The Edison Scientific Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Edison Scientific in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Edison Scientific
The Insider’s Guide
AI agents for scientific research, led by the Kosmos AI Scientist
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among AI research tools, read from Edison Scientific’s own pages.
Made by Edison Scientific · checked Oct 5, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Edison Scientific’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Edison Scientific’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 5, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.4
GPA, above 6 of the 27 other AI research tools we grade
Edison Scientific is a commercial spinout of the research lab FutureHouse that builds AI agents for scientific R&D. Its flagship agent, Kosmos, takes a research objective and datasets, reads the literature, writes and runs analysis code, and returns a cited report in which each conclusion can be traced to its code or source. Other agents on the platform handle literature search, data analysis, novelty checks and chemistry, and the company sells on-premises deployments to biopharma organizations.
To get you started, here are 8 things to know about Edison Scientific, taken from its own pages and our grades.
No store rating on record, and this isn't something you just open and use.
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Best for handing a whole research question to an agent
Edison Scientific sells research agents to biopharma.
- 2
There is a free plan
The documentation describes a free tier for academics, with paid plans for higher rate limits and extra features. Current limits and prices could not be read.
- 3
It runs on Web
Web.
- 4
Kosmos
An autonomous AI scientist: given an objective and datasets, it reads literature, runs analysis code and writes a cited report. The docs say one run reads about 1,500 papers and executes about 42,000 lines of code.
- 5
Literature
Search and synthesis across more than 175 million papers, trials and patents, returning cited answers or a deep review of conflicting evidence.
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Analysis
Processes experimental data such as flow cytometry and RNA-seq results into statistical analyses and publication-ready figures.
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A 2.4 GPA, above 6 of 27
That is against the other AI research tools we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
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Keep it
To replace Edison Scientific you would be making a library of papers and sources to search. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Edison Scientific at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Edison Scientific, since 2025
- Category
- AI Research Tools
- Our grade
- 2.4 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for handing a whole research question to an agent
Edison Scientific sells research agents to biopharma. Its Kosmos agent takes a research goal and your datasets, reads about 1,500 papers, runs its own code and returns a report that traces each conclusion. Nothing is published about price: the one figure on record is $200 a run at launch, with a rise expected. Plans show only after sign-up, the academic free tier's limits are unknown, and Edison's own post put Kosmos at 79.4% accurate.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D | No price on the public site, and plans only appear once you've signed up. The one figure on record is from the November 2025 launch: a Kosmos run cost 200 credits at $1 a credit, and the company said that rate would probably rise. $200 a go is well past the dear end of this category. |
| Free plan and trial | C | The docs describe a free tier for academics, with paid plans for higher rate limits and extra features. So a researcher at a university gets in, which is something. But the limits couldn't be read, and nothing on record says what anyone outside a university gets for nothing. |
| Features | A | Kosmos reads the literature, writes and runs its own analysis code, then returns a report where each conclusion traces back to code or a source, which rivals here don't list. Other agents search 175 million papers, trials and patents, turn RNA-seq data into figures, check novelty and plan chemistry routes. |
| Ease of use | C | No store rating on record, and this isn't something you just open and use. The public site points you at a sales demo, plans only show after sign-up, you bring your own datasets, and running tasks from code means the Python client and an API key. Expect a learning curve. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | A web platform that works with Slack and Microsoft Teams, plus a Python client that runs agent tasks from code with an API key, and on-premises deployment for enterprises. No phone or desktop app is listed, which is what keeps it off the top. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Edison Scientific is for
- Fits if you're a biology or drug-discovery team with large experimental datasets to analyze
- Works for organizations that want research agents running in their own environment, on-premises
Who it is not for
- Pricey if you're one researcher paying your own way, since a Kosmos run was 200 credits at $1 each at launch
- Skip it if you need a price up front, as none is published and plans show only after sign-up or a sales demo
- Not for you if you only want a few papers found and summarized, since this is aimed at biopharma R&D
- Watch out: Edison's own launch post put Kosmos's conclusions at 79.4% accurate, so check each one
- Tight if you're an academic on the free tier, whose limits couldn't be read
Good to know
Good for
- Biology and drug-discovery teams analyzing large experimental datasets
- Academic researchers, for whom the docs describe a free tier
- Checking whether a research idea has already been tried
- Organizations that want research agents deployed in their own environment
Worth knowing
- Prices are not published on the public site; plans appear inside the platform after sign-up.
- At its November 2025 launch a Kosmos run cost 200 credits at $1 a credit, and the company said that rate would probably rise.
- In the same launch post, Edison reported that 79.4% of Kosmos's conclusions were accurate.
- The public site is aimed at biopharma R&D, with demos booked through sales.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
Edison Scientific's current pricing could not be confirmed from its own site.
