SciSpace
SciSpace: AI literature reviews, PDF chat and research
Find academic papers, ask cited questions about PDFs and extract evidence into comparison tables with SciSpace’s research tools and AI Agent.
Free plan availableAccount required
- Access
- Free and paid plans
- Example plan
- USD 20 / monthPremium
- Available on
- Web, Mobile
From paper discovery to a structured research draft
SciSpace brings academic discovery, document reading and research writing into one workspace. Its dedicated tools cover literature reviews, questions about PDFs, evidence extraction and citations. The AI Agent extends that collection with research tasks and outputs such as reports, drafts and presentations. It is useful for moving between finding a paper, understanding a difficult section and organising findings for later writing.
PDF chat links explanations to sections of a document. Highlighted text can be explained in simpler language, while the extraction tool arranges information across papers into a table with default or custom columns. Those tables support spreadsheet and reference exports, which makes the extracted material easier to reuse outside SciSpace. File size and batch limits apply to extraction.
Access spans the web, a Chrome extension and an iOS app. Free tools and limited Basic access sit alongside individual subscriptions and organisation plans. Agent tasks use the available allowance, and current paid plans differ in credits, model access and parallel chats. Eligible institutional access can help open full-text papers, but a subscription does not grant access to every publisher’s content.
Best for
- Researchers building literature reviews
- Students reading complex academic papers
- Teams organising evidence across PDFs
Limitations
Generated explanations and extracted cells can be wrong or incomplete. Agent usage, file batches and full-text access have separate limits; advertised unlimited features do not remove every restriction.
SciSpace features
Academic paper discovery
Find research papers and related literature. Premium adds discovery from sources including Google Scholar, PubMed and arXiv.
PDF questions and explanations
Ask about a document, summarise sections and follow citation-linked answers into the relevant source text.
Structured evidence extraction
Build comparison tables across PDFs with up to 50 columns, including fields you define yourself.
Spreadsheet and reference exports
Export extraction tables in CSV, Excel, RIS, BIB or XML for analysis and reference management.
Research Agent and reports
Use the Agent for research, drafting and presentations. Plan tiers determine model access and how many chats can run in parallel.
Institution and team access
Eligible institution links unlock available full text. Enterprise adds managed access, shared usage, consolidated billing and SSO/SCIM.
SciSpace pricing
Free plan available. Subscription plans. Visit SciSpace for full plan details and current offers.
Example plans.
Premium
USD 20 / month
SciSpace
Plan details
1,200 monthly credits; up to four parallel Agent chats.
Advanced
USD 90 / month
SciSpace
Plan details
10,000 monthly credits; up to eight parallel Agent chats.
Max
USD 200 / month
SciSpace
Plan details
Current card offers unlimited monthly usage; up to sixteen parallel Agent chats.
Technical specifications
Search and research
| Feature | SciSpace |
|---|---|
| Source corpus | Academic papers, with expanded discovery from Google Scholar, PubMed and arXiv on Premium. Institution-linked full text is subject to eligibility.Premium discovery and eligible institutional access |
| Citation workflow | PDF answers and extracted findings link to relevant paper sections.PDF reading and extraction |
| Document inputs | PDF uploads up to 100 MB. Data extraction batches up to 20 PDFs, or 100 on Premium, according to the extraction FAQ.Data extraction limits; not a universal project limit |
| Research workflow | Paper discovery, literature review, PDF explanations and an Agent for research reports, drafts and presentations. Parallel Agent chats: Premium 4, Advanced 8, Max 16.Current individual plan cards |
| Export formats | Extraction tables support CSV, Excel, RIS, BIB and XML. Up to 50 default or custom columns can be included.Data extraction |
SciSpace alternatives
Other tools for academic evidence, structured reviews and source-based document research.
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Compare with SciSpaceSciSpace FAQs
Is SciSpace free?
SciSpace offers free tools and limited Basic access. Paid plans expand Agent usage, model access and other capabilities; the mobile page describes its free offer as limited in duration.
How much does SciSpace Premium cost?
Premium is USD 20 per month, or USD 144 for a full year at the advertised USD 12 monthly equivalent. It includes 1,200 monthly credits and up to four parallel Agent chats.
Do SciSpace credits roll over?
Monthly subscription credits reset at the start of the next billing cycle. The pricing FAQ says separately purchased Add-On credits stay in the account indefinitely.
Can SciSpace export research tables?
Yes. Its data extraction tool lists CSV, Excel, RIS, BIB and XML exports. PDF upload and batch limits apply, and extracted findings can be traced to source sections.
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