SciSpace

SciSpace (formerly Typeset) is purpose-built for academic research. Its core product is an AI layer that sits on top of scientific papers, letting you ask questions about what you're reading without leaving the page.

Open any paper in SciSpace and you can highlight any passage — a confusing method, an unfamiliar term, a statistical claim — and ask the AI to explain it. The AI has read the paper and answers in context, not generically. This is dramatically faster than googling jargon mid-read.

What SciSpace Does Best

The AI reading assistant is the flagship feature. SciSpace also offers a literature search engine across 270+ million papers, a citation tool that formats references in any style, and a Biomedical Agent for life-sciences-specific workflows. For researchers comparing multiple papers, the table extraction tool can pull structured data from figures and tables across papers for comparison — a task that normally takes hours.

Pricing

Free plan includes 100 AI credits per month. Premium is $12/month billed annually ($20/month billed monthly) with 1,200 monthly credits, unlimited literature search, unlimited exports, and Biomedical Agent access. Advanced ($70/month annual, 10,000 credits) and Max ($160/month annual, 40,000 credits) tiers add higher usage caps and priority support for labs and power users. Team plans run $10–18/user/month. Students get 40% off with an .edu email.

Who Should Use SciSpace?

Graduate students, academic researchers, and anyone who regularly reads technical papers will save significant time. It's particularly useful for researchers entering a new field who need to quickly get up to speed on vocabulary and methodology. Journalists and policy analysts who need to understand scientific literature without a PhD will also benefit.