# Elicit

> AI research assistant for literature search and systematic reviews

Elicit is an AI research tool that searches more than 138 million academic papers, drawn from Semantic Scholar, PubMed and OpenAlex, along with clinical trial records. Its Research Agent gathers evidence and produces cited reports, tables and figures, and a dedicated workflow handles screening and data extraction for systematic reviews. Each plan has one monthly pool of usage shared across the agent, reports and reviews.

- **Category:** AI Research Tools
- **Made by:** Elicit Research, PBC
- **Website:** https://elicit.com
- **Runs on:** Web, Browser extension
- **Facts last checked:** Oct 5, 2026

## Pricing

Elicit has a free plan. Paid plans start at $49 per user / month, billed annually ($11 on academic pricing).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **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.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 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. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom usage, SSO and SAML, screening of 40,000 papers, 40 extraction columns, custom data sources and unlimited API access. |

Read from https://elicit.com/pricing on Oct 5, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Elicit before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 35% to 39% with annual billing** (Annual discount): 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%. Source: https://elicit.com/pricing
- **Academic pricing from $11 per user / month** (Education): 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. Source: https://elicit.com/pricing
- **Nonprofits can use the academic plans** (Nonprofit): Elicit has no separate nonprofit discount, but its help center says nonprofits can subscribe to the academic plans, its lowest pricing tier. Source: https://support.elicit.com/en/articles/16631472-academic-and-nonprofit-pricing

## Key features

- **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.

## Good for

- 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

## Worth knowing

- 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.

## Works with

Zotero

**Tags:** Research, AI search, Citations, AI agents, Public API, Real-time collaboration

## Alternatives

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- [Semantic Scholar](https://toolgpa.com/tools/semantic-scholar): Free AI-powered search engine for scientific literature. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/elicit-vs-semantic-scholar)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026:

- https://elicit.com/pricing
- https://elicit.com
- https://support.elicit.com/en/articles/16631472-academic-and-nonprofit-pricing
- https://support.elicit.com/en/articles/15646622-usage-limits-in-elicit
- https://support.elicit.com/en/articles/15113352-manage-your-plan-and-billing
- https://support.elicit.com/en/articles/14759330-elicit-s-scale-plan-for-teams
- https://support.elicit.com/en/articles/14758040-elicit-s-source-for-papers
- https://support.elicit.com/en/collections/19572632-library
- https://docs.elicit.com/
- https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/elicit-ai-for-scientific/fdkcnfflaanlpehcmeekdjeknnokkhno
- https://elicit.com/operations/terms

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