Strongest fit
Who it is built for
- Academic researchers synthesizing scientific literature
- Pharma and medtech teams reviewing evidence
- Teams conducting systematic literature reviews
Elicit
Scientific research assistant for evidence-based literature analysis
Elicit searches academic papers and clinical trials, then helps researchers create cited reports, screen literature, extract data, and organize sources. It supports quick evidence questions as well as structured systematic-review workflows, with programmatic access available on eligible paid plans.
ELElicitProduct screenshot pending
- Best for
- Academic researchers synthesizing scientific literature
- Pricing signal
- USD 132 / year
- Primary category
- Research tools
- Last verified
- Jul 30, 2026
The decision
Should Elicit make your shortlist?
Start with the job, the team, and the constraints. Product fit becomes much clearer when those three line up.
Practical use cases
Jobs it can take on
- Find relevant academic papers from a natural-language research question
- Generate a structured research report with source citations
- Screen studies and extract data for a systematic review
Before you choose
Know the tradeoffs
- The Basic plan limits usage of Research Agent and Research Reports.
- API access requires a Pro plan or above.
Inside the product
What you can actually do with it.
The core product capabilities, grouped around the work they enable.
Semantic paper search
Elicit searches more than 138 million academic papers and 545,000 clinical trials using semantic search.
Cited research reports
It searches source material and generates structured reports with sentence-level citations.
Systematic review workflow
Elicit supports literature-review tasks including screening and data extraction.
Typical workflow
Enter a research question and Elicit searches its scientific corpus for relevant sources. You can refine the covered papers and information, generate a cited report or systematic review output, and save sources in the Library.
Plans and official links
Plans and accessUSD 132 / year.
See the entry price, free access options, company details, and direct vendor destinations in one place.
Starting pointUSD 132 / year
Free plan
See plans- Provider
- Elicit Research, PBC
Official destinations
Choosing for a real workflow?
Make the tool work with the rest of your operation.
We map the workflow, connect existing systems, choose what to buy, and build what is missing.