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Elicit vs PaperQA2: catalog facts
Elicit	PaperQA2
Freemium Check the site for current free and paid plans.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence; model API usage may cost extra.
Web	Command line
Finds, summarizes and extracts data from papers in one place Built for literature reviews and evidence synthesis	Answers include citations to the source documents Fetches paper metadata with citation counts and retraction checks
Web only, needs an internet connection Plan details are not given on the homepage	Needs a language model, either through an API or run locally Setup and tuning assume comfort with Python
Web application	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Needs internet	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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