Medical Research
Elicit vs Scholarcy
Scores are legacy evidence and documentation scores, not product-performance ratings. How it is computed
Scholarcy costs $9.99 per month after a one-week free trial, and its free plan stops at 10 summaries. It works on papers you already hold and returns structured summaries and flashcards, with literature matrices and bibliographies on the paid plan according to the review site What AI Do I Need. A resident preparing journal club from a handful of PDFs fits that. Elicit Pro is $49 per user per month billed as $588 annually and screens up to 5,000 papers into 20 columns, so a review team tabulating study data is its buyer and the journal-club resident has no use for the seat.
A resident writing a first narrative review while still hunting for the literature faces a closer call. Elicit's free Basic plan gives limited use of its Research Agent and Research Reports, and Scholarcy only starts once the papers are chosen, so Scholarcy loses that buyer. Scholarcy's accuracy also drops on poorly scanned PDFs and non-English papers, per the same site.
Research tools · Reviewed November 1, 2026
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When to pick each one
Elicit
- Pro screens 5,000 papers into 20 columns
- Free Basic with limited Research Agent use
- Zotero import on the free plan
Scholarcy
- $9.99 per month after a one-week free trial
- Summaries and flashcards from papers you hold
- Paid plan adds unlimited summaries, per third-party review
Score
Each row shows points earned of points available under the published rubric.
Elicit
Scholarcy
| Dimension | Elicit | Scholarcy | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peer-reviewed papers | 0 / 21 | 0 / 21 | 0 |
| RCT / meta-analysis / systematic review | 0 / 6 | 0 / 6 | 0 |
| Funding & adoption signal | 8.4 / 12 | 3 / 12 | +5.4 |
| Pricing transparency | 6.5 / 6.5 | 6.5 / 6.5 | 0 |
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Pricing
Elicit
| Tier | Monthly | Annual | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic | Not stated | Not stated | Limited usage for Research Agent and Research Reports. Zotero import. |
| Pro | Not stated | $588 | Per user. Systematic review workflow that screens 5,000 papers, 20 columns, API access. Monthly-billed price not shown. |
| Scale | Not stated | $2,028 | Per user. Monthly-billed price not shown. |
| Enterprise | Not stated | Not stated | Custom. Screens 40,000 papers, SSO and SAML, single-tenancy, no training on your data by default. |
Scholarcy
| Tier | Monthly | Annual | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Not stated | Not stated | Limit of 10 summaries. Flashcards are exported one at a time. |
| Premium, monthly | $9.99 | Not stated | 1-week free trial, then billed monthly. Cancel any time. A yearly option exists (about $90 a year per third parties). Institutional licenses are custom. Refund terms are not stated. |
Compliance and integrations
Documented from each vendor’s own pages.
| Spec | Elicit | Scholarcy |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | No / unverified | Yes |
| HIPAA | No / unverified | No / unverified |
| SOC 2 Type II | Yes | No / unverified |
| EHR integrations | Not stated | Not stated |
| Founded | 2021 | Not stated |
| HQ | US | Not stated |
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