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Elicit
AI research assistant for academic papers — summarises, extracts, and synthesises.
Add Elicit to your hut →Elicit is an AI research assistant built for academics and analysts who need to review large bodies of scientific literature. Its key feature is structured extraction — you can search across millions of peer-reviewed papers and have Elicit pull specific data columns (sample size, methodology, effect size, conclusions) from each paper into a table. This turns a process that would take days of manual reading into minutes. It's designed for systematic reviews, literature surveys, and evidence synthesis.
The free tier allows 5,000 AI credits per month, which covers moderate research use. Plus ($10/mo) adds more credits and bulk export. Most often compared to Consensus — Elicit's edge is structured data extraction and the ability to build evidence tables; Consensus's is quick consensus verdicts across studies for a single yes/no question.
| Made by | Ought |
|---|---|
| Pricing | Free (5,000 credits/mo) · Plus $10/mo · Professional $42/mo |
| Best for | Literature reviews, evidence synthesis, data extraction from studies, systematic reviews |
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