Overview
AI research assistant that automates systematic literature review workflows. Extracts key findings, methods, and results from academic papers at scale, with structured data tables and citation management.
Ehsan's Growth Verdict
The single best tool for turning a pile of papers into structured knowledge
Best for: Researchers and analysts doing evidence-based work from academic literature
Key Features
- ✓Automated paper discovery from 125M+ papers
- ✓Structured data extraction from PDFs
- ✓Research question decomposition
- ✓Column-based analysis tables
- ✓Citation export (BibTeX, RIS)
Pros
- + Genuinely saves 10-20 hours per literature review
- + Extraction accuracy is high for structured claims
- + Free tier is functional enough to evaluate properly
Cons
- − Limited to English-language papers
- − Extraction struggles with non-standard paper formats
- − Credit system means heavy users pay meaningfully
Pricing
| Plan | Details |
|---|---|
| Pro | $42/mo — unlimited |
| Free | 5,000 credits (about 10 papers) |
| Plus | $10/mo — 12,000 credits |
Best Use Cases
Ehsan's Growth Take
Elicit does what no PhD student wants to do: read 200 papers and extract the key numbers. It's not replacing researchers — it's eliminating the 80% of review work that's mechanical. For anyone doing evidence-based strategy or market research grounded in academic literature, the time savings are absurd.
Ehsan Jahandarpour
AI Growth Strategist & Fractional CMO
Forbes Top 20 Growth Hacker · TEDx Speaker · 716 Academic Citations · Ex-Microsoft · CMO at FirstWave (ASX:FCT) · Forbes Communications Council