Is Aurelius or Elicit better?

Neither clearly leads. Aurelius starts at $49/month and Elicit at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.

Which is cheaper, Aurelius or Elicit?

Elicit has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $49/month for Aurelius and Free for Elicit.

Does Aurelius or Elicit run on more platforms?

Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.

Can I use Elicit for free?

Yes. Elicit has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Aurelius starts at $49/month.

What is Aurelius best used for?

Aurelius is most often used for a research team of three whose findings currently live in individual miro boards and google docs that nobody outside the team can find six months later, a product organisation that wants every designer and product manager to search past research without paying forty repository seats, a consultancy running discovery for multiple clients that needs tagged evidence kept separate per client but searchable internally, a team preparing a repeat study who need to know what was already learned about the same problem two years ago before they recruit anyone. Of those, a research team of three whose findings currently live in individual miro boards and google docs that nobody outside the team can find six months later and a product organisation that wants every designer and product manager to search past research without paying forty repository seats are not what Elicit is typically brought in for.

What can Aurelius do that Elicit cannot?

Aurelius covers Research repository, Analysis board, Tagging, Insights and recommendations.

Research · head to head

Aurelius vs Elicit

Aurelius

Research

UX research repository for tagging notes, building insights and finding them again years later

From: $49/month
Rated: -

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Elicit

Research

The AI research assistant

From: Free
Rated: -

Full review Website

The short version

Only Elicit has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
Each has a real cost: Aurelius aurelius does not recruit participants or run unmoderated studies, so it is always a second tool alongside a testing or recruitment platform and never the whole research budget.; Elicit pro and Scale plans available at different monthly prices; annual billing options not specified
Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Aurelius and Elicit actually diverge.

Attributes where Aurelius and Elicit differ
Attribute	Aurelius	Elicit
Starting price	$49/month	Free
Pricing model	Flat monthly fee, unlimited users	subscription
Free tier	No	Yes

Identical on both: platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Research).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Aurelius

Research repository
Analysis board
Tagging
Insights and recommendations
Transcription
AI assist
Automatic report builder
Universal search

Only in Elicit

Nothing recorded that Aurelius does not also cover.

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Aurelius

A research team of three whose findings currently live in individual Miro boards and Google Docs that nobody outside the team can find six months laternot Elicit
A product organisation that wants every designer and product manager to search past research without paying forty repository seatsnot Elicit
A consultancy running discovery for multiple clients that needs tagged evidence kept separate per client but searchable internallynot Elicit
A team preparing a repeat study who need to know what was already learned about the same problem two years ago before they recruit anyonenot Elicit

Elicit

Screening and summarizing 40,000+ academic papers in systematic reviewsnot Aurelius
Extracting structured data from 200+ research sources automaticallynot Aurelius
Querying full-text papers using AI for custom literature analysisnot Aurelius
Tracking new relevant research with personalized notification alertsnot Aurelius

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Aurelius

Aurelius does not recruit participants or run unmoderated studies, so it is always a second tool alongside a testing or recruitment platform and never the whole research budget.
Integrations are thin, with Zapier, Jira and Slack rather than direct connections to the call recording and testing tools most teams already run, so getting material in often means manual upload.
The tag vocabulary is only as good as the discipline applied to it, and repositories where several researchers invent overlapping tags become unsearchable within a year with no built-in governance to prevent it.
Unlimited users is genuinely unlimited but permissions are basic below Enterprise, so a team that needs client-safe or stakeholder-only views has to buy the quoted tier for something that reads as a table-stakes control.
It is a small independent vendor competing with much better funded repositories, which is a real procurement risk for an organisation storing years of research in it, and enterprise assurance material such as penetration test reports sits behind the top tier.

