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Covers:ChatAgents
AI search over peer-reviewed papers with a yes/no evidence meter for each question.
Free plan
SciSpace
AI literature search, paper chat and extraction across 200M+ academic papers.
Covers:ChatAgents
Free plan
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What you'd pay
verified Nov 2026Solo
$12/mo
Team of 5
$60/mo
Per seat
PlanMonthlyAnnual, per monthUnitIncluded
Basic (Free)Monthly: $0Annual, per month: $0per_seat
- · Limited literature searches
- · Limited PDF chats
- · Standard model only
- · No exports
PremiumMonthly: $20Annual, per month: $12per_seat
- · Unlimited access to research tools (vendor claim)
- · Add-on credits available
- · 24-hour money-back guarantee
EnterpriseMonthly: —Annual, per month: —per_seat
- · Custom pricing
- · Institutional access
External ratings
verified Nov 2026Our scores
Value3/5
Ease of use4/5
Depth4/5
Support4/5
Text 4/5Image 1/5Video 1/5Agents 3/5
What it is
SciSpace (formerly Typeset) lets you search academic literature, get plain-language summaries, chat with PDFs and extract data from papers into tables. It also bundles an AI writer, citation generator and paraphraser aimed at students and researchers. Paid access is credit-based and several reviewers report surprise annual renewals and strict refund windows, so watch the billing terms.
Standout capability
Chat-with-paper and table-style data extraction across a very large academic index.
Best for
Academic researchersStudentsTechnical consultants
- Literature search with AI summaries
- Chat with PDF papers
- Data extraction from papers into tables
- AI writer, citation generator and paraphraser
Community sentiment
What people praise
Users repeatedly say it saves hours on literature review, that paper summaries and chat-with-paper are useful, and that support responds quickly.
What people complain about
The most frequent complaints are credits running out fast, occasional unreliable references, and unexpected annual renewals with refunds refused.
Geo & compliance
- Local-currency pricing
- No
- Regional pricing
- Vendor pricing page is JS-rendered and could not be read on 2026-11-03; Premium $20 monthly / $12 annual taken from Capterra's pricing listing and two 2026 roundups. Higher tiers (Advanced/Max/Teams) conflict between sources and are omitted. team5 = 5 x Premium annual. Re-verify against vendor.
- EU data hosting
- Unknown
- DPA available
- No
What we like
- Large paper index with fast summaries
- Intuitive interface, responsive support per reviewers
- Free tier to try before paying
Worth knowing
- Credits on free and paid tiers run out quickly
- Some users report unreliable or non-existent references
- Auto-renewal and refund complaints on Trustpilot
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