genei vs SciSpace (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, SciSpace grades higher than genei: 2.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
SciSpace grades higher on features and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
genei
Summarizes PDFs and web pages and keeps research organized
SciSpace
AI research platform for literature review and reading papers
Which one is for you
Pick genei if
- Fits if you're a student who wants summaries and references in one place
- Works for someone who builds essay notes from many PDFs and pages
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a free plan, as there's only a 14-day trial
- Pricey if you need multi-document analysis or paraphrasing, which sit on Pro at £24.99 a month yearly
- Watch out: prices are in pounds, so the dollar cost moves with the rate
- Watch out: the homepage promotes a separate tool, CoLoop, for qualitative analysis
Pick SciSpace if
- Fits if you want search, reading and writing tools on one subscription
- Works for research teams of 2 to 300 people who want to be billed per user
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you're on Android, as the mobile app is listed for iPhone and iPad only
- Pricey if you run agents a lot, since the step past 1,200 credits is Advanced at $70 a month billed annually
- Not for you if you need the free limits in writing first, as they couldn't be confirmed
- Tight if you start several jobs at once, as Premium runs 4 tasks at a time and Advanced 8
- Watch out: prices come from an archived copy of the pricing page from 30 September 2026, and no integrations are listed
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAgeneiFair | 2.4GPASciSpaceFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CBasic is £7.99 a month billed yearly (£9.99 monthly), about the category's $10 middle. Pro is £24.99. The academic discount drops Basic to £3.99, but only for those who qualify. | CPremium is $12 a month billed annually, or $20 monthly, the middle of this category. That buys 1,200 credits and 4 tasks at once. The next step is a big one: Advanced at $70 for 10,000 credits. These figures come from an archived copy of the pricing page captured on 30 September 2026. |
| Free plan and trial | CNo free plan, just a 14-day trial. The listing does not say whether a card is needed. | CA free tier is reported by other listings, but SciSpace's own site turned automated readers away, so what it includes couldn't be confirmed on a SciSpace page. We'd sign up and look before planning a project around it. |
| Features | CSummaries, questions, folders, notes, references and figure extraction. The listing shows multi-document analysis and AI paraphrasing as Pro-only. | BLiterature Review answers from more than 270 million papers with references, Chat with PDF explains one paper, Extract Data pulls the findings out of several at once. Add agents, an AI writer, a paraphraser and a citation generator with 2,300+ styles and the whole job is covered. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You set up projects and folders before the notes pile up usefully. | CNo store rating on record, and credits are the thing you have to keep in your head: every plan meters the agents by a monthly allowance and caps how many tasks run at once. Asking in plain language, or highlighting a table to have it explained, is the easy part. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb only, with no apps or integrations listed. | BWeb, an iPhone and iPad app, and a Chrome extension that explains highlighted text on any page and replies in 13 languages. Phone and computer, then. No Android app was found on Google Play in the US when checked, and the listing shows nothing it connects to. |
| Best for | summarizing PDFs and web pages for essays | search, reading and writing in one place |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: genei and SciSpace. How we grade
Price against what you get
genei starts at about $5.35 a month and scores 2.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. SciSpace starts at $12 a month and scores 2.7.
SciSpace scores higher, and starts $6.65 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other AI research tools on the chart, 4 score higher than genei for less, and 3 score higher than SciSpace for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- genei also covers notes and documents.
- SciSpace also covers chat assistant, AI search and AI agents.
At a glance
| genei | SciSpace | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | £3.99 per month, billed annually (Academic Basic) | $12 per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly) |
| Free plan | None | Third-party listings report a free tier, but its current limits could not be read: SciSpace's site turned automated readers away, and the archived pricing data covers paid plans only. |
| Free trial | 14-day free trial | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | genei | PubGenius Inc. |
| Price read from | genei.io | web.archive.org (not the vendor's own page) |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Worth knowing
genei
- Prices are shown in pounds sterling.
- Multidocument analysis and AI paraphrasing are Pro only.
- The homepage promotes a separate qualitative analysis tool, CoLoop.
