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SciSpace Copilot
SciSpace Copilot explains, summarizes, and answers questions about research papers and web content, now presented as Chat with PDF.
In inglese
SciSpace Copilot helps students, researchers, and other readers understand scientific literature. Users can upload PDFs, highlight text, ask questions, generate section summaries, follow citation links, and get explanations of equations, tables, and technical language.
The maker now presents the product as SciSpace Chat with PDF and describes it as formerly Copilot. A Chrome extension extends explanations and summaries to webpages. A free tier is available; the official pricing page did not display plan prices during this review.
Features
- Answers questions about uploaded PDFs
- Provides citation-linked answers from PDF sections
- Summarizes PDF sections and selected text
- Explains highlighted technical language
- Explains equations and tables in PDFs
- Recommends related papers
- Supports interaction in 75+ languages
- Offers a Chrome extension for webpages
Use cases
- Summarize a research paper before deciding whether to read it
- Explain unfamiliar terms, methods, or conclusions
- Ask follow-up questions while reading a PDF
- Interpret equations, tables, and figures in scientific papers
- Review articles on publisher and repository websites
- Organize reading with notes and saved research
Pros
Cons
Capabilities
- Searches papers — “you can simply search for the paper or topic you want to look up to get started.” source
- Cites sources — “Get answers backed by citations from specific sections of the PDF” source
- Reads PDFs — “Upload any PDF to SciSpace Chat PDF, ask a question, and get concise, citation-linked answers, summaries, and follow-ups in seconds” source
- Summaries — “Get detailed section-wise summary for your PDF file” source
- Tutoring — “Whenever you need help, the AI research assistant is there to explain the paper, answer your queries, and provide you with the context you need within the same page.” source
- Many languages — “Supports 75+ languages, making it accessible for users worldwide” source
Pricing
- Starting price
- $12/mo
- Prices checked
- 2026-09-25
- Read
- by web search
Basic
Free
- 100 monthly credits
- Limited features (citation generations, topic searches, etc.)
- No exports
Premium
- $12 /month billed annually
- $20 /month billed monthly
- 1,200 monthly Credits
- Pro Model Access
- Unlimited File Downloads
- Deep Research Access
- Unlimited Literature Reviews
- Unlimited Chat with PDF
Advanced
- $70 /month billed annually
- $90 /month billed monthly
- 10,000 monthly Credits
- Everything in Premium
- Pro & Expert Model Access
- Generate Verified Report
- Up to 8 Parallel Agent Chats
Max
- $160 /month billed annually
- $200 /month billed monthly
- Unlimited agent use
- Everything in Advanced
- Up to 16 Parallel Agent Chats
- Priority support & early feature access
SciSpace Enterprise
Price on request
- All Advanced features
- Admin-managed access, shared credit pools
- SSO/SCIM, consolidated billing
- Dedicated support, customizable integrations & limits