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Lune vs WisPaper

WisPaper is an academic agent with its own interface: deep search, question answering, surveys and agent tasks, sold in tiers from free up to Max. Lune is the same kind of work delivered as tools your own agent calls.

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Start with the one you should not buy from us

If the first list is you, take WisPaper.

Choose WisPaper if

  • You want a finished agent product rather than tools to wire up.
  • Surveys and long-running agent tasks are the shape of your work.
  • Credit packs on top of a subscription suit uneven months.

Choose Lune if

  • You already have an agent and want to give it better evidence.
  • You want to know exactly which venues are indexed before you rely on it.
  • You need a quote and locator for each claim, not a finished report.

From a question to a citation

WisPaper

  1. Set an agent task
  2. Deep search and QA
  3. Report or survey

Lune

  1. Search top-tier venues
  2. Read the full text
  3. Quote with a locator
A finished agent, or tools the agent you already trust can call.

Line by line

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

  • What you use

    Lune

    Tools your agent calls, plus a CLI and three miniapps.

    WisPaper

    The WisPaper agent and its web interface.

  • What is indexed

    Lune

    Lune wins this row. Top-tier venues, published as a browsable list.

    WisPaper

    Not stated on their site.

  • How deep a citation goes

    Lune

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

    WisPaper

    Cited output from deep search and QA.

  • Agent access

    Lune

    Lune wins this row. MCP and a CLI, on every plan.

    WisPaper

    No MCP server or public API listed on their site.

  • How it is priced

    Lune

    A daily request allowance, from free, plus credits.

    WisPaper

    Free through Max tiers, plus credit packs.

  • Methodology guidance

    Lune

    Lune wins this row. A corpus on peer review, ablations and venue choice.

    WisPaper

    Not offered.

Where the difference comes from

Publish what you index

WisPaper does not say which sources it searches. That is common in this category and it is the thing we would push back on hardest, because a grounding tool that will not name its corpus is asking for trust it has not shown the basis for.

Lune lists every indexed venue on a public page, and the papers under each one. If a venue you care about is missing, you can see that before you sign up rather than after.

A finished agent, or tools for yours

Buying a finished agent is a reasonable choice. It works out of the box, and somebody else tuned the prompts.

It also means a second agent, with its own memory of your project, sitting beside the one you already use. Lune takes the other route: the agent in your editor gains the tools, and your context stays in one place.

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

WisPaper

Free
$0 entry tier
Plus and Pro
Tiered figures not shown publicly
Max X2 and X5
Tiered higher usage

WisPaper lists tiers and credit packs, with 15% off annually. Prices move; treat this as a snapshot, not a quote.

What we read

Questions

Is Lune a WisPaper alternative?
If you want tools for an agent you already run, yes. If you want a finished academic agent with its own interface, WisPaper is that and Lune is not.
What does WisPaper index?
Their site does not say. Lune publishes its indexed venues and the papers under each.
Does WisPaper connect to agents?
No MCP server or public API is listed on their site.

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