Elicit vs Liner

Elicit

• Researchers running systematic reviews with screening and data extraction
• Finding papers from a research question instead of exact keywords
• Teams that need cited evidence reports to support a decision

Liner

• People who want every line of an AI answer tied to a source
• Students drafting a literature review or looking for citations
• Users who want search, research and writing on one subscription
• Small teams: the Team plan covers 2 to 20 members

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.

Liner

• The free plan shows ads in answers and allows 1 file upload a day; the plan table lists 0 agent credits for it, though the FAQ mentions limited credits.
• Agents and external models spend credits: Pro includes 1,000 and Max 2,500, and one Literature Review request uses 40.
• The site's FAQ says Liner Scholar and Liner Write are supported only on desktop.
• Liner does not offer refunds; a subscription can be canceled before it renews.

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.

Liner

Cited answers

Answers carry a citation on each line that opens the source. Follow-up questions continue the thread, and an answer can be turned into a mind map.

Deep Research

Gathers information on a topic and returns it as an organized report while showing its line of reasoning. Each request uses 40 agent credits.

Liner Scholar agents

Agents for academic work include Literature Review, Citation Recommender, Research Tracer, Hypothesis Generator and Peer Review. Each request costs between 30 and 80 credits.

File uploads

Upload papers and PDFs to get summaries and ask questions about them: 1 file a day on Free, 20 a day on Pro and unlimited on Max.

Liner Write

A writing workspace that drafts from a topic, shapes ideas into emails, newsletters and reports, and lets you search and edit in the same window.

Search API and MCP

Developers can call Liner's search and answer agents through an API, and MCP servers expose its web search and scholar search to other AI agents.

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$169

  per user / month, billed annually ($2,028); $279 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.

Liner

• Free$0

  Unlimited Advanced Search with ads in the answers, 1 file upload a day of up to 25 MB and 10 Research Assistant uses a day.

• Pro$14.99

  per month, billed annually; $17.99 billed monthly

  1,000 agent credits, 20 file uploads a day of up to 100 MB, ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude models, and no ads. Covers Liner, Liner Scholar and Liner Write.

• Max$29.99

  per month, billed annually; $35.99 billed monthly

  Everything in Pro with 2,500 agent credits and unlimited file uploads of up to 200 MB each.

• Team$26.99

  per seat / month

  For 2 to 20 members: everything in Max plus central billing, a workspace with admin controls and team data excluded from AI training.

• EnterpriseCustom

  Everything in Team plus a dedicated manager, onboarding sessions, audit logs and higher discount rates.

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 $169 against $279. 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.

Liner

• Annual discount

  Lower monthly rate with annual billing

  The pricing page labels annual billing as saving 20%. Pro is $14.99 a month billed annually against $17.99 monthly, and Max is $29.99 against $35.99, about 17% less.