Semantic Scholar
Open academic graph and API used across research tooling.
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Semantic Scholar vs Elicit
Semantic Scholar (Allen Institute for AI) and Elicit (Elicit) both sit in Search & Research. Semantic Scholar is the cheaper entry point at Free, open API. Elicit shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (8 vs 0). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Semantic Scholar Allen Institute for AI | Elicit Elicit |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Search & Research | Search & Research |
| Version | 2025 | Research Agent |
| Entry cost | Free, open API | Free tier · from $11/mo |
| Pricing tiers | — | Basic free · Plus $11 · Pro (Annual) $39 · Pro (Monthly) $49 · Scale (Annual) $89 · Scale (Monthly) $169 |
| Model stack | SPECTER embeddings | Claude · Elicit Research Agent · GPT-5.2 |
| Context window | — | Not published |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 0 | 8 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | 200M+ papers, Citation contexts, Open API | Systematic review screening, Data extraction tables, 125M paper index, PDF chat, Report generation, Research Agent, Research Reports, Systematic Literature Reviews |
Elicit
Finds, screens and extracts data from academic literature at scale.
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