Elicit vs MyReport

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Entry price: Elicit from $49/mo, MyReport from $4.99 once — different billing units, so no direct winner
Free plan: Only Elicit (MyReport has paid plans only)
Public API: Both have one
Higher Trust score: Elicit — 94 vs 86 for MyReport
Best fit: Elicit: Systematic reviews and evidence synthesis where every included paper needs the same fields pulled · MyReport: Consultants or students who need a formatted, referenced draft to edit down

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

ElicitLiterature review workflow that extracts data into tables

MyReportGenerates cited reports from a title and your own documents

Side by side

Fact	Elicit	MyReport
Category	Academic Search & Literature Review	Deep Research Agents
Pricing model	Freemium	Paid
Starts at	$49/mo	$4.99 once
Public API	Yes	Yes
Trust score	94 / 100	86 / 100
Platforms	Web, API	Web, API
Company	Elicit	AiAlaba
Launched	2021	—
Last verified	Oct 15, 2026	Oct 15, 2026

What our research says

Elicit

Elicit is the only one of these tools that treats a literature review as a structured extraction job rather than a chat, which is exactly right for the work. The price assumes you are billing someone else for the hours it saves.

Pros

Column-per-field extraction into a table is the correct shape for review work and rare elsewhere
Free tier is unusually generous: unlimited search, summaries and full-text chat
Every claim links back to the paper it came from
API access is included from the first paid tier rather than sold separately

Cons

The $49 to $169 jump is steep and Scale is priced for institutions, not labs
Free tier's limits on the Research Agent and Reports are not quantified anywhere on the pricing page
Extraction accuracy still needs spot-checking against the source PDF
Coverage is paper-centric, so grey literature and preprint-heavy fields are thinner

MyReport

A cheap, narrow report writer from a small Madrid team, priced per report rather than per seat, which suits people who need a handful of long documents a month. Anyone doing serious literature work should use a research-native tool instead.

Pros

Credit packs valid six months mean you can buy without a subscription
Word limits are stated per tier rather than left vague
Integrations are included from the $6.99 Professional plan, with extra reports at $1 each

Cons

Very small vendor with little public track record; longevity is a real risk
Free allowance is a one-month trial, not a standing free tier
Citation quality depends on generic web search rather than a curated corpus
The Business tier with the REST API cannot be bought yet; its button reads Coming Soon

Which one fits

Choose Elicit if you need

Systematic reviews and evidence synthesis where every included paper needs the same fields pulled
Researchers screening hundreds of abstracts against defined inclusion criteria
Pharma, policy and academic teams that need an auditable trail back to sources

Choose MyReport if you need

Consultants or students who need a formatted, referenced draft to edit down
Occasional market or background reports where per-report pricing beats a subscription
Non-English work, since the interface covers six languages