Elicit vs Felo Search

Elicit is an AI research assistant for researchers gathering and assessing evidence. Its Research Agent draws on scientific databases, academic journals, public data sources, uploaded documents, a corpus of 138 million academic papers, and the wider web. A session can use up to 20 uploaded resources, including PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, and JPG files. Elicit offers Research Agent sessions, Research Reports, and Systematic Reviews, and supports AI-generated claims with sentence-level citations to underlying sources. It can find up to 1,000 relevant papers and analyze up to 20,000 data points at once. Research Reports export as PDF or Word, tables as CSV or Excel, and references as RIS or BIB. Elicit runs on the web and provides an API, but API access requires Pro or above. Its MCP server connects to Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and other compatible clients using OAuth 2.0. Basic is free with limited usage for Research Agent and Research Reports; Plus costs $11 a month. Pro is $39 a month and Scale is $89 a month. Elicit states that it has achieved SOC 2 Type II compliance.

Felo Search is an AI-driven search engine that searches the web in real time and presents answers with numbered footnotes linking to sources. It accepts natural-language questions. Quick Search is intended for fast answers, while Professional Search examines questions from multiple dimensions and may ask follow-up questions. Results can include related image and video blocks in a sidebar. Users can upload TXT, Word, or PDF files up to 25 MB for analysis. Free users can analyze up to three files per day, with one file per question and up to one million words processed. Uploaded files are retained for seven days; Felo Pro files are retained permanently, according to the file-upload FAQ. The service is available on Android, iOS, and the web. Its free plan allows five professional searches per day. Professional Version costs $14.99 a month and allows 100 professional searches per day with unlimited file analyses per day. Subscription payments are processed through Stripe, which accepts Visa, MasterCard, and AMEX cards.