AI answer engine with real-time web search and cited sources.
Elicit
AI Research & StudyElicit is an AI research assistant for finding, screening and extracting data from academic papers. It searches a large scholarly database, lets users upload their own PDFs, extracts findings into tables and generates research reports with sentence-level citations. It also supports a structured systematic review workflow with screening and PRISMA diagrams.
Pricing
Elicit pricing
Free plan: yes (Basic). Paid from ~$12/mo billed annually (Plus)
Last checked September 2026 · Confirm on elicit.com
Features
What Elicit does
- Semantic search across a large database of academic papers
- Data extraction into tables, including from tables and figures
- Research reports synthesizing many papers with sentence-level citations
- Systematic review workflow with AI-assisted screening and PRISMA diagrams
- Upload your own PDFs for extraction and analysis
- Export results to CSV, RIS and BibTeX
Pros
- Table-based extraction saves time on large literature reviews
- Supports structured systematic review methods
- Citations link to specific sentences in source papers
- Free Basic plan for searching and small extractions
Cons
- Limited to academic literature, not general web search
- Advanced features such as large reports and premium PDF parsing need higher plans
- Extraction results still require human verification for publication-grade reviews
- No writing editor, AI detection or humanizer tools
Fit
Who Elicit is for
Look elsewhere if: People who need quick answers from the general web or help drafting essays should use Perplexity or a writing tool instead.
For teams & enterprise
Enterprise readiness
Sales-led Enterprise plan for research teams with SAML SSO, domain verification and optional single-tenant deployment.
- Business / enterprise plan
- Yes
- SSO (SAML / OIDC)
- Enterprise plan
- SCIM user provisioning
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- SOC 2
- Type II
- ISO 27001
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- HIPAA (BAA available)
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- GDPR DPA
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- Data residency options
- —
- No training on your data
- Yes
- Audit logs
- —
- Admin controls
- Yes
- Deployment
- Cloud, single-tenant
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| Research & Study feature checklist | |
|---|---|
| Answers with citations | Yes |
| Searches academic papers | Yes |
| Upload & chat with PDFs | Yes |
| AI content detection | No |
| Rewrites / humanizes text | No |
| Citation formatting | Limited |
| Browser extension | No |
| Writing editor | No |
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