Keenious

6.5easy start · #18 of 28
in AI Search Engines

Free to practise onyes
Free trialnot on record
Well documentedyes
Runs where you worknot on record

Runs on Browser, Web. Paid plans from $10/mo.

Keenious is ranked #18 of 28 in AI search engines on The Geeks Club. It runs on Browser extension, Web. There is a free plan. Paid plans start at $10/mo.

Keenious plans and pricing

All plans

Plus for Individuals $10/mo when billed annually Export all results · Unlimited responses per conversation · Unlimited conversations per day · 20 MB max file upload size keenious.com · 8 Oct 2026

Plus for Teams $20/mo per user, when billed annually All Plus features · Admin console · Centralised billing · Dedicated customer and user support · Two-factor authentication keenious.com · 8 Oct 2026

Free Not published All search results · 5 AI responses per conversation · 3 conversations per day · 3 MB max file upload size keenious.com · 8 Oct 2026

Institutions Not published Pricing for any institution size · Access for all students and faculty · SSO, SAML, IP-Based Access · Library collection links · Dedicated support keenious.com · 8 Oct 2026

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Paid from: $10/mo
Source filters: Yes

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The record

Purpose: Keenious helps students and researchers find published academic research and understand complex literature with AI guidance.
AI explanations: Users can highlight text in papers and ask for explanations of methodologies, statistical concepts, and domain-specific terminology.
Languages: Users can interact with Keenious in nearly 100 languages and discover research from more than 100 countries.
Research corpus: The site says Keenious provides access to more than 250 million academic works from OpenAlex and identifies open access works through Unpaywall.
Library integrations: Institutional link resolver support includes EBSCO, PRIMO, and other library platforms.
Document integrations: Keenious integrates with Microsoft Word and Google Docs through add-ins.
Privacy: The site says uploaded PDFs and conversations are automatically deleted after one day, and PDFs have a 20 MB size limit.
Security and compliance: Keenious says it is ISO 27001 certified and GDPR compliant, follows data minimisation, and does not store submitted content.
Institutional authentication: The university offering supports IP recognition, institutional email domains, SAML, Microsoft, and Google authentication.
Support: Team and institution plans include dedicated customer and user support; institutional plans also include training, workshops, and webinars.
Research search limits: Keenious is intended for research discovery, and its search matches titles and abstracts rather than publication full text.
Who it serves: Keenious describes audiences including students, researchers, librarians, and universities.
Headquarters: Tromsø, Norway
Price from: $10/mo

Where it ranks on The Geeks Club

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keenious.com· checked 28 Sept 2026