Elicit vs Evidence Hunt (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, we pick Elicit: it is first in our ranking of AI research tools, and it grades higher too, 2.4 against 2.0.
Checked Nov 9, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 9, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Elicit grades higher on the free plan, features and platforms. Evidence Hunt grades higher on value for money. They get the same grade on ease of use.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Elicit
AI research assistant for literature search and systematic reviews
Evidence Hunt
Medical literature search and chat with cited evidence
Which one is for you
Pick Elicit if
- Fits if you're running a systematic review and want the screening and data extraction automated
- Works for students and casual readers, since free search, summaries and paper chat are unlimited
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you're outside a university, with Pro at $49 a user a month billed yearly and $75 monthly
- Skip it if you want real-time collaboration or extraction from figures on a budget, as both need Scale at $229 a user a month billed yearly, $375 monthly
- Tight if your workload is lumpy, because monthly usage doesn't roll over and extra is billed in $100 steps
- Watch out: the pricing page opens on industry rates, and the $11 academic Plus plan shows only once you switch
- Too light for phone or desktop use, with a web app and Chrome extension only, and an integration list that stops at Zotero
Pick Evidence Hunt if
- Fits if you are a clinician or medical affairs person who wants PICO searching on PubMed
- Works for people who want answers tied to cited studies
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: low-cost models and 3 Pro-quality questions
- Pricey if you need systematic review, data extraction or document search, which are paid add-ons
- Watch out: projects, SSO and user management are limited to Team or Organisation, sold through sales
- Watch out: prices are in euros, and the monthly-billing price was not readable
- Skip it if you want apps on your phone or desktop, as only the web is listed
How we grade them
| 2.4GPAElicitFair | 2.0GPAEvidence HuntFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DPro is $49 a user a month billed annually, $75 monthly, where paid plans in this category usually start around $12. Everything you'd come for sits up there: the review workflow, Routines, the API. Academic pricing only brings Pro to $39, and unused usage doesn't roll over. | CPro is EUR 16.50 a month on yearly billing, between the $14 that starts the dearer quarter of research tools and the $23 of the dearest tenth. |
| Free plan and trial | BBasic costs nothing and gives you unlimited search over 138 million papers, unlimited summaries and unlimited chat with papers, plus Zotero import. One person could really live on that. The Research Agent and reports are capped on Basic, and the listing can't say by how much. | CBasic is free with low-cost models and 3 Pro-quality questions, PubMed search and history, and Pro has a 7-day trial. |
| Features | BIt covers the whole job: search from a question across papers and 545,000 clinical trials, cited reports with tables and figures, screening and data extraction for a systematic review, a Zotero library, Routines and an API. Rivals here run systematic reviews too, so there's no trick that's Elicit's alone. | CChat, PICO and Boolean search, evidence signals, open-access full text and a table builder. Systematic review, extraction and document search are paid add-ons. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record, and this isn't a box you type into and walk away from: there are screening workflows, extraction columns and a monthly usage pool to watch. The pricing page doesn't help, opening on industry rates with the $11 academic plan hidden until you switch. | CNo store rating on record. PICO and Boolean searching asks for some research know-how. |
| Platforms and integrations | BA web app plus a Chrome extension that fetches full texts through your institution's journal access, and it takes in Zotero, PDFs and .ris or .bib files. The integration list stops at Zotero though, the API starts at Pro, and there's no phone or desktop app. | CWeb only, with an API as an add-on. Its PubMed, OpenAlex and Semantic Scholar links are data sources, not connections to your tools. |
| Best for | systematic reviews and evidence tables | medical literature search with cited answers |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Elicit and Evidence Hunt. How we grade
Price against what you get
Elicit starts at $49 a month for each person and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Evidence Hunt starts at about $18.43 a month and scores 2.0.
Elicit scores higher, and starts $30.57 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other AI research tools on the chart, 6 score higher than Elicit for less, and 39 score higher than Evidence Hunt for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Elicit also covers AI agents.
- Evidence Hunt also covers chat assistant.
At a glance
| Elicit | Evidence Hunt | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $49 per user / month, billed annually ($11 on academic pricing) | €16.5 per month, billed yearly |
| Free plan | Basic plan: unlimited search over 138 million papers, unlimited paper summaries and chat with papers, Zotero import, and limited Research Agent and report usage. | Basic plan: free chats with low-cost models plus 3 pro-quality questions, PubMed search, history and 1 evidence signal. |
| Free trial | None listed | 7-day free trial of Pro |
| Web | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | Elicit Research, PBC | EvidenceHunt |
| Price read from | elicit.com | evidencehunt.com |
| Checked | Nov 9, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Elicit
- The pricing page defaults to industry rates; the $11 Plus plan appears only when Academic is selected.
