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SciSpace pricing
Yes. SciSpace has a free plan, and its cheapest paid plan is $12/mo.
SciSpace's entry plan is the 2nd cheapest of the 4 research tools we price, by the least a year costs on each; Consensus is lowest at $108 a year (listed monthly price times 12). Figures last confirmed 21 Aug 2026.
Plans
- Free plan
- Basic, $0, capped usage - roughly 5 lit-review searches, 5 PDF chats, 10 writer actions, 20 citations/month
- Entry paid plan
- $12/mo billed annually or $20/mo billed monthly (Premium) - unlimited lit-review searches, higher-quality model, unlimited PDF chat/writing/citations, exports to RIS/CSV/BIB/Excel/XML
- Bills in
- Monthly per-user subscription; underlying AI-credit mechanics are not published
- Cost per year
- $144 a year billed annually ($240 a year billed monthly) on the entry plan
SciSpace against the cheapest research tools
Entry plans only, ranked by the least a year costs on each: the annual-billed price where the vendor offers one, otherwise the monthly price times 12. The last column compares like with like: annual billing with annual billing when both tools offer it, otherwise the monthly price times 12 for both. Per-user and flat prices are not subtracted from each other.
| Tool | Free plan | Entry | Per year | A year vs SciSpace |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 ConsensussecondaryTry | Yes | $9/mo | $108listed monthly price times 12 | $132 lessboth at the monthly price times 12 |
 SciSpace | Yes | $12/mo | $144billed annually | this tool |
 PerplexitysecondaryTry | Yes | $20/mo | $200.04billed annually | $56.04 moreboth billed annually |
 ElicitTry | Yes | $49/user/mo | $588 per userbilled annually | per user vs flat |
Is SciSpace free?
Yes. SciSpace has a free plan, and its cheapest paid plan is $12/mo. The free plan: Basic, $0, capped usage - roughly 5 lit-review searches, 5 PDF chats, 10 writer actions, 20 citations/month.
How much does SciSpace cost?
SciSpace's cheapest paid plan is $12/mo, which comes to $144 a year billed annually ($240 a year billed monthly). Plan detail: $12/mo billed annually or $20/mo billed monthly (Premium) - unlimited lit-review searches, higher-quality model, unlimited PDF chat/writing/citations, exports to RIS/CSV/BIB/Excel/XML.
Verified · source: typeset.io
HTTP 200, server-rendered Next.js page with real embedded Stripe price objects. The site's headline '$12/mo' is the annual-billed rate only; billed monthly the same Premium tier is $20/mo. Next tier above entry is disputed across sources (roughly $90/mo Advanced vs $18 to $20/user/mo Teams vs a $100/mo/5-seat Lab in different trackers) and is not reflected here.
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