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Elicit costs Free to $169 per user/month as of June 2026, with 4 plans available including a free tier. Plans: Basic (free), Pro at $49/user/month, and Scale at $169/user/month. Enterprise pricing is available on request. Pricing depends on your chosen tier, contract length, and negotiated discounts.

Use the interactive pricing calculator to estimate your exact cost based on team size and requirements.

  • Free tier: Yes

Elicit offers 4 pricing tiers: Basic, Pro, Scale, Enterprise. A free plan is available. Paid plans include Pro at $49/user/month, Scale at $169/user/month. The Pro plan is researchers conducting systematic reviews.

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Elicit true cost runs -99% above the listed $0-$169/user/month price as of June 2026. For a 25-person team, expect ~$203 in year-one costs vs the $25,350 base license. Key hidden costs: one-time free credits, not monthly: basic plan includes 5,000 credits once -- not refreshed monthly like consensus's free tier -- requiring paid upgrade after exhausting initial credits, annual vs monthly report allocation: plus annual gives 48 reports/year (4/month average) but you can use them unevenly, while monthly billing strictly limits to 4/month -- less flexibility despite same cost, additional credits cost extra: after exhausting plan limits, additional credits cost $1 per 1,000 credits -- heavy users can pay $10-$50/month in overages on top of base subscription. Verified from 2 sources by CostBench.

Hidden Costs Breakdown

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One-time free credits, not monthly: Basic plan includes 5,000 credits once -- not refreshed monthly like Consensus's free tier -- requiring paid upgrade after exhausting initial credits

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Annual vs monthly report allocation: Plus annual gives 48 reports/year (4/month average) but you can use them unevenly, while monthly billing strictly limits to 4/month -- less flexibility despite same cost

3

Additional credits cost extra: After exhausting plan limits, additional credits cost $1 per 1,000 credits -- heavy users can pay $10-$50/month in overages on top of base subscription

4

Team plan requires 2-seat minimum: Solo researchers managing team accounts must pay for at least 2 seats ($130/month or $780/year annual) -- cannot access team features with a single user

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Report limits are strict: Plus allows only 4 reports/month -- conducting 5 systematic reviews per month requires Pro ($49/month) for 12 reports, a $37/month increase for just 1 extra report per month

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Alerts only on Pro and Team: Paper monitoring alerts (tracking new publications on topics) require Pro ($49/month) or Team ($79/user/month) plans -- Plus users cannot set up automated alerts for literature tracking

Example: True Cost for 25 Users

License (25 × $84.5 × 12) $25,350/yr
Implementation (one-time) +$15,000–$50,000
Premium Support (20%) +$5,070/yr
Training (25 × $500) +$12,500
Admin (part-time) +$15,000–$25,000/yr
Estimated Year 1 Total ~$203
That's roughly 0.0× the advertised license price. The median Elicit contract is $1,249/yr across 86 Vendr purchases.
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