Elicit Pro automates literature reviews — searching 125M papers, extracting key findings, and synthesizing across sources.
How Elicit Pro compares with its closest alternatives
1 of the 5 closest alternatives has a free plan, as Elicit Pro does. Among the 2 that list a starting price, the cheapest is Kagi Search at $10 a month and the median is $15. Elicit Pro starts at $12 a month, below that median. 1 of the 5 offers an API, as Elicit Pro does. Elicit Pro offers a web app. Of the alternatives, all 5 offer a web app. Elicit Pro was founded in 2021; the alternatives were founded between 2017 and 2022, 2 of them earlier. Elicit Pro is based in Oakland, United States; 3 of its 5 alternatives are in the United States too, and the others in Taiwan.
Market position · Productivity
How Elicit Pro compares in Productivity
Elicit Pro has moderate opportunity and sits in the top third of 352 live Productivity tools on FalcoScan. Across Productivity, the average opportunity score is 63.2 and the average saturation score 47. FalcoScan rates Elicit Pro's own market position as open. 58 of the 352 operating Productivity tools have hot momentum, and FalcoScan has recorded 5 shutdowns in the category.
Pro is Elicit's paid plan for systematic reviews. It adds a systematic review workflow that can screen 5,000 papers, standard usage of Research Agent and Research Reports, 20 table columns at a time, custom extractions from uploaded papers and API access.
As of 13 Oct 2026, Elicit Pro is $49 per user a month billed yearly ($588 a year) or $75 month to month. Scale, for teams, is $169 a month billed yearly ($2,028) or $279 monthly.
Elicit's Basic plan is free, with unlimited search across more than 138 million papers, unlimited summaries and chat with papers, and limited use of Research Agent and Research Reports.
Elicit Pro has a free tier, with paid plans from $12 a month.
What are the best alternatives to Elicit Pro?
The closest alternatives to Elicit Pro that are still running, matched on the AI capabilities, uses and audience they share, are Roam Research Pro, Kagi Search, Heptabase, Heptabase Visual, and Perplexity Pages.
Is Elicit Pro still running?
Yes. As of 2 November 2026, FalcoScan lists Elicit Pro as operating at elicit.com.
Where is Elicit Pro based?
Elicit Pro is headquartered in Oakland, United States.
Does Elicit Pro have an API?
Yes. Elicit Pro offers an API.
Who is Elicit Pro for?
Elicit Pro is built for researchers and academics.
How do I sign in to Elicit Pro?
Sign in on Elicit Pro's own website, elicit.com. FalcoScan reviews Elicit Pro but does not run its accounts, so logins, passwords and billing are handled by Elicit Pro directly.