Elicit
AI-powered platform for searching and synthesizing scientific research
- Also known as
- elicit
Available worldwide · Popular in: US
What is Elicit?
Elicit helps researchers search millions of academic papers and clinical trials to automatically generate structured, cited research reports and support systematic literature reviews with interactive analysis tools.
Elicit pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From free with limited features to $89/user/month; free tier available
Basic
FreeFor casual exploration
- summaries
- unlimited
- search_papers
- unlimited across 138M+
- full_text_chat
- unlimited
- research_agent_and_reports
- limited
- Limited usage for Research Agent and Research Reports
- Unlimited search across 138M+ papers
- Unlimited summaries
- Unlimited chat with papers with full-text access
- View sources for answers
- Import from Zotero
Plus
For deeper research
- clinical_trials
- unlimited across 500k+
- Standard usage for Research Agent, Research Reports, and Systematic Literature Reviews
- Unlimited search across 138M+ papers and 500k+ clinical trials
- Export to RIS, CSV, BIB, PDF, DOCX
- Add 5 columns to tables
- Import from Zotero
Pro
For systematic reviews
- data_sources
- 135
- table_columns
- 20
- screening_papers
- 5,000
- 5x usage for Research Agent, Research Reports, and Systematic Literature Reviews
- Dedicated Systematic Review Workflow for 5,000 papers
- Export to RIS, CSV, BIB, PDF, DOCX
- Add 20 columns to tables
- Extract from up to 135 data sources
- Subscribe to 10 personalized research Alerts
- Custom extractions from uploaded papers
- Explanations for AI-generated answers
- Multiple output templates
- API access
Scale
For collaboration
- data_sources
- 200
- table_columns
- 30
- 9x usage for Research Agent, Research Reports, and Systematic Literature Reviews
- Extract and interpret figures from research papers
- Live editing and real-time collaboration
- Extract from up to 200 data sources
- Add 30 columns to tables
- Admin panel with usage tracking and seat management
- API access
Enterprise
Contact salesFor companies & schools
- table_columns
- 40
- screening_papers
- 40,000
- Custom usage for Research Agent, Research Reports, and Systematic Literature Reviews
- Unlimited paper alerts
- No training on your data by default
- Screen 40,000 papers and extract 40 columns
- PRISMA-grade screening and extraction accuracy
- Enterprise-level security (SSO, SAML, 2FA, user analytics, domain verification)
- Custom deployments including single-tenancy options
- Dedicated customer success team
- Integration with custom data sources
- Custom template creation
- Unlimited Search API access
What Elicit does
The capabilities that matter for ai research agents, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Architecture model
- Managed saas application
- Recursive multi step iterative searching
- ✓
- Strict inline citation generation with links
- ✓
- Academic verified journal database querying only
- ✓
- Unstructured PDF upload and cross document synthesis
- ✓
- Tabular data extraction and literature matrix generation
- ✓
- Anti hallucination grounding and fact checking layer
- ✓
- Multi agent expert persona debates internal
- ✗
- Export to word PDF markdown with bibliography
- ✓
- Bring your own key byok API support
- ✗
- SOC2 type ii
- ✗
- Mit or apache permissive oss license
- ✗
- Pricing model
- Flat monthly subscription
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- Web
- Cloud / SaaS
Integrations (1)
Independently observed- Zotero
Elicit alternatives
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- ScholarcyAI-powered summarization and research organization for academic paperslow · 36%
- ConsensusAI-powered search engine that finds and synthesizes insights from millions of peer-reviewed research paperslow · 36%
- KhojOpen-source AI assistant that learns from your documents and web searches to provide personalized research and automationlow · 36%
- ResearchRabbitAI-powered academic research discovery platform that finds and visualizes connections between papers.low · 36%
Compare Elicit
Side by side against other ai research agents, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Elicit, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.08 | 8.4 | ✓ |
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 87 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 9 | 0.04 | 0.4 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Soc2 type ii: No · Pricing model: flat_monthly_subscription · Architecture model: managed_saas_application · Bring your own key byok api support: No · Mit or apache permissive oss license: No · Recursive multi step iterative searching: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-21 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 1 | mediumsource · 2026-08-21 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | mediumsource · 2026-08-21 · 50% |