Keenious
6.7#10 in research paper discovery toolsFrom $10 a monthFree planWebExtension
VisitKeenious vs SciSpace
What both publish
| Fact | Keenious | SciSpace |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters | Tromsø, Norway | Milpitas, California, USA |
| Privacy | The site says uploaded PDFs and conversations are automatically deleted after one day, and PDFs have a 20 MB size limit. | SciSpace says uploaded PDFs are private, accessible only to the user, and are not used to train its AI models. |
| Purpose | Keenious helps students and researchers find published academic research and understand complex literature with AI guidance. | SciSpace describes itself as an end-to-end platform for discovering, analyzing, and writing scientific literature. |
| Research corpus | The site says Keenious provides access to more than 250 million academic works from OpenAlex and identifies open access works through Unpaywall. | SciSpace AI Writer says it can search and cite from more than 280 million papers. |
| Support | Team and institution plans include dedicated customer and user support; institutional plans also include training, workshops, and webinars. | Official pages publish [email protected] as the support contact. |
Keenious plans
- For InstitutionsPriced on request
- Plus for Individuals$10 a month
- Plus for Teams$20 a month
- Free—
- InstitutionsPriced on request
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 Keenious if…
Keenious is aimed at students, researchers, librarians, and universities looking for research discovery and help interpreting academic papers. It may suit readers who want to work with papers through the web, an extension, or document add-ins.
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.