SciteReviews of scite.ai

Not useful for academics. Poor results compared to Perplexity or the Deep Research tools from the big names. While it can find relevant papers in general, based on keywords and search terms (so does Google Scholar for free), it is weak at finding supporting evidence, citations based on the contents of the papers and the criteria, sometimes resulting in false claims. BibTex bibliography export is broken. Everything is an article (there is no concept of preprint, misc etc.), there are no page numbers included, there are "articles" without journal names. The UX is unpolished and sloppy (text spanning in width 75-80% of the screen, it displays dates such as 8/0/2025). What is month 0??

unfortunately, sciteai provided me with false claims that it tried to tie to real papers

Underwhelming overall -after it coming highly rated because it shows results with extracts from the papers which was a strength - but I didn't find it particularly accurate and the search engine not particularly sophisticated. I had to resort back to the usual databases like CINAHL.

I wasn't notified that my subscription was being renewed for another year, so I was charged $160 out of nowhere. Most subscription services will let you know when you are approaching your renewal date. I asked if I can cancel my subscribtion now but still have access to my plan for the rest of the year because I've paid for it and their support said no. This is incredibly unfair; why would I not get something I've already paid for. There is also no clear wording on the website or my dashboard about billing, canceling, or renewal notifications, which feels dodgey. I shouldn't have to search hard for that information or contact support. Giving 1 star above the minimum because their online live chat responded quickly, and I've used the ai service a couple of times and it has been alright (I wouldn't say great). All in all not worth the price.

It can usually find reference material and string together a few sentences, but it's often more buzzwords than insight, and it occasionally goes way off topic. I'm often able to find better reference material on Scholar, but without all the verbose baggage that ultimately misses the point.