SciDraw AI

SciDraw AI splits into two products that share one credit balance. AI Drawing handles illustrations: you write a prompt, upload a sketch or reference image, and it generates labeled scientific figures you can refine through multi-round conversation. Sci-Vis handles data: upload a CSV, TSV, TXT, XLSX, or XLS file up to 5 MB (Excel imports the first worksheet only) and it produces one of 46 chart types — from bar and scatter through violin, Kaplan-Meier, forest plot, volcano, Manhattan, UpSet, and Sankey — with one-click Nature, Science, Cell, PLOS, or ACS styling and colorblind-safe palettes such as Okabe-Ito. Every Sci-Vis figure also returns the matplotlib/seaborn code that reproduces it, which matters if a reviewer asks how a panel was built. The workflow advantages are concrete. Public Demo Mode (shipped v1.10.0, 2026-06-01) lets logged-out visitors try both editors with sample conversations before creating an account — rare for this category. Sci-Vis v1.12.0 (2026-08-16) keeps the original dataset, generated versions, thumbnails, and download links attached to the conversation, so you can reopen a historical version and keep editing. Progressive PNG previews appear as soon as they are ready while PDF, EPS, and TIFF finish in the background, and a failed job refunds in full. Editable output is where SciDraw separates itself from image-only generators. SVG export opens in Illustrator, Inkscape, or Figma; PPTX export moves the figure into PowerPoint where colleagues can edit labels; VSDX conversion (v1.11.0, beta) rebuilds a flowchart or block diagram as native Visio shapes with attached connectors, at 20 credits per successful conversion. The docs are explicit that VSDX is not recommended for photos, curve charts, or artistic illustrations, and it takes about a minute per conversion. The API is more open than most competitors' — any signed-in account can create a scoped key, there is no separate API tier or minimum spend, and API jobs draw from the same credit balance as the web app. Costs are fixed per operation (5 credits for a 2K generation, 20 for 4K, 20 for a 4K edit, 10–15 for format conversion) with published rate limits of 20 create requests/min and 20 active jobs per account. The SciVolume blog post (2026-10-04) shows the API being used to illustrate entire academic books, which is a real integration pattern rather than a marketing line. The honest constraints: it runs in the browser only — there is no offline or desktop version, and the vendor says so. Uploads are capped at 5 MB and only the first Excel worksheet imports. VSDX is beta. Every generation, edit, and conversion draws from a single monthly credit pool (300 credits/month on Standard is roughly 60 images), so high-volume labs should watch spend. The free tier's history is retained 30 days; permanent history requires a paid plan. Publisher and documentation teams with strict house styles should confirm the 6+ visual styles and 46 chart types cover their catalog before