Pick Elicit if
researchers and analysts who want an evidence table, not a chatbot essay.
Read the Elicit pageElicit vs Scite
Our take
Pick Elicit if researchers and analysts who want an evidence table, not a chatbot essay. Pick Scite if researchers who need citation evidence, not an uncited paragraph. Skip Elicit if people who want a cited web answer (Perplexity) or a general assistant (ChatGPT). Skip Scite if people who want a consumer answer engine (Perplexity) or a paper-finding graph (Connected Papers).
Best for
Elicit A literature question with papers behind it
Scite Answers grounded in citation evidence
Free plan
Elicit No free plan
Scite $0
Lowest paid
Elicit Other toggle in the HTML $11/user/mo yearly
Scite Basic $20/mo
Next step up
Elicit Pro (Industry, yearly display) $49/user/mo
Scite Pro $50/mo
Coding agent
Elicit Research agent composer
Scite
Runs where
Elicit Hosted
Scite
Watch out
Elicit Audience and yearly/monthly toggles change the dollars
Scite Assistant scope is not on every key
Last checked
Elicit 2026-10-19 · elicit.com/pricing
Scite 2026-10-21 · docs.scite.ai/pricing-and-plans
Which one, then?
Pick Scite if
researchers who need citation evidence, not an uncited paragraph.
Read the Scite page