SciSpace

SciSpace (formerly Typeset) is an AI research platform that helps you discover, understand and write research faster — its most loved feature is an AI copilot that explains any research paper as you read, answering questions about confusing sections, math, tables and jargon in plain language. It combines a huge database of papers with tools to search, read, summarize and even write academic content, making it a comprehensive assistant for students and researchers.

The reading copilot is central: open a paper and highlight anything unclear — an equation, a dense paragraph, a table — and SciSpace explains it, with follow-up questions welcome. Beyond reading, it offers literature search across 280+ million papers, AI summaries, a data-extraction tool for comparing papers, paraphrasing, citation help, and academic writing assistance. It aims to support the whole research journey from finding papers to understanding them to writing your own.

SciSpace offers a free tier (with limits), and paid plans (Premium) that add unlimited AI features, advanced tools and higher limits.

Strengths: excellent paper-explanation copilot, large database, all-in-one research support (search, read, extract, write), and accessibility for students. Weaknesses: AI explanations should be verified on critical technical points, the best features need Premium, and writing assistance requires human editing and integrity awareness.

For students learning to read research, researchers reading outside their field, and anyone who struggles with dense academic papers, SciSpace is one of the most helpful AI research tools — its explain-as-you-read copilot removes the barrier of impenetrable academic writing, and its combination of search, understanding and writing tools makes it a versatile companion, pairing naturally with Consensus and Elicit in a modern research workflow.