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Semantic Scholar vs Zoteus
Same numbers we show everywhere else, lined up. Ratings come from users, the grade comes from our scanner, adoption comes from public registries.
Semantic Scholar
Cio.github.mrfentmen/semantic-scholar-mcpNo reviews yet
Search academic papers and read citations from Semantic Scholar. No key required.
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Zotero MCP server for Claude and ChatGPT: search, citations, safe writes, PDF passages and pages.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. The safety scan favours Zoteus (98/100 against 65). Zoteus is hosted and callable through the gateway; Semantic Scholar runs on your own machine. Zoteus has noticeably more public adoption.
| Semantic Scholar | Zoteus | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | C65/100 | A98/100 |
| Adoption | — | Established |
| GitHub stars | – | 41 |
| Downloads / week | – | 1.9k |
| Runs where | Your machine (local) | Hosted (remote) |
| Gateway-ready | No | Yes |
| Tools | 2 | — |
| Write actions | — | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | MIT | MIT |
| Last release | — | 2026-09-17 |
| Category | Web search | Web search |