Elicit

Research & Academic active ★ 4.6 freemium · $10/month Free tier available

An AI research assistant for academic literature review. Searches and summarizes research papers, extracts key findings, and helps identify relevant studies.

Use Cases

Systematic literature review and paper discovery
Extracting key findings across multiple papers
Research question formulation and refinement
Identifying methodology patterns across studies
Building annotated bibliographies

Pros

Understands research methodology, not just keywords
Extracts structured data from papers (sample size, methods, findings)
Saves weeks of manual paper sifting for lit reviews
Good at surfacing relevant papers you wouldn't find via keyword search
Free tier is usable for small projects

Cons

Coverage gaps in some niche fields
Summaries can miss nuance in complex studies
Limited to academic papers (not patents, reports, etc.)
Plus plan needed for serious research volume

Pricing

Plan	Price
Free	Free
Plus	$10/monthly

Works With

ConsensusElicit for finding and analyzing individual papers, Consensus for scientific consensus view NotebookLMElicit finds relevant papers, NotebookLM deep-dives into them with source-grounded Q&A

Comparisons

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Used In Workflows

Tags

literature-reviewresearchsummarizationfree-tiersaas

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