SciSpace vs Undermind

SciSpace

• Students and researchers who want search, reading and writing tools in one place
• Getting plain-language explanations of dense papers, equations and tables
• Research teams of 2 to 300 people billed per user

Undermind

• Complex research questions where keyword search misses relevant papers
• Academics, who pay $16 a month on annual billing instead of the $60 industry rate
• People who want literature search inside Claude, ChatGPT or a coding agent
• R&D teams tracking new publications in specific technical areas

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.

Undermind

• Free-tier searches read abstracts and metadata only; full-text search of open-access papers and preprints needs Pro.
• Industry pricing is far higher than academic: Pro is $60 a month billed annually against $16.
• A deep search typically takes about 2 minutes to finish, so results are not instant.
• Charges are non-refundable once a billing period has begun, except where the law requires a refund.

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.

Undermind

Deep literature search

You describe a research goal in plain language and answer follow-up questions. Undermind then reads and evaluates hundreds of papers and follows citation trails; a typical search takes about 2 minutes.

Reports with in-line citations

Findings come back as a report in which statements carry in-line citations that lead to the source paper, alongside a paper list you can sort and filter to judge relevance.

Chat and custom tables

After a search you can brainstorm with an assistant grounded in the papers it found, extract details from full texts and generate custom tables.

Alerts for new papers

Undermind keeps track of your areas of interest and notifies you when relevant papers are published.

Agent connections over MCP

An MCP server lets assistants and coding agents such as Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and VS Code run Undermind searches. Connecting agents is included in the Free plan.

Full-text search on Pro

The Free tier searches abstracts and metadata. Pro adds compute to search the full texts of nearly all open-access and preprint articles.

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.

Undermind

• Free$0

  Chat, deep searches and reports with standard rate limits, shared workspaces and agent connections over MCP.

• Pro (Academic)$16

  per month, billed annually ($192); $20 billed monthly

  The newest AI models, full-text analysis, 10x higher usage limits, and unlimited workspaces, files and paper libraries.

• Pro (Industry)$60

  per month, billed annually ($720); $75 billed monthly

  The same Pro features at the industry rate.

• Team (Academic)$15

  per person / month, billed annually; $18.70 billed monthly

  From 3 seats. Pro features plus member management, priority support and central billing. Falls to $12.50 per person at 60 or more seats.

• Team (Industry)$60

  per person / month, billed annually; $75 billed monthly

  From 3 seats at the industry rate, with member management, priority support and central billing.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Increased compute, sitewide organizational login, an admin dashboard, onboarding seminars, and custom terms, SLA and security review.

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).

Undermind

• Annual discount

  Save 20% with annual billing

  Pro is $16 a month billed annually against $20 billed monthly at the academic rate, and $60 against $75 at the industry rate. The pricing section labels this a 20% saving.

• Education

  Academic pricing from $16 a month

  Choosing Academic in the pricing section shows Pro at $16 a month billed annually or $20 billed monthly, against $60 and $75 under Industry.

• Other savings

  Volume pricing on academic Team plans

  On annual billing the academic Team price per person is $15 for 3 to 10 seats, $14.17 for 11 to 25, $13.33 for 30 to 50 and $12.50 for 60 to 200.