Elicit is an AI research tool: it searches 138M+ papers, extracts data into tables, screens papers for systematic reviews and writes research reports with sentence-level citations. Papero is where you write your own paper, with an outline, sentence suggestions, citations from real scholarly records and six review checks.
Updated October 2026 with prices and features from both sites.
Prices and features change often. We checked these on Elicit's own website on 20 October 2026; check its site before you decide, and tell us at contact@papero.ai if something here is out of date.
| Factor | Papero | Elicit |
|---|---|---|
| Main job | Write and cite a paper: outline, draft, rewrite and real citations in one editor | AI research tool: search papers, extract data and write research reports |
| Paid plans | Plus is $12 a month or $96 a year | Pro $49 per user a month, billed $588 a year; Scale $169 |
| Free plan | Yes: 30 accepted suggestions a day, 3 reviews a month; reference list readable on Plus | Yes: unlimited search, summaries and chat with papers, limited reports |
| Outline | IMRaD, AI headings or none, with a prompt for every section | Not described on its site |
| Sentence suggestions | One sentence at a time; 5,000 accepted a month on Plus | Not described on its site |
| Finding papers to cite | OpenAlex search across 250M+ papers, or a DOI, PMID, arXiv ID or ISBN | 138M+ papers from PubMed, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar and more, with sentence-level citations |
| Citation styles | APA 7, MLA 9, Chicago author-date, Harvard, IEEE, Vancouver, AMA 11, Nature and ACS | Not described on its site |
| Bringing your sources | .bib and .ris files, or Zotero with your own API key | Zotero collections and PDFs you upload |
| Review before you submit | Six checks: sources, proofreading, claims, an AI reviewer report, tone and, on Plus, a citation report | Research reports and systematic review screening |
| Training on your writing | Your documents are never used to train AI models | Says it does not train on Enterprise data, and uploaded PDFs stay private |
They fit together. Search, screen and extract in Elicit, export your sources as RIS or BIB, import them into Papero and write the paper, citing them as you go.
| Feature | Papero | Elicit |
|---|---|---|
| Outline builder | Yes | Not described on its site |
| AI sentence suggestions | Yes | Not described on its site |
| Rewrite and paraphrase | Yes | Not described on its site |
| Search papers to citeElicit: 138M+ papers from PubMed, OpenAlex, Semantic Scholar, Springer and more. | Yes | Yes |
| Look up a DOI, PMID, arXiv ID or ISBN | Yes | Not described on its site |
| APA, MLA, Chicago, Harvard, IEEE, Vancouver, AMA, Nature and ACS | Yes | Not described on its site |
| Import your sourcesElicit: Zotero collections (with limitations) and PDFs. | Yes | Yes |
| Export your sourcesPapero: .bib or .ris on Plus. Elicit: RIS or BIB from source tables, RIS from the Library. | Partly | Yes |
| Flags retracted papers and preprints | Yes | Not described on its site |
| Proofreading | Yes | Not described on its site |
| AI reviewer report | Yes | Not described on its site |
| Version history | Yes | Not described on its site |
| Word exportElicit: reports as PDF or Word. | Yes | Yes |
| AI use statement | Yes | Not described on its site |
| Says your writing is not used for trainingElicit: we explicitly do not train on Enterprise user data; a statement for other plans did not load for us. | Yes | Partly |
Papero's prices include VAT. Other prices are as each vendor listed them in October 2026; check their pricing page before you decide.
Elicit and Papero cover different steps. Elicit helps you search, screen and summarise the literature. Papero helps you write the paper that argues from it, with an outline, sentence suggestions, citations in your style and a review before you submit.
For writing, yes. Papero gives you an outline, sentence suggestions, rewrites, OpenAlex paper search, lookup by DOI, PMID, arXiv ID or ISBN, and six review checks in one editor. For systematic reviews and data extraction, Elicit does a different job.
Papero Plus is $12 a month or $96 a year, VAT included. Elicit listed Pro at $49 per user a month, billed as $588 annually, and Scale at $169, billed as $2,028 annually, when we checked in October 2026. Both have a free plan.
Yes. Elicit exports source tables as RIS or BIB and its Library as RIS; import the file into your Papero library and cite from it as you write.
Papero never uses your documents to train AI models. Elicit says it does not train on Enterprise user data and that the files you upload stay private to your account.
Yes. Search and screen in Elicit, then write and cite the paper in Papero.
Choose Papero to write and cite your paper. Choose Elicit to search, screen and summarise the literature, or use both.
Elicit is a trademark of its owner. Papero is not affiliated with Elicit. Facts checked October 2026 on Elicit's own website; if something has changed, tell us at contact@papero.ai.
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