Best for: Graduate students and academic researchers, Evidence-based medicine and clinical research teams, Policy analysts needing research-backed summaries
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Elicit is an AI research assistant built specifically for academic literature review, with a database of 125 million+ papers. It finds relevant papers, extracts key claims and methods, and synthesizes findings across multiple studies. Built for researchers who need reliable, citation-backed information rather than general-purpose AI responses.
| Plan | Details |
|---|---|
| Free | Free — up to 12 papers per search, limited extractions per month |
| Pro | $12/mo (Plus) — $49/mo (Pro, higher limits and team features) |
Free tier works for initial exploration; serious systematic reviews require Plus or Pro
Use the "Extract data" column feature to pull a specific variable (e.g., "sample size") from 50 papers at once
Combine Elicit search with Google Scholar alerts — Elicit finds relevant older work, Scholar catches new papers
Export your extraction table to CSV and clean it in a spreadsheet before writing your literature review section
Best for: Graduate students and academic researchers • Evidence-based medicine and clinical research teams • Policy analysts needing research-backed summaries • Science journalists verifying claims against primary literature
Elicit is a freemium AI tool best suited for Graduate students and academic researchers and Evidence-based medicine and clinical research teams.
