Elicit vs Keenious
Elicit scores 7.8 to Keenious's 5.1 among the literature search tools we rate, and is the better pick for 3 of the 5 kinds of buyer below.
Elicit wins, 7.8 to 5.1
Keenious starts at $10 a month, billed annually; Elicit's academic plan is $19 a month. Keenious answers back with a Word and Google Docs add-in for finding sources as you write, something Elicit does not offer. Elicit goes much further otherwise: it screens papers for a systematic review, deduplicates references automatically, summarizes papers, and reads figures and tables, none of which Keenious does, since Keenious is built to find sources rather than summarize or analyze them for you.
Pick Elicit if you need systematic review screening, summaries and dedup.
Pick Keenious if you want a Word or Docs add-in while you write.
Best for
Who each one suits, decided on the criteria that matter to that buyer and the checked facts where the two differ.
- Alerts for new papers: Elicit yes, Keenious no
- Map of connected papers: Keenious yes, Elicit no
- Pulls data from many papers into a table: Elicit yes, Keenious no
- Summarises papers: Elicit yes, Keenious no
- Reads tables and figures: Elicit yes, Keenious no
- Screening with include and exclude decisions: Elicit yes, Keenious no
- AI help with screening: Elicit yes, Keenious no
- Removes duplicate references: Elicit yes, Keenious no
- Monthly price, cheapest paid plan: $10 against $19
- Browser extension: Elicit yes, Keenious no
- Shared projects with your team: Elicit yes, Keenious no
- API: Elicit yes, Keenious no
- But Keenious leads on word or Google Docs add-in: Keenious yes, Elicit no
How they score
Both are scored the same way, against the other literature search tools we rate, from facts on each vendor's own pages. Elicit leads on 4 of 6 criteria.
Where they differ
Every point where the two vendors' published facts disagree, with a link to where each fact was read. "Not published" means the vendor does not say either way.
Published by only one of them
Where they match (9)
Pricing, plan by plan
Every plan each vendor publishes, monthly and yearly where both are offered.
Elicit
Keenious
For everything else about each tool, read the full Elicit review and Keenious review.
Elicit vs Keenious: common questions
Which is better, Elicit or Keenious?
Elicit scores 7.8 and Keenious 5.1 out of 10 among the literature search tools we rate. Elicit is ahead on reading and analysing papers, systematic reviews, citing and writing and access, teams and privacy. Keenious is ahead on pricing.
Is Elicit or Keenious cheaper?
Elicit's cheapest paid plan is $19/mo academic plan ($75/mo industry plan) and Keenious's is $10/mo. Compare what each plan includes below before going on price alone.
What can Elicit do that Keenious cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: alerts for new papers, pulls data from many papers into a table, summarises papers, reads tables and figures, writes a literature review for you, screening with include and exclude decisions, aI help with screening, removes duplicate references, pRISMA flow diagram, browser extension, shared projects with your team and aPI.
What can Keenious do that Elicit cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: map of connected papers, word or Google Docs add-in and works in languages other than English.
