PaperBanana
URL: https://paperbana.com
LOGO: https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?domain=paperbana.com&sz=128
PRICING: freemium
TAGS: AI, Image Generation, Academic
DESC: Turns paper text, references or a rough sketch into publication-ready methodology diagrams, statistical plots and model architecture figures for research papers.
FEATURES: Paste paper text, references or a rough sketch and get a publication-ready figure back | Six output styles: methodology diagram, statistical plot, model architecture, graphical abstract, educational infographic and aesthetic refinement | Image-to-image tool that builds figures from sketches, draft diagrams or screenshots | AI image editor for revising an existing figure with plain text instructions | Image upscaler for cleaning up low-resolution drafts and screenshots | Prompt library with ready patterns including RAG pipeline, transformer architecture, sketch cleanup and poster panels | Free Draft mode previews the idea before you spend credits on a paid model | Credit cost is shown before a task runs, and credits from a failed or early-finishing job may be returned automatically | Built on the PaperBanana research framework from Peking University and Google Cloud AI Research
USECASES: Turn a methods section into a clean pipeline diagram for a paper | Clean a whiteboard sketch into a figure a reviewer will accept | Lay out problem, method, results and impact as poster panels for a conference | Produce ablation, accuracy and latency chart panels for a benchmark section
PRICING_DETAILS: Credit-based with a Free Draft preview, though sign-in is required before any generation. Pro is $18.92 a month for 500 credits monthly, or $226.99 a year for 6,000 credits delivered monthly plus a priority queue during busy periods. Premium is $75 a month for 2,000 credits with priority email support. Institution pricing is custom. One-time credit packs are sold separately for deadline weeks. Payment runs through PayPal or Creem. Starter credits may be offered to new accounts but the amount changes. Refunds are pro-rated on a first purchase within 14 days if unused credits remain, and you can cancel future renewals at any time with the paid term running to its end.
PROS: Purpose-built for research figures rather than a general image generator aimed at science | Free Draft lets you check the direction before spending credits | Credit cost is shown before the job runs, and unused credits may be returned when a task fails | The prompt library covers figure patterns that actually recur in machine learning papers | Cancel anytime, with the current paid term still honoured
CONS: It is a paid hosted wrapper around a free open-source framework, which the site discloses in its own footer | Not affiliated with Google, Peking University or the original paper authors, so support and roadmap depend entirely on a third party | $18.92 a month for 500 credits is steep for students, who are a large part of the target audience | Starter credits are not guaranteed and the amount can change at any time | Support runs through email and a Telegram account rather than a company support desk