No price on the public site, and plans only appear once you've signed up.
We could not confirm Edison Scientific’s current prices from its own site, so this guide lists no plans. edisonscientific.com has them.
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
AI agents for scientific research, led by the Kosmos AI Scientist. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: self-hostable, public API, AI agents, research, citations.
No phone or desktop app is listed, which is what keeps it off the top.
- Kosmos
- An autonomous AI scientist: given an objective and datasets, it reads literature, runs analysis code and writes a cited report. The docs say one run reads about 1,500 papers and executes about 42,000 lines of code.
- Literature
- Search and synthesis across more than 175 million papers, trials and patents, returning cited answers or a deep review of conflicting evidence.
- Analysis
- Processes experimental data such as flow cytometry and RNA-seq results into statistical analyses and publication-ready figures.
- Precedent
- Searches across fields to judge whether a research idea has been tried before, pointing out prior work and open gaps.
- Molecules
- A chemistry agent that predicts ADMET properties, plans retrosynthesis routes, runs safety assessments and searches databases such as ChEMBL.
- API client and enterprise deployment
- A Python client runs agent tasks programmatically with an API key. For enterprises, the company offers on-premises deployment and scientists embedded with the customer's team.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
Edison Scientific is made by Edison Scientific, and has been around since 2025.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
6/27
Other AI research tools it is graded above
Edison Scientific's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 6 of the 27 other AI research tools we grade, and level with 8.
It stands best on features (A, above 25 of 27) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 28 AI research tools we grade, cut by the letter each got. Edison Scientific’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 27
- CFree plan and trialAbove 1 of 27
- AFeaturesAbove 25 of 27
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 27
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 8 of 27
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Edison Scientific you would be making a library of papers and sources to search. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 13 of the 27 other AI research tools grade higher.
What you could not
- A library of papers and sources to search.
- An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
- Citation records for millions of papers.
- It plugs into other products, Slack and Microsoft Teams among them, and has an API.
- The depth: we grade its features A, which means it covers the whole job.
What this rests on. Edison Scientific’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Ai2 Asta, Undermind, Elicit, Consensus and Scite
The 5 tools Edison Scientific is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 3.2GPA
Ai2 Asta
Free
AI research assistant for finding papers and analyzing data.
- Ai2 Asta is open source, according to its own site.
- Ai2 Asta also covers AI search.
- 2.2GPA
Undermind
Free plan · from $16/mo
AI literature search agent that reads hundreds of papers.
- Edison Scientific is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Undermind also covers chat assistant and AI search.
- 2.4GPA
Elicit
Free plan · from $49/mo
AI research assistant for literature search and systematic reviews.
- Only Elicit lists a browser extension.
- Edison Scientific is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Elicit also covers AI search.
- 2.6GPA
Consensus
Free plan
AI search engine that answers questions from peer-reviewed papers.
- Only Consensus lists an Android app.
- Edison Scientific is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Consensus also covers AI search.
- 2.2GPA
Scite
Free trial · from $20/mo
Research assistant that shows how papers have been cited.
- Edison Scientific has a free plan. Scite does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Scite lists a browser extension.
- Edison Scientific is self-hostable, according to its own site.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
12
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Edison Scientific free?
Edison Scientific has a free plan. The documentation describes a free tier for academics, with paid plans for higher rate limits and extra features.
What platforms does Edison Scientific work on?
Edison Scientific is available on Web.
Does Edison Scientific have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. Edison Scientific is listed for Web.
Does Edison Scientific have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 5, 2026. Edison Scientific is listed for Web.
Is Edison Scientific open source?
Edison Scientific is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 5, 2026.
Can Edison Scientific be self-hosted?
Yes. Edison Scientific's own site says it can be run on a server of your own.
Does Edison Scientific have an API?
Yes. Edison Scientific offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Edison Scientific integrate with?
Edison Scientific's listing names Slack and Microsoft Teams. A listing names up to eight integrations, so it may connect to more.
Who makes Edison Scientific?
Edison Scientific is made by a company of the same name. It dates from 2025.
What are the alternatives to Edison Scientific?
The closest alternatives to Edison Scientific in our directory are Ai2 Asta, Undermind, Elicit, Consensus and Scite.
How does Edison Scientific compare with other AI research tools?
Edison Scientific's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 6 of the 27 other AI research tools we grade, and level with 8.
Could I make my own version of Edison Scientific?
To replace Edison Scientific you would be making a library of papers and sources to search.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Edison Scientific’s own pages on Oct 5, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Edison Scientific's own pages on 5 October 2026. Its prices are not published, so the value grade rests on the one figure the listing has on record. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-08-14.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by Edison Scientific. Prices change, so check edisonscientific.com before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
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ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
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- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
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- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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