Iris.ai vs SciSpace (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, SciSpace grades higher than Iris.ai: 2.4 against 1.6 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 the free plan, features and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money and ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
SciSpace
AI research platform for literature review and reading papers
Which one is for you
Pick Iris.ai if
- Fits if your company needs data pulled out of large piles of technical documents
- Makes sense if you're an R&D team happy to buy through a demo
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want a price, as none is published and pricing couldn't be verified
- Skip it if you're an individual researcher, since the products are for enterprises
- Watch out: no free tier or trial is listed
- Watch out: no apps or integrations are listed
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
| 1.6GPAIris.aiWeak | 2.4GPASciSpaceFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo price is published and every product is sold through a demo request. There is nothing to compare against the category's $10 middle, so it sits at C. | 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 | FNothing free on record: no free plan and no trial. | 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 | CData extraction, industry templates, an enterprise knowledge engine and R&D search. The listing doesn't show a gap, but it also doesn't show what a single researcher would get. | 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. Deploying on your own data means setup work. | 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 integrations or apps on the listing. | 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 | enterprise teams turning documents into AI-ready data | 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: Iris.ai and SciSpace. How we grade
Where they differ
- Iris.ai also covers documents.
- SciSpace also covers chat assistant, AI search and citations.
At a glance
| Iris.ai | SciSpace | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid | Free plan |
| Starts at | Not published | $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 | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| iOS | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Iris.ai AS | PubGenius Inc. |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | web.archive.org (not the vendor's own page) |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Iris.ai
- No prices are published; every product is sold through a demo request.
- Pricing could not be verified, so no plan or price is listed.
- Aimed at enterprises, not individual researchers.
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
Iris.ai
- Axion data extraction
- Turns PDFs, reports, images, graphs and tables into structured, machine-readable data.
- Industry schema templates
- Prebuilt structures for legal contracts, patents, clinical trials and financial statements.
- Neuralith
- Described as turning enterprise knowledge into an AI engine, with agentic workflows.
- RSpace
- Described as precision intelligence for complex R&D.
- Deployment on your own data
- The vendor says teams run Iris.ai on their own documents and systems.
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
Iris.ai
Pricing could not be confirmed. See iris.ai.
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
Iris.ai
No public discounts listed.
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, Iris.ai or SciSpace?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Iris.ai has no price we could confirm, and SciSpace starts at $12 per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly).
Which has a free plan, Iris.ai or SciSpace?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only SciSpace has a free plan. Iris.ai does not.
Which platforms do Iris.ai 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.