SciSpace
Broad AI research platform: chat with PDFs, literature reviews, AI writer, 280M papers.
About
SciSpace (formerly Typeset) is the broadest AI research platform in this batch: Chat with PDF (page-cited answers), literature review over 280M papers (provider-claimed), AI Writer with citation generation, paraphraser, citation generator (9,000+ styles), systematic-review workflows, and a Biomedical Agent.
Credit-metered: Basic free (100 credits/mo), Premium $12/mo annual ($20 monthly), Advanced $70/mo annual, Max $160/mo annual. Reviewers note the credit system creates friction for heavy users and breadth trades against depth (Elicit's extraction tables are stronger for systematic reviews).
What it can do
- Chat with PDF with page-specific citations
- Literature review over 280M+ papers
- AI Writer, paraphraser, citation generator
- Systematic-review workflows with PRISMA export
- Journal matching; Biomedical Agent (Premium+)
Setup
- Sign up at scispace.com (free Basic, no card).
- Upload a PDF and Chat with it, or run a literature review from a question.
- Use the AI Writer/paraphraser with auto-generated citations.
- Upgrade to Premium ($12/mo annual) when free credits run out.
Prerequisites
A web browser; SciSpace account (free tier available).
Use cases
Works with
Trust score — 7/10
Scored 7/10 (metrics tier). Broadest feature set in the category with strong 2026 review coverage, but closed SaaS with a friction-creating credit system, and the 280M-paper figure is provider-claimed. Reviewers consistently note breadth-over-depth trade-offs. Metrics tier.
How the trust score is built
Full methodology →- Adoption · stars/downloads, log-scaled vs peers
- 8.0/10
- Maintenance · recency, releases, issue load
- 5.0/10
- Openness · license + docs
- 4.8/10
- Manual review · sanity read + red-flag check
- 8.0/10
- · provider-tier estimate — thinner evidence (no public adoption metric)
- · broad platform, strong 2026 review coverage — provider-tier estimate
- · no release date — neutral maintenance score
- · manual review: 280M papers provider-claimed; credit system creates friction per reviews; breadth over depth; license: closed SaaS (formerly Typeset)
Sources
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