Elicit vs OpenEvidence

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.

OpenEvidence is a medical information platform for clinical questions, available on the web, iOS and Android. Its answers include inline citations, while EvidenceGrade shows the strength of cited evidence beneath an AI answer. The app listing describes access to more than 35 million peer-reviewed papers, over 300 medical journals, and FDA and CDC sources. Named partners or collaborators include NEJM, JAMA and its specialty journals, NCCN, Nature and Cochrane; NCCN material includes treatment algorithms. Clinicians can earn CME and MOC credits by asking questions. Additional listed tools include ambient documentation, secure patient calls through Dialer and hands-free Voice Mode. OpenEvidence’s Trust Center lists SOC 2 Type 2 and HIPAA certifications. Access requires healthcare-professional status verification, and the free plan is for verified U.S. healthcare professionals. The product page says medical professionals use it at more than 10,000 U.S. care centers. Support is available at [email protected].