Elicit vs Perplexity Pro
Elicit Pro is $49 per user per month billed as $588 annually, against $17 per month billed annually for Perplexity Pro. The gap buys a systematic review workflow that screens 5,000 papers across 20 columns, plus API access. Scale is $169 per user per month billed as $2,028 annually, and Enterprise screens 40,000 papers with SSO and SAML. Elicit reports SOC 2 Type II.
A resident wanting quick cited answers from several models, with Deep research, is Perplexity's buyer. A solo resident without a review to screen gets little from Elicit Pro at $588 a year against $204.
A review team wants Elicit as a helper beside database searches. A systematic review of 18 studies put Elicit's average sensitivity at 37.9%, and a test of four Cochrane-linked reviews found it located 39.5% of included studies against 94.5% for database searches. Elicit's own evaluation reports 95.0% search recall on 994 Cochrane reviews.
Research tools · Reviewed November 1, 2026
Elicit
by Elicit Research, PBC · founded 2021
AI research assistant that searches 138M+ papers and 545,000 clinical trials, builds cited reports and extracts data for literature reviews.
Perplexity Pro
by Perplexity AI · founded 2022
General-purpose answer engine with inline citations and Deep research. Perplexity does not market it as a clinical tool.
When to pick each one
Elicit
- Review workflow screens 5,000 papers
- Pro $49 per user monthly, billed annually
- SOC 2 Type II reported
Perplexity Pro
- Cited answers from several AI models
- Pro $17 per month, billed annually
- Deep research on Pro
Score
Each row shows points earned of points available under the published rubric.
Elicit
37of 100
Perplexity Pro
53of 100
| Dimension | Elicit | Perplexity Pro | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peer-reviewed papers | 0 / 21 | 8.4 / 21 | -8.4 |
| RCT / meta-analysis / systematic review | 0 / 6 | 0 / 6 | 0 |
| Funding & adoption signal | 8.4 / 12 | 8.4 / 12 | 0 |
| Pricing transparency | 6.5 / 6.5 | 6.5 / 6.5 | 0 |
| Years in market | 4.2 / 6 | 4.2 / 6 | 0 |
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Pricing
Elicit
| Tier | Monthly | Annual | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | n/a | n/a | Limited usage for Research Agent and Research Reports. Zotero import. |
| Pro | n/a | $588 | Per user. Systematic review workflow that screens 5,000 papers, 20 columns, API access. Monthly-billed price not shown. |
| Scale | n/a | $2,028 | Per user. Monthly-billed price not shown. |
| Enterprise | n/a | n/a | Custom. Screens 40,000 papers, SSO and SAML, single-tenancy, no training on your data by default. |
Perplexity Pro
| Tier | Monthly | Annual | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | n/a | n/a | A free tier exists. |
| Pro | n/a | $204 | The monthly-billed price is not shown. Limited-time +$40 free Computer credits listed. |
| Max | n/a | $2,004 | Adds expert-level research. The monthly-billed price is not shown. |
Evidence
Elicit
No FDA decision, peer-reviewed study or community post in our record.
Perplexity Pro
Peer-reviewed
1 PubMed record names Perplexity Pro.
Compliance and integrations
Documented from each vendor’s own pages.
| Spec | Elicit | Perplexity Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | ||
| HIPAA | ||
| SOC 2 Type II | ||
| EHR integrations | Not specified | Not specified |
| Founded | 2021 | 2022 |
| HQ | US | US |
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Common questions
Open the full research tools comparison
Literature search, paper summarization, citation analysis, systematic-review extraction. Consensus and OpenEvidence have absorbed most clinician research traffic in 2026. We compared the full universe.