SciSpace
- SciSpace's site blocked automated reading, so prices come from an Internet Archive copy of its pricing page captured on September 30, 2026.
- The limits of the free tier could not be confirmed on a SciSpace page.
- Paid plans meter usage in monthly credits: 1,200 on Premium, 10,000 on Advanced and 40,000 or more on Max.
- The mobile app is listed for iPhone and iPad; no Android app was found on Google Play (US) when checked.
Key features
genei
- AI summaries
- Summarizes documents and web pages and extracts keywords to speed up background reading.
- Question mode
- Ask questions and have the AI find answers across your documents; GPT-3 search is on Pro.
- Projects and folders
- Store documents in customizable projects with unlimited resources on both plan tiers.
- Notes and references
- Cloud notes and annotations, note linking and automatic reference generation.
- Multidocument analysis
- Pro analyzes several documents together.
- Figure and table extraction
- Pulls graphs, figures and tables out of documents.
SciSpace
- Literature Review
- Ask a research question in plain language and get answers drawn from a repository of more than 270 million papers, each with references to its sources.
- Chat with PDF
- Ask questions about a paper or PDF and get answers backed by citations that point to where in the source they came from.
- SciSpace Agent and Biomedical Agent
- Agents take on research tasks and draw on the plan's monthly credits. Each plan also caps how many tasks run at once: 4 on Premium, 8 on Advanced and 16 on Max.
- Writing and citation tools
- AI Writer, Paraphraser and AI Detector sit beside a Citation Generator that formats references in APA, MLA and more than 2,300 other styles.
- Extract Data
- Pulls the summary, conclusions and findings out of several PDFs at once so papers can be compared side by side.
- Chrome extension
- Explains highlighted text, math and tables on any web page or PDF, answers follow-up questions with citations and replies in 13 languages.
Plans
genei
Basic£9.99
per month (£7.99 billed annually)
Summaries, keywords, notes, reference generation; files up to 5 GB.
Pro£29.99
per month (£24.99 billed annually)
Adds multi-document analysis, AI expand and paraphrase, and GPT-3 search and questions.
Academic Basic£4.99
per month (£3.99 billed annually)
Basic features at the academic discount.
Academic Pro£19.99
per month (£15.99 billed annually)
Pro features at the academic discount.
SciSpace
Premium$12
per month, billed annually ($144); $20 billed monthly
1,200 credits a month and up to 4 concurrent tasks.
Teams (Premium)$15
per user / month, billed annually ($180); $25 billed monthly
For 2 to 300 users, each with 1,200 credits a month and up to 4 concurrent tasks.
Advanced$70
per month, billed annually ($840); $90 billed monthly
10,000 credits a month and up to 8 concurrent tasks.
Teams (Advanced)$75
per user / month, billed annually ($900); $100 billed monthly
For 2 to 300 users, each with 10,000 credits a month and up to 8 concurrent tasks.
MaxFrom $160
per month, billed annually ($1,920); from $200 billed monthly
Priced by credit tier, from 40,000 credits a month up to 300,000, with up to 16 concurrent tasks.
Teams (Max)$175
per user / month, billed annually ($2,100); $220 billed monthly
For 2 to 300 users, each with 40,000 credits a month and up to 16 concurrent tasks.
Ways to pay less
genei
- Education
Academic pricing at 40% off
The pricing page has an Academic tab with Basic and Pro plans labeled as a 40% discount.
SciSpace
- Annual discount
Save 20% to 40% with annual billing
Annual billing brings Premium from $20 to $12 a month (40% off), Advanced from $90 to $70 (22% off) and the entry Max tier from $200 to $160 (20% off).
Common questions
Which is cheaper, genei or SciSpace?
As of Nov 12, 2026, genei is cheaper to start with: about $5.35 a month, against $12 a month for SciSpace. genei starts at £3.99 per month, billed annually (Academic Basic), and SciSpace starts at $12 per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, genei or SciSpace?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only SciSpace has a free plan. genei does not, though it has a free trial.
Which platforms do genei and SciSpace run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only SciSpace lists an iOS app and a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.