.
Can they be used together?
Yes. Both work in VS Code, and Lune is an MCP server any agent can call.
Does Lune run code?
No. It returns evidence and methodology guidance; your agent runs whatever it runs.

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