# How is ScholarIQ different from SciSpace?

SciSpace lets you chat with a PDF and run a literature review from a question.

Site: https://scispace.com

## Where they differ

SciSpace is useful when you already have the PDF and want a chat over that file.

A chat over one PDF does not record who excluded the other 400 records, or on what passage.

| | ScholarIQ | SciSpace |
|---|---|---|
| Access | Free tier. No department contract. | Free tier, plus a paid plan. |
| Search | 470 million articles from OpenAlex, ORCID and PubMed. | Literature review search and PDF chat. |
| Answer | Plain language, each claim linked to a source. | Chat answers over uploaded papers. |
| Screen | Named reviewer, time, rationale, source passage. | Not a dual-review record. |

ScholarIQ is the better fit for A review that has to show the search, the screen, and the sources.

SciSpace is the better fit for Reading one paper in depth.

## How is ScholarIQ different from SciSpace?

A chat over one PDF does not record who excluded the other 400 records, or on what passage.

## What does SciSpace do that ScholarIQ does not?

SciSpace is useful when you already have the PDF and want a chat over that file.

## Who should use which?

ScholarIQ is the better fit for A review that has to show the search, the screen, and the sources. SciSpace is the better fit for Reading one paper in depth.

## Can I use ScholarIQ and SciSpace in the same review?

Yes. Keep SciSpace for Literature review search and PDF chat. Put the include or exclude in ScholarIQ. The record shows the named reviewer, the time, the rationale, and the source passage.

## Do I name SciSpace in the methods?

Yes, if you searched there. Also name ScholarIQ if the decision sits there. A reader must be able to open the same record.

## Can a student start without a university license?

ScholarIQ does not need a department contract. SciSpace: Free tier, plus a paid plan.

## What do I lose if I leave SciSpace?

SciSpace is useful when you already have the PDF and want a chat over that file.

## Does either tool write the review?

No. SciSpace returns Chat answers over uploaded papers. ScholarIQ returns a cited answer. You write the sentence.

## Where is the decision record?

On the ScholarIQ record: named reviewer, timestamp, rationale, source passage. SciSpace: Not a dual-review record.

## Can I upload a file from SciSpace?

Yes, if it is a citation file. You then see that file in the same queue as the OpenAlex results.

## Which tool do I open first?

Open SciSpace if you already have a list. Open ScholarIQ if you have a question and no file.

## Is the answer a substitute for the paper?

No. Open the citation. The passage is on the record so a second person can check the claim.

## What can a supervisor check?

The question, the search, each include or exclude, and the passage. You see the queue, the conflicts, and the agreement while the stage is still open.