Elicit vs Local Deep Research
Elicit
elicit.comLocal Deep Research
github.comSide by side
| Figure | Elicit | Local Deep Research |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $11/mo | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 13 | 0 |
| Spec score · AI Research Assistants | 8.4 (#9) | 7.3 (#25) |
| Security | Elicit states that it achieved SOC 2 Type II compliance. | The project says each user receives an isolated SQLCipher database encrypted with AES-256, with the key derived from the login password. |
Plans
Elicit
- BasicPriced on request
- Plus$11 a month
- Plus$132 a year
- Pro$39 a month
- Pro$468 a year
- Scale$89 a month
- Scale$1,068 a year
- EnterprisePriced on request
- BasicFree
- Plus$11 a month
In their own words
Elicit
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.
Local Deep Research
Local Deep Research has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.