Pick Scholarcy if
students who want a flashcard library of papers and will pay when the Free 10-summary cap is gone.
Read the Scholarcy pageScholarcy vs SciSpace
Our take
Pick Scholarcy if students who want a flashcard library of papers and will pay when the Free 10-summary cap is gone. Pick SciSpace if students and analysts who want a research agent with literature-review chips and will pay Premium or higher. Skip SciSpace if people who want a free paper reader (Semantic Scholar) or a systematic-review table (Elicit).
Best for
Scholarcy Skim a paper into a reusable card
SciSpace An AI research workspace
Free plan
Scholarcy $0 · import a range of file formats; limit of 10 summaries; export flashcards one at a time
SciSpace $0 · composer is usable signed-out; Teams toggle existed. No Free dollar row was on the paid-card screenshot. Do not invent one
Lowest paid
Scholarcy
SciSpace Premium (Yearly display) $12/mo yearly
Next step up
Scholarcy
SciSpace Advanced (Yearly display) $70/mo yearly
Coding agent
Scholarcy
SciSpace Advanced / Max
Runs where
Scholarcy
SciSpace Hosted
Watch out
Scholarcy Free is 10 summaries
SciSpace Yearly vs monthly roughly doubles the Premium rate
Last checked
Scholarcy 2026-10-22 · scholarcy.com/pricing
SciSpace 2026-10-19 · scispace.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick SciSpace if
students and analysts who want a research agent with literature-review chips and will pay Premium or higher.
Read the SciSpace page