Is Elicit still around? (2026)
Yes. Elicit is live and reachable, price-verified as of Sep 8, 2026.
Held steady at $49/mo the whole tracked window (19 days).
Reachable 100% of 19 tracked days.
First-party daily snapshots. One reading per day, grows over time.
What Elicit is
What sets it apart extracts findings into structured comparison tables
Best for systematic reviews and data extraction · Pricing model Free Basic plan; Pro at $49/mo billed annually; Scale at $169/mo; Enterprise custom
Elicit searches academic papers and pulls answers into structured tables, extracting data points like sample size or outcomes across many studies at once. It provides sentence level citations and a systematic review workflow that can screen thousands of papers. It grew out of the nonprofit research lab Ought before running as its own company.
Sources elicit.com · elicit.com · capterra.com
The fine print, checked
What the free plan really caps, whether your data can leave, and how cancelling works. Each fact read on Elicit's own pages, linked below.
The free Basic plan gives unlimited paper search (over 138 million papers), unlimited summaries, and unlimited chat with papers, but only limited usage of the Research Agent and Research Reports. The cheapest paid plan is Pro at $49 per month (or $588 per year).
Elicit Pricing · checked Aug 1, 2026
Research Reports can be exported as PDF or Word on any plan. Table exports (Find Papers, Paper Chat) to CSV and Excel, plus RIS or BIB, need Elicit Plus or higher; Systematic Review tables export on Pro, Scale, or Enterprise. The library itself cannot be exported.
Elicit Help Center · checked Aug 1, 2026
You cancel a Pro or Plus subscription yourself by downgrading to the free Basic plan in Account Settings. It stays active until the end of the current billing period, then the account drops to Basic and is not charged again. Elicit does not issue partial refunds for unused time.
Elicit Help Center · checked Aug 1, 2026
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