Pick Elicit if
researchers and analysts who want an evidence table, not a chatbot essay.
Read the Elicit pageElicit vs Heptabase
Our take
Pick Elicit if researchers and analysts who want an evidence table, not a chatbot essay. Pick Heptabase if students and researchers who will pay Premium so OCR, GPT/Claude agents, and more than 100 Gemini-only credits sit on one whiteboard. Skip Elicit if people who want a cited web answer (Perplexity) or a general assistant (ChatGPT).
Best for
Elicit A literature question with papers behind it
Heptabase Understand a hard topic on a map
Free plan
Elicit No free plan
Heptabase No free plan
Lowest paid
Elicit Other toggle in the HTML $11/user/mo yearly
Heptabase Pro $8.99/mo
Next step up
Elicit Pro (Industry, yearly display) $49/user/mo
Heptabase Premium $17.99/mo
Coding agent
Elicit Research agent composer
Heptabase AI Agent
Runs where
Elicit Hosted
Heptabase
Watch out
Elicit Audience and yearly/monthly toggles change the dollars
Heptabase $8.99 / $17.99 are yearly-billed cards
Last checked
Elicit 2026-10-19 · elicit.com/pricing
Heptabase 2026-10-22 · heptabase.com/pricing
Which one, then?
Pick Heptabase if
students and researchers who will pay Premium so OCR, GPT/Claude agents, and more than 100 Gemini-only credits sit on one whiteboard.
Read the Heptabase page