Elicit vs Litmaps
Elicit scores 7.8 to Litmaps's 4.0 among the literature search tools we rate, and is the better pick for 4 of the 5 kinds of buyer below.
Elicit wins, 7.8 to 4.0
Litmaps costs $12.50 a month; Elicit's academic plan is $19 a month. Litmaps answers back with a visual citation map showing how papers connect, which Elicit does not offer. Elicit goes much further otherwise: it answers research questions with a written, cited answer, reads figures and tables inside papers, and screens references for a systematic review, none of which Litmaps does, since Litmaps is built for discovery and mapping rather than reading or analysis.
Pick Elicit if you need answers, figure reading or systematic review screening.
Pick Litmaps if you want to see how papers cite and relate to each other.
Best for
Who each one suits, decided on the criteria that matter to that buyer and the checked facts where the two differ.
- Answers a research question from the literature: Elicit yes, Litmaps no
- But Litmaps leads on map of connected papers: Litmaps yes, Elicit no
- Ask questions of a paper: Elicit yes, Litmaps no
- Pulls data from many papers into a table: Elicit yes, Litmaps no
- Summarises papers: Elicit yes, Litmaps no
- Screening with include and exclude decisions: Elicit yes, Litmaps no
- AI help with screening: Elicit yes, Litmaps no
- Removes duplicate references: Elicit yes, Litmaps no
- Monthly price, cheapest paid plan: $12.5 against $19
- Browser extension: Elicit yes, Litmaps no
- API: Elicit yes, Litmaps 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 5 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 (12)
Pricing, plan by plan
Every plan each vendor publishes, monthly and yearly where both are offered.
Elicit
Litmaps
For everything else about each tool, read the full Elicit review and Litmaps review.
Elicit vs Litmaps: common questions
Which is better, Elicit or Litmaps?
Elicit scores 7.8 and Litmaps 4.0 out of 10 among the literature search tools we rate. Elicit is ahead on finding papers, reading and analysing papers, systematic reviews, citing and writing and access, teams and privacy. Litmaps is ahead on pricing.
Is Elicit or Litmaps cheaper?
Elicit's cheapest paid plan is $19/mo academic plan ($75/mo industry plan) and Litmaps's is $12.50/mo academic plan ($50/mo commercial plan). Compare what each plan includes below before going on price alone.
What can Elicit do that Litmaps cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: answers a research question from the literature, ask questions of a paper, pulls data from many papers into a table, summarises papers, answers show the passage they came from, 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 and aPI.
What can Litmaps do that Elicit cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: map of connected papers.
