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Research & searchFree tier with limits

Elicit

An AI research assistant that searches and summarizes academic papers.

Official site: elicit.com ↗

Is it actually free? Free tier with limits

Basic (free): unlimited search across 138M+ papers, unlimited summaries and chat with papers; limited Research Agent and Research Reports use.

Pricing

Free; Plus $11/user/month billed annually; Pro $39; Scale $89 (annual billing).

Best for

Literature searches and pulling findings out of many papers.

Not great for

Everyday non-academic questions.

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