Elicit vs Iris.ai

Elicit8.3Visit Iris.ai8.0Visit

Higher score Elicit #6 in AI Literature Review Software 8.3/10 Free plan Free plan✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Elicit

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Iris.ai #8 in AI Literature Review Software 8.0/10 Free plan · 10-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 0 of 4 features Visit Iris.ai

• Elicit fits best

  Researchers combining literature discovery and review

• Iris.ai fits best

  Organizations analyzing document collections

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Side by side

Feature	Elicit 8.3/10 Visit ↗	Iris.ai 8.0/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.3	8.0
Ranking	#6 in AI Literature Review Software	#8 in AI Literature Review Software
Best for	Researchers combining literature discovery and review	Organizations analyzing document collections
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	—	Free plan · 10-day trial
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	—	10 days
Deployment	Cloud	Cloud, Self-hosted
Platforms	Web	Web
Support	Email, Docs	Email, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2, GDPR, SSO/SAML, 2FA	GDPR, ISO 27001
Integrations	5 integrations	4 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Mid-market, Enterprise
Features Elicit 0/4 · Iris.ai 0/4
Screening workflow	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
AI paper summaries	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Full-text analysis	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Systematic review support	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Specs
Collaboration seats	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Export formats	Not checked yet	Not checked yet
Our review
Pros	Semantic search spans academic papers and more than 500 thousand clinical trials Cited reports, structured extraction, and systematic-review workflows API, reference-manager integrations, and team collaboration options	Explore literature from text, URLs, or DOI links Chat answers are grounded in dataset documents and linked sources Extract structured data from PDFs, spreadsheets, images, graphs, and tables
Cons	Basic limits usage for Research Agent and Research Reports Figure analysis and live collaboration require the Scale plan Advanced security controls and custom deployments are Enterprise features	Not centered on a dedicated systematic-review screening workflow The 10-day free trial requires a payment card Self-hosted deployment may not suit teams seeking a web-only service
Our verdict	Elicit is an AI research assistant for academics, scientists, policy teams, and research-driven organizations. It searches academic papers and clinical trials with semantic search, generates cited research reports, summarizes and chats… Read the review →	For research-intensive organizations and regulated enterprises, Iris.ai combines a research workspace with tools for analyzing organizational document collections. Its RSpace workspace supports literature exploration from text, URLs, or… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• Elicit — where it wins

  • Semantic search spans academic papers and more than 500 thousand clinical trials
  • Cited reports, structured extraction, and systematic-review workflows
  • API, reference-manager integrations, and team collaboration options

  Where it doesn't

  • Basic limits usage for Research Agent and Research Reports
  • Figure analysis and live collaboration require the Scale plan
  • Advanced security controls and custom deployments are Enterprise features

• Iris.ai — where it wins

  • Explore literature from text, URLs, or DOI links
  • Chat answers are grounded in dataset documents and linked sources
  • Extract structured data from PDFs, spreadsheets, images, graphs, and tables

  Where it doesn't

  • Not centered on a dedicated systematic-review screening workflow
  • The 10-day free trial requires a payment card
  • Self-hosted deployment may not suit teams seeking a web-only service

• Elicit8.3/10 · Free plan

  A broad AI workspace for discovering, extracting, and reviewing research evidence.

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• Iris.ai8.0/10 · Free plan · 10-day trial

  Explore research collections, ask source-grounded questions, and extract structured information.

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