Is Elicit free to use?
Yes, Elicit has a free Basic plan with unlimited search across 138 million papers, unlimited summaries, and 2 automated reports per month. Paid plans start at $7/month for Plus and $29/month for Pro.
How accurate is Elicit compared to ChatGPT?
Elicit claims to be the most accurate AI product for scientific research and supports every claim with sentence-level citations from source papers. The team publishes evaluations showing it outperforms general chatbots on data extraction tasks.
Can Elicit do a systematic literature review?
Yes, Elicit's Pro plan ($29/month) includes a dedicated Systematic Review workflow that can screen up to 5,000 papers and automate data extraction. Enterprise plans scale to 40,000 papers.
What databases does Elicit search?
Elicit searches over 138 million academic papers and 545,000 clinical trials from ClinicalTrials.gov, with PubMed keyword search supported in Systematic Reviews. More data sources are being added.
Does Elicit have an API?
Yes, Elicit launched an API in March 2026 that lets developers search 138M+ papers and generate Reports programmatically. API access is included in the Pro plan and unlimited on Enterprise.
Can I use Elicit with Zotero?
Yes, all Elicit plans including the free Basic tier support importing references from Zotero. Paid tiers add export to RIS, CSV, BIB, PDF, and DOCX formats.
Who uses Elicit?
Elicit is used by over 5 million researchers across academia, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, policy and government, consumer goods, industrials, and software. It's designed for evidence-based research workflows.
What's the difference between Plus and Pro?
Plus ($7/mo) is for individual researchers wanting more reports and exports. Pro ($29/mo) unlocks the Systematic Review workflow, 144 reports/year, 20-column tables, API access, and custom extractions — it's the tier built for serious literature reviews.