Connected Papers
AI ResearchFreemium
Visual academic paper discovery tool that generates a similarity graph of related research from a single seed paper.
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Elicit
AI ResearchFreemium
AI research assistant that searches 138M+ academic papers and automates literature reviews with sentence-level citations.
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Pricing
Pricing Comparison
Connected Papers
Free$0
5 graphs/month, all features included
Academic$5/mo (quarterly)
Unlimited graphs, all features, for academics and non-profits
Business$15/mo (quarterly)
Unlimited graphs, all features, for commercial use
Academic Group$5/seat/mo
Team access with admin seat management
Business Group$15/seat/mo
Commercial team access with admin controls
Elicit
Basic$0
Unlimited search, unlimited paper summaries, 20 data extractions/month
Plus$12/mo
600 extractions/year, CSV export, high-accuracy mode
Pro$49/mo
2,400 extractions/year, systematic reviews, 20 custom columns
Team$79/seat/mo
Collaborative reviews, pooled quotas, admin panel
Features
Feature Comparison
Connected Papers
Visual Similarity GraphPrior Works IdentificationDerivative Works MappingMulti-Origin GraphsPaper Clustering by RelatednessNode Hover Paper DetailsDOI and PMID SearchGraph HistorySaved Papers CollectionScholarly Database IntegrationInteractive Graph NavigationYear and Citation Count DisplayOne-Click Graph RebuildingUnlimited Graphs (paid)Group Admin PlanOpen Access Link DisplayField-Agnostic Coverage
Elicit
138M+ Paper DatabaseSentence-Level CitationsAutomated Data ExtractionCustom Column BuilderSystematic Review WorkflowsPRISMA 2020 SupportResearch AlertsCSV and RIS ExportChat with PapersAI Research BriefsTopic FinderAbstract Screening AutomationFull-Text ScreeningAuthor SearchZotero IntegrationResearch Question BrainstormingCollaborative Sharing
Fit
Best For & Not For
Connected Papers
✅ Best For
✅Researchers entering a new field who want to quickly understand the citation landscape around a foundational paper without spending days on database searches.
✅Applied scientists and R&D professionals who need to find relevant academic work outside their immediate specialty and want a visual, non-keyword approach to discovery.
✅Literature review teams who want to visually demonstrate the evolution of a research field to collaborators or in academic presentations.
❌ Not For
❌Researchers who need a multi-seed discovery tool with unlimited graphs on the free tier, as Connected Papers limits free users to 5 graphs per month and builds graphs from a single seed at a time (multi-origin available on paid plans).
❌Users requiring AI-generated summaries, annotation tools, or systematic review workflows alongside their paper discovery, as Connected Papers focuses exclusively on the visual mapping experience.
Elicit
✅ Best For
✅PhD students and academic researchers conducting systematic literature reviews who need auditable, reproducible workflows that satisfy journal and institutional standards.
✅Clinical researchers and biotech teams running evidence synthesis at scale, needing to screen thousands of abstracts in hours rather than weeks.
✅Policy analysts and consultants who must back recommendations with peer-reviewed evidence and need structured data extracted across dozens of studies.
❌ Not For
❌Users who need a writing assistant or manuscript editor alongside their research tool, as Elicit focuses entirely on literature discovery and extraction.
❌Researchers working primarily with grey literature, news sources, or non-academic content, since Elicit indexes only peer-reviewed academic papers.
Availability
Platform & Accessibility
Connected Papers
web-based
Elicit
web-basedapi
Use & Audience
Tasks & Who It's For
Use Cases
Real-world Use Cases
Connected Papers
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A climate scientist enters a landmark 2019 paper on methane flux as her seed and immediately sees a cluster of 15 related studies from soil science she had never encountered, reshaping her literature review in under an hour.2
A startup CTO uses Connected Papers to map the research landscape around a core paper on distributed consensus algorithms, identifying three prior theoretical works his team's patent filing had overlooked.3
A graduate student in economics uses the Multi-Origin graph feature with three seed papers on behavioral nudging to find a dense cluster of related work that becomes the foundation of his dissertation literature review.Elicit
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A PhD candidate in public health uses Elicit to screen 800 abstracts for her systematic review on urban heat islands, finishing in one afternoon instead of three weeks, with every inclusion decision logged for her thesis committee.2
A clinical research team at a biotech firm uses Elicit's extraction tables to pull efficacy data and sample sizes from 200 RCTs on a novel drug compound, building a structured evidence map in under a day.3
A policy researcher uses Elicit Alerts to automatically receive new papers on plastic pollution legislation every week, staying current without spending hours on manual database searches.Keep Exploring
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