- The systematic review workflow, Routines and API access start at the Pro plan.
- Monthly usage does not roll over. Extra usage on Pro and Scale is billed in $100 increments, up to a limit you set.
- Real-time collaboration, extraction from figures and the admin panel need Scale or Enterprise.
Evidence Hunt
- Prices are shown in euros; the monthly-billing price was not readable on the rendered page.
- Systematic review, data extraction and document search are paid add-ons, not part of Pro.
- Projects, SSO and user management are limited to Team or Organisation, sold through sales.
- Free Basic chats use low-cost models, with only 3 Pro-quality questions.
Key features
Elicit
- Research Agent
- Gathers evidence from scientific databases, journals, public data sources and uploaded documents, then produces cited reports, tables, figures and slides.
- Paper and clinical trial search
- Semantic search over more than 138 million papers from Semantic Scholar, PubMed and OpenAlex, plus about 545,000 clinical trials, so a query does not depend on exact keywords.
- Research reports
- Generates research briefs through a process modeled on systematic reviews. You can change which papers and what information a report covers.
- Systematic review workflow
- Automates screening and data extraction, with a Pro workflow that can screen 5,000 papers. A Chrome extension fetches full texts through your institution's journal access.
- Library and Zotero import
- Stores sources in collections with tags so they can be reused across projects, and takes in papers from Zotero, PDFs, and .ris or .bib files.
- Routines and API
- Routines rerun Research Agent work to pick up new evidence, and an API covers search, reports and systematic reviews. Both start at the Pro plan.
Evidence Hunt
- Evidence chat
- Ask clinical questions and get answers grounded in medical literature. Pro adds higher-quality models and unlimited Pro chats.
- PICO and Boolean search
- Traditional search in PubMed using PICO or Boolean queries is included on every plan.
- Evidence Signals
- Track new literature automatically with email updates: 1 signal weekly on Basic, up to 5 daily on Pro, up to 10 on Team.
- Open-access full text
- Pro chats with full-text open-access articles from PubMed and the medical sections of OpenAlex and Semantic Scholar.
- Table Builder
- Design custom comparison-table layouts; Pro can upload documents such as SmPCs to map data into reusable tables.
- Add-ons and API
- Data extraction, document processing and systematic review workflows are add-ons; a credit-based API costs €0.125 per credit.
Plans
Elicit
Basic$0
Unlimited paper search, summaries and chat with papers, Zotero import, and limited Research Agent and report usage.
Pro$49
per user / month, billed annually ($588); $75 billed monthly
Standard usage, a systematic review workflow that screens 5,000 papers, 20 table columns at a time, Routines and API access.
Scale$229
per user / month, billed annually ($2,748); $375 billed monthly
5x the usage of Pro, real-time collaboration, extraction from figures, 30 table columns at a time and an admin panel with seat management.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom usage, SSO and SAML, screening of 40,000 papers, 40 extraction columns, custom data sources and unlimited API access.
Evidence Hunt
Basic$0
Free chats on low-cost models plus 3 Pro-quality questions, PICO or Boolean search, history and 1 signal.
Pro€16.5
per month, billed yearly
Pro chats on the best models, open-access full text, filters, answer formatting and up to 5 signals.
Team or OrganisationCustom
Adds projects, management, SSO, shared documents and up to 10 signals; contact sales.
Ways to pay less
Elicit
- Annual discount
Save 35% to 39% with annual billing
On industry pricing, Pro is $49 a month billed annually against $75 billed monthly, and Scale is $229 against $375. The pricing page labels these as savings of 35% and 39%.
- Education
Academic pricing from $11 per user / month
Choosing Academic on the pricing page shows Plus at $11, Pro at $39 and Scale at $89 per user / month, billed annually, or $19, $69 and $149 billed monthly.
- Nonprofit
Nonprofits can use the academic plans
Elicit has no separate nonprofit discount, but its help center says nonprofits can subscribe to the academic plans, its lowest pricing tier.
Evidence Hunt
- Annual discount
Save 18% with annual billing
The pricing page's Annual toggle states a saving of 18% compared with monthly billing for Pro.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Elicit or Evidence Hunt?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Elicit starts at $49 per user / month, billed annually ($11 on academic pricing), and Evidence Hunt starts at €16.5 per month, billed yearly. One is priced for each person and the other is not, so which costs less depends on how many of you use it.
Which has a free plan, Elicit or Evidence Hunt?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Elicit and Evidence Hunt have a free plan.
Which platforms do Elicit and Evidence Hunt run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Elicit lists a browser extension. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.