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SciSpace
Perplexity
Perplexity
Rating
4.3/5
4.7/5
Pricing Model Freemium Freemium
Starting Price Free tier Free tier
Pricing Details

Basic (Free)

$0/month

  • Chat with PDFs
  • Daily AI actions
  • Basic research features
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Premium

$20/month

$12/mo billed annually ($144/year)

  • Unlimited literature searches
  • Full AI writer access
  • High-quality AI models
  • Ad-free experience

Teams

$18/seat/month

$8/seat billed annually

  • Admin controls
  • Team collaboration
  • Customer success manager

Advanced

$70/month

  • Deep Review feature
  • Maximum AI capabilities
  • Priority support
  • Advanced research tools

Prices verified February 2026. Annual billing saves up to 40%.

Free

$0/month

  • Unlimited quick searches
  • Limited Pro search access
  • File uploads
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Pro

$20/month

$200/year (save ~17%)

  • Advanced AI models (GPT-5, Claude 4, Gemini)
  • Unlimited Pro searches
  • $5 monthly API credit

Max

$200/month

  • Unlimited access to all advanced models
  • No usage restrictions on web
  • Everything in Pro

Enterprise Pro

$40/seat/month

$400/seat/year

  • SSO, shared Spaces, admin controls
  • Data never logged or used for training
  • Education discount: $30/seat/mo

Enterprise Max

$325/seat/month

  • Unlimited Labs and Research
  • Latest models, 10x storage
  • Enhanced security

Prices verified February 2026. API (Sonar) available as pay-as-you-go for developers.

Category Research Research
Description AI research assistant for academic papers AI-powered search engine
Key Features
  • AI paper explanations
  • Literature review
  • Citation analysis
  • Paper summaries
  • Math/formula explanations
  • AI search
  • Source citations
  • Follow-up questions
  • Collections
  • API access
Pros
  • + Excellent at explaining complex papers
  • + Good literature discovery
  • + Math and formula explanations
  • + Clean reading interface
  • + Free tier is useful
  • + Accurate with sources
  • + Fast responses
  • + Good free tier
  • + Great for research
Cons
  • - Focused on academic papers only
  • - Smaller database than Google Scholar
  • - Premium needed for heavy use
  • - Citation formatting limited
  • - Pro features limited
  • - No image generation
  • - Sometimes misses context
  • - Cited sources sometimes link to paywalled content
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