Elicit: pricing, what it does and real use cases
A research assistant for academic papers: search, screening and data extraction for literature and systematic reviews.
ResearchSubscriptionFree tierBy Elicit
Starting price
Free; Plus $11/mo
Pricing model
Subscription
Use cases we found
3
Prices checked
October 21, 2026
Jobs it fits
- Literature reviews with traceable citations
- Extract data from hundreds of papers
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | Free | |
| Plus | $11/user/mo | billed annually ($132/yr) |
| Pro | from $39/user/mo | billed annually |
| Scale | from $89/user/mo | billed annually |
The page showed more than one price set for Pro and Scale; we list the lowest.
Source: https://elicit.com/pricing, checked October 21, 2026. Prices change; confirm on the vendor's page.
What people are doing with it
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Use caseResearchVendor case study
Clinical lab MicroGenDX uses Elicit across biostatistics, medical affairs and marketing, saving up to 4 hours per literature review.
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Use caseResearchVendor case study
Oxford PharmaGenesis used Elicit to run a rapid review of 40 questions across nearly 500 papers in under a week.
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Use caseResearchVendor case study
VDI/VDE says Elicit helps it scale its systematic reviews 11x faster, covering far more papers per review.
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