How much does Elicit cost?

Elicit publishes 4 tiers, from Free for Basic up to On request for Enterprise. The entry tier costs nothing.

What is the difference between Basic and Pro on Elicit?

Pro costs $49/month against Free, and adds standard usage for research agent, research reports, and systematic literature reviews, dedicated workflow screening up to 5,000 papers, up to 20 table columns, extract from 135 data sources.

Is the Enterprise plan on Elicit worth it?

That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is custom usage limits, unlimited alerts and up to 40,000 paper screening, up to 40 table columns, prisma-grade screening and extraction accuracy. It costs On request against $49/month for Pro. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.

Which research tools can I use without paying?

2 of the 8 research tools listed alongside Elicit have a free tier: LabArchives, Marvin.

What am I actually paying for with Elicit?

The record we hold does not itemise what each tier includes beyond the plan names and prices. The Elicit review carries whatever feature detail is available.

Does Elicit charge per user?

The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.

Are these Elicit prices current?

They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.

What should I compare Elicit against before paying?

The closest research tools in this directory are Sapio Sciences, Condens, LabArchives, LabVantage. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Elicit covering price, platforms and features.

Research · pricing

Elicit pricing

Elicit publishes 4 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.

As of 28 August 2026, Elicit pricing is free, then $49/month across 4 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.

Entry price: Free, then $49/month
Model: Subscription
Tiers: 4
Free tier: Yes

Elicit plans, side by side

Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.

Elicit pricing tiers
Plan	Price	Features listed	Step up from the tier below
Basic	Free	4	Entry tier
Pro	$49/month	6	+$49/month, 6 more features
Scale	$169/month	6	+$120/month, 6 more features
Enterprise	On request	6	Priced on request

What each tier adds

The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.

Basic

Free

The entry tier. It covers limited usage for research agent and research reports, unlimited search across 138+ million papers, unlimited summaries and chat with papers, view sources and zotero import.

Pro

$49/month

Over Basic, this tier adds:

Standard usage for Research Agent, Research Reports, and Systematic Literature Reviews
Dedicated workflow screening up to 5,000 papers
Up to 20 table columns
Extract from 135 data sources
10 personalized research alerts
Custom extractions and API access

Scale

$169/month

Over Pro, this tier adds:

5x usage for Research Agent, Research Reports, and Systematic Literature Reviews
Figure extraction and interpretation
Real-time team collaboration
Up to 30 table columns
Extract from 200 data sources
Admin panel with usage tracking

Enterprise

On request

Over Scale, this tier adds:

Custom usage limits
Unlimited alerts and up to 40,000 paper screening
Up to 40 table columns
PRISMA-grade screening and extraction accuracy
Enterprise security features (SSO, SAML, 2FA)
Dedicated customer success team

Where Elicit stops being free

Basic, Free

Limited usage for Research Agent and Research Reports
Unlimited search across 138+ million papers
Unlimited summaries and chat with papers
View sources and Zotero import

Pro, $49/month

The first thing you pay for:

Standard usage for Research Agent, Research Reports, and Systematic Literature Reviews
Dedicated workflow screening up to 5,000 papers
Up to 20 table columns
Extract from 135 data sources
10 personalized research alerts
Custom extractions and API access

How that compares in Research

Too few research tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.

Elicit entry price against other Research tools
Tool	Entry price	Model	Rated	Head to head
Elicit (this page)	Free, then $49/month	subscription	-
Sapio Sciences	On request	quote	-	vs Elicit
Condens	€15/month	Per contributor per month	-	vs Elicit
LabArchives	Free, then $330/year	Per user per year	-	vs Elicit
LabVantage	On request	quote	-	vs Elicit
Florence eBinders	On request	quote	-	vs Elicit
Medidata Rave	On request	quote	-	vs Elicit

Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Elicit badges page.

Before you pay for Elicit

Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.

What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 4 tiers between Free and On request, with the jump itemised above. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.

Elicit runs on not recorded. The full record is on the Elicit review, and the rest of the category is under best research tools.

Elicit pricing on the vendor's own site

Elicit pricing questions

How much does Elicit cost?: Elicit publishes 4 tiers, from Free for Basic up to On request for Enterprise. The entry tier costs nothing.
Does Elicit have a free plan?: Yes. The Basic tier costs nothing and covers limited usage for research agent and research reports, unlimited search across 138+ million papers, unlimited summaries and chat with papers. Paying starts at $49/month for Pro.
What is the difference between Basic and Pro on Elicit?: Pro costs $49/month against Free, and adds standard usage for research agent, research reports, and systematic literature reviews, dedicated workflow screening up to 5,000 papers, up to 20 table columns, extract from 135 data sources.
Is the Enterprise plan on Elicit worth it?: That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is custom usage limits, unlimited alerts and up to 40,000 paper screening, up to 40 table columns, prisma-grade screening and extraction accuracy. It costs On request against $49/month for Pro. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
Which research tools can I use without paying?: 2 of the 8 research tools listed alongside Elicit have a free tier: LabArchives, Marvin.
What am I actually paying for with Elicit?: The record we hold does not itemise what each tier includes beyond the plan names and prices. The Elicit review carries whatever feature detail is available.
Does Elicit charge per user?: The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 4 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
Are these Elicit prices current?: They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
What should I compare Elicit against before paying?: The closest research tools in this directory are Sapio Sciences, Condens, LabArchives, LabVantage. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Elicit covering price, platforms and features.