Elicit

Elicit uses a freemium model with a free Basic plan that includes unlimited search and summaries but limited Research Agent and Report usage. Paid tiers include Pro at $49/month per user (billed annually) for systematic reviews and bulk extraction, and Scale at $169/month per user for team collaboration and higher usage. Enterprise pricing is custom, and because usage limits and prices change, you should confirm current details on the official pricing page.

You start by entering a research question in natural language, and Elicit runs a semantic search across its paper and clinical trial database. It can then generate a structured research report with citations, or build interactive extraction tables that pull specific data points from many papers at once. For deeper work, the systematic review workflow automates screening and data extraction across thousands of papers.

Elicit searches over 138 million academic papers and 545,000 clinical trials, with more data sources noted as coming. Every AI-generated answer is supported by sentence-level citations linking back to the underlying source. On paid plans, reports can extract from up to 135 to 200 data sources depending on tier.

Yes, API access is included on the Pro plan and above, with unlimited API access on Enterprise, and developer documentation is available. Elicit also supports importing sources from Zotero. Enterprise customers can integrate custom data sources and create custom templates.

On the Enterprise tier, Elicit does not train on your data by default and offers enterprise-level security controls including SSO, SAML, 2FA, user analytics, domain verification, and custom deployment options such as single-tenancy. These stronger data governance and deployment guarantees are concentrated in the Enterprise plan. Review Elicit's privacy policy and terms for specifics on lower tiers.

Yes, team collaboration is available on the Scale plan, which adds live editing and real-time collaboration with your team, plus an admin panel with usage tracking and seat management. Enterprise adds a dedicated customer success team for training and onboarding. The lower Basic and Pro tiers are oriented toward individual researchers.

Yes, Elicit offers a free Basic plan with limited access to Research Agent, 2 automated reports per month, unlimited search across 138 million papers, unlimited summaries, and unlimited chat with papers. However, you can only add 2 columns to tables at a time. Paid plans start at $10/month (billed annually at $120/year) for expanded features.

Based on the research, Elicit integrates with Zotero for importing references (available on all plans including free). The Pro plan ($49/month) and above also includes API access for custom integrations. Specific details about other integrations were not found in our research—check the official website for a complete list.

According to comparative research, Elicit is considered strong for extraction depth and validated accuracy (95%+ across multiple metrics in Cochrane reviews), but alternatives like Paperguide offer broader workflow coverage including manuscript-grade writing. Semantic Scholar provides free access to over 200 million papers (more than Elicit's 138 million) but may lack Elicit's specialized systematic review features. Elicit's main advantage is its peer-reviewed validation and dedicated systematic review workflow.