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    Researchers making figures

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    AI Design

    Key Features

    Academic illustrations
    Diagram generation
    Slide visuals

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    PaperBanana

    freemium • Free
    Updated Oct 2026

    PaperBanana creates AI academic illustrations for research papers and presentation slides, helping researchers turn methods and ideas into clean figures. It's freemium. Worth weighing: scientific figures should be checked for accuracy before publication. For researchers who need a figure fast without design skills, it's a useful helper.

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    • Made for academic figures
    • Paper and slide ready
    • No design skills needed

    Cons

    • Check figures for accuracy
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    Academic illustrations
    Diagram generation
    Slide visuals

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