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What both publish
| Fact | Essay | SciSpace |
|---|---|---|
| Funding | Prospeo reports no disclosed funding and says the company has never raised funding. | Crunchbase lists three funding rounds and names Disruptors Capital and Haresh Chawla among two investors, with amounts obscured. |
| Integration | The Pro plan includes Zotero integration, and the site describes syncing references with Zotero. | The publisher offering explicitly lists OJS integration. |
| Integrations | Zotero is the documented external integration and can synchronize a user’s reference library. | SciSpace says users can import references from Zotero or EndNote; its Zotero guide notes papers without a DOI will not be imported. |
| Privacy | Essay’s privacy policy says personal information is collected and used with consent for providing its services, and identifies its basis as PIPEDA and the Canadian Standards Association Model Code. | SciSpace says uploaded PDFs are private, accessible only to the user, and are not used to train its AI models. |
| Purpose | Essay is a structured writing platform for planning, producing, editing, and sharing writing. | SciSpace describes itself as an end-to-end platform for discovering, analyzing, and writing scientific literature. |
Essay plans
- FreeFree
- Core$8 a month
- Pro$12 a month
SciSpace plans
- BasicFree
- Team$12 a month
- Premium$12 a month
- Researcher$20 a month
- Advanced$70 a month
- Researcher annual$96 a year
Pick Essay if…
Essay suits everyday writers as well as academics and researchers who need structured drafting, research notes, and feedback. Its citation and reference tools may fit users working on research papers, proposals, or dissertations.
Pick SciSpace if…
SciSpace suits students, researchers, and writers who need tools for finding papers, reviewing PDFs, or drafting scientific writing. Its browser extension and iOS app offer additional ways to work with literature.