AI research assistant for papers
AI that searches and summarises academic papers. Finds relevant research, extracts key findings, and synthesises literature reviews automatically.
Academics, researchers, analysts
The 6 research agents we track, listed alphabetically. 5 of the 6 publish a free tier. Prices are the vendor’s own published starting figure and change without notice — check the vendor’s pricing page before committing.
The bar under a price compares that plan with the dearest monthly plan in this table (6 of the 6 rows are flat monthly prices). Custom, per-seat, per-usage and annual prices are not on the same scale, so they carry no bar — a missing bar does not mean cheaper.
| Tool | Starting price | Pricing model | Free tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Consensus | $9/mo | Freemium | Yes |
| Elicit (this page) | $12/mo | Freemium | Yes |
| Gemini Deep Research | $20/mo | Subscription | No |
| Humata | $14.99/mo | Freemium | Yes |
| Perplexity AI | $20/mo | Freemium | Yes |
| You.com | $15/mo | Freemium | Yes |