Paperpile for Google Workspace Marketplace
Paperpile is the #32 ranked academic resources app on Google Workspace, with a 3.8 average rating from 902 reviews, with a free plan available, as of Aug 11, 2026.
Paperpile is a Google Workspace Marketplace app by Paperpile LLC. With a rating of 3.8★ from 902 reviews, it currently ranks #32 in the Academic resources category.
AppRanks data: Paperpile ranks #32 in Academic resources on Google Workspace Marketplace, placing it in the top 30% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
Generated from live marketplace data — refreshed daily
Paperpile is a mixed-rating Google Workspace app with a growing review traction. It is listed in the Academic resources category on Google Workspace Marketplace, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 902 reviews show steady adoption but the app hasn't crossed the heavy-volume bar yet. Review accumulation at this stage tends to come from segment-specific use cases rather than universal adoption, so fit-to-stack matters more than category-leader brand recognition. The free tier lets you trial the entry feature set without committing a payment method. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical Google Workspace Marketplace listing.
Pros
- +Free tier available — no card required to evaluate
- +Published by Paperpile LLC — established developer track record
Cons
- −Average rating below 4.0 (3.8★) — read recent low-star reviews before committing
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About Paperpile
How Paperpile works
Paperpile is a full-featured reference manager right in your Google Doc ™:
- Create a perfectly formatted bibliography ready for submission of your paper - Insert citations with one click - Supports in-text citations and footnote citations. - APA, MLA, Chicago and more than 7000 journal specific citation styles
- Search your references online while your are writing your paper - Automatically lookup of PubMed IDs and DOIs. - Fully collaborative. It just works, even with dozens of co-authors.
- EndNote® compatible: export your document to Word and EndNote. - LaTeX compatible: export your document for use with LaTeX - Export references as RIS or BibTeX
Paperpile respects your privacy: The add-on needs permission to manage your documents but they remain private with you at all times. Paperpile never accesses, transmits or stores any of your data other than the citation meta-data necessary to format your citations and bibliographies.
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Category rankings
As of Sep 4, 2026- Academic resources#32of 107Top 30%
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Competitors & alternatives
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CompareFrequently asked questions
What is Paperpile?
Paperpile is an app for Google Workspace. It currently holds a 3.8-star rating from 902 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Academic resources category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Paperpile LLC.
Where does Paperpile rank on Google Workspace?
Paperpile currently sits at position #32 in the Academic resources category on Google Workspace. That places it in the top 30% of 107 apps tracked in the same category. Category positions are read from the live marketplace ranking and refresh on each scrape, so the number you see here reflects the most recent crawl rather than a long-running average.