PaperBanana Help Center
Learn how to generate, edit, manage, and pay for scientific visuals in PaperBanana
PaperBanana helps researchers turn text, images, papers, and rough ideas into publication-ready scientific visuals. This help center covers the main workflows, credit usage, billing, account settings, and troubleshooting.

What you can do
- Generate scientific mechanism diagrams from prompts, reference images, or research descriptions.
- Create academic illustrations for papers, methods, pathways, and concept models.
- Build scientific posters for conferences and lab presentations.
- Edit generated SVG diagrams in Workspace Editor and export final files.
- Manage credits, subscriptions, credit packs, invoices, and account settings.
Choose the right tool
| If you need to... | Use this guide |
|---|---|
| Explain a mechanism, pathway, workflow, or graphical abstract | Scientific Diagram Maker |
| Create a polished academic illustration from text or an image | AI Scientific Illustration |
| Turn research content into a conference or lab poster | Scientific Poster Maker |
| Fix labels, colors, layout, or exported SVG files | Workspace Editor |
Start here
If you are new to PaperBanana, start with Getting Started.
If you already know which tool you need, open the relevant guide:
For credits or payments, see Credits and Billing.
For failed generations, missing credits, or account issues, see Troubleshooting.