Elicit
Finds, screens and extracts data from academic literature at scale.
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Elicit vs Perplexity
Elicit (Elicit) and Perplexity (Perplexity) both sit in Search & Research. Perplexity is the cheaper entry point at from $20/mo. Elicit shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (6 vs 4). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Elicit Elicit | Perplexity Perplexity |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Search & Research | Search & Research |
| Version | Research Agent | Teammates, fully local Computer on Mac, and Voice mode (Nov 2026) |
| Entry cost | Free tier · from $49/mo | from $20/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Basic free · Pro $49 · Scale $229 · Enterprise free | Pro free · Max free · Enterprise free |
| Model stack | Claude · Elicit Research Agent · GPT-5.2 | Claude Opus 4.5 · Claude Opus 5.5 · Frontier Models · Gemini 3 Pro · GPT-5.2 · GPT-5.6 Luna · GPT-5.6 Terra · GPT-6 Astra · GPT-6.1 Sol · Grok 4.6 · Kimi K3 · MiniMax H3 · Opus 5 · Seedance 2.5 · Sonar |
| Context window | Not published | Varies by model |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 6 | 4 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Systematic review screening, Data extraction tables, 125M paper index, PDF chat, Report generation, Research Agent, Research Reports, Systematic Literature Reviews | Cited answers, Deep research, Comet browser, Spaces, Shopping, Focus modes, Gateway API, Agent API |
Perplexity
Conversational search that cites its sources and offers deep research modes.
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