Elicit

Pro and Scale plans available at different monthly prices; annual billing options not specified
Enterprise plan pricing not disclosed; requires contacting vendor

Pricing, plan by plan

Aurelius

$49/month

Professional$49/month
- Unlimited users
- Unlimited projects and storage
- Notes, tags and documents
Premium$199/month
- Everything in Professional
- Recommendations
- Universal search across projects
Enterprise$undefined/year
- Everything in Premium
- SSO with SAML 2.0
- IP allowlisting

Elicit

Free

BasicFree
- Limited usage for Research Agent and Research Reports
- Unlimited search across 138+ million papers
- Unlimited summaries and chat with papers
Pro$49/month
- Standard usage for Research Agent, Research Reports, and Systematic Literature Reviews
- Dedicated workflow screening up to 5,000 papers
- Up to 20 table columns
Scale$169/month
- 5x usage for Research Agent, Research Reports, and Systematic Literature Reviews
- Figure extraction and interpretation
- Real-time team collaboration
Enterprise$null/custom
- Custom usage limits
- Unlimited alerts and up to 40,000 paper screening
- Up to 40 table columns

Which should you pick?

Choose Aurelius if

You need research repository.
You also want analysis board.

Aurelius review

Choose Elicit if

You want to start without paying.

Elicit review

Questions people ask

Is Aurelius or Elicit better?: Neither clearly leads. Aurelius starts at $49/month and Elicit at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Aurelius or Elicit?: Elicit has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at $49/month for Aurelius and Free for Elicit.
Does Aurelius or Elicit run on more platforms?: Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use Elicit for free?: Yes. Elicit has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Aurelius starts at $49/month.
What is Aurelius best used for?: Aurelius is most often used for a research team of three whose findings currently live in individual miro boards and google docs that nobody outside the team can find six months later, a product organisation that wants every designer and product manager to search past research without paying forty repository seats, a consultancy running discovery for multiple clients that needs tagged evidence kept separate per client but searchable internally, a team preparing a repeat study who need to know what was already learned about the same problem two years ago before they recruit anyone. Of those, a research team of three whose findings currently live in individual miro boards and google docs that nobody outside the team can find six months later and a product organisation that wants every designer and product manager to search past research without paying forty repository seats are not what Elicit is typically brought in for.
What can Aurelius do that Elicit cannot?: Aurelius covers Research repository, Analysis board, Tagging, Insights and recommendations.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Aurelius: Does the price really include unlimited users?

Yes. Professional at 49 US dollars a month and Premium at 199, both billed yearly, both with unlimited users, projects and storage.

Elicit: Does Elicit offer a free plan?

Yes, Elicit's Basic plan is free and includes unlimited search across 138+ million research papers, unlimited summaries, chat with papers, source viewing, and Zotero import. Limited usage is included for Research Agent and Research Reports.

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Aurelius: Can I run usability tests in it?

No. Aurelius stores and analyses research; it does not recruit participants or host sessions. Pair it with a testing tool.

Elicit: What is the difference between Elicit's Pro and Scale plans?

Elicit's Pro plan ($49/month) includes standard usage limits, dedicated screening of up to 5,000 papers, and access to 135 data sources. The Scale plan ($169/month) offers 5x higher usage limits, screening of up to 40,000 papers, figure extraction, team collaboration, and access to 200 data sources.

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Aurelius: What is the difference between Professional and Premium?

Premium adds universal cross-project search, collections, recommendations and Zapier. If your value comes from finding old research, Premium is the tier that delivers it.

Elicit: What security features does Elicit Enterprise offer?

Elicit's Enterprise plan includes single sign-on (SSO), SAML, two-factor authentication (2FA), PRISMA-grade screening and extraction accuracy, and a dedicated customer success team. Pricing is custom and requires contacting the vendor.

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Aurelius: Is there single sign-on?

Only on Enterprise, along with IP allowlisting, Jira and advanced permissions. Everything below is quoted separately.

Aurelius vs Elicit

Aurelius

Elicit

The short version

Where they differ

What each one covers

Only in Aurelius

Only in Elicit

What people use each for

Aurelius

Elicit

Where each one falls short

Aurelius

Elicit

Pricing, plan by plan

Aurelius

Elicit

Which should you pick?

Choose Aurelius if

Choose Elicit if

Questions people ask

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

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