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Elicit

⭐⭐⭐⭐☆ 4.5/5

AI research assistant that accelerates literature review

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Developer

Elicit

Released

2022

Users

500K+

API

Available

📊 Rating Breakdown

Functionality 4.6/5

Research assistant, paper analysis, summarization, Q&A

Ease of Use 4.5/5

Academic-focused, straightforward for researchers

Performance 4.5/5

Accurate paper analysis, good citations

Value for Money 4.5/5

Free access, generous for researchers

Ecosystem 4.4/5

Semantic Scholar, research papers

Privacy & Security 4.5/5

Academic focus, good privacy

Support 4.4/5

Documentation, research community

Innovation 4.5/5

Research automation, evidence synthesis, expert validation

✅ Pros

  • Dramatically speeds up literature review
  • Accurate data extraction from papers
  • Semantic search finds relevant papers
  • Column view for easy comparison
  • Generous free tier
  • Affordable Pro pricing
  • Good for systematic reviews
  • Integrates with reference managers

❌ Cons

  • Database may miss some papers
  • Not all papers are accessible
  • Extraction accuracy varies by field
  • Limited to academic research use
  • Credit system on free tier
  • No mobile app
  • Some features still in beta
  • Requires specific research questions

💰 Pricing

Enterprise pricing

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🧠 Available Models

GPT-4o (Elicit AI)

Proprietary

Elicit uses GPT-4o for AI-powered literature review, paper search, research extraction, data synthesis, and systematic review automation for academic researchers.

Parameters: Not disclosed
Context: 128K tokens
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✅ Literature review ✅ Paper search ✅ Data extraction ✅ Systematic reviews
Input: Free (basic) / Plus $10/month / Pro $50/month / Enterprise custom
Output: Included
🔌 API Availablevia Elicit API

📜 Version History

2025 v4.0

Collaborative Research Platform

Team collaboration features, shared research libraries, and AI-powered research workflow automation.

2024 v3.0

AI Summarization & Analysis

Intelligent paper summarization, comparative analysis across multiple papers, and research question answering.

2023 v2.0

Data Extraction

Added automated data extraction from research papers, extracting key findings, methods, and results.

2022 v1.0

Elicit Launch

Elicit launched as an AI research assistant for academics, helping with literature review and paper discovery.