What each tool does
Elicit is an AI research assistant for evidence and decision-making. It helps you gather and synthesise findings from studies, understand a field, plan experiments or programmes, draft proposals and weigh tradeoffs. It is used by researchers in academia and industry, with a free plan and upgrades for heavier use.
Humata is an AI document assistant that builds a searchable knowledge base from your own files. You can ask questions across documents, summarise long technical papers and compare files. Answers include citations that link back to the source files. It handles many documents and can be tried for free.
Key differences
- Source material: Elicit draws on evidence from studies; Humata works with the files you upload.
- Main job: Elicit synthesises research for decisions; Humata helps you search and compare your documents.
- Citations: Humata links each answer to a specific source file.
- Planning: Elicit supports proposals, experiment planning and tradeoff analysis.
- Audience: Elicit suits researchers and evidence-driven professionals; Humata suits researchers, analysts and teams with heavy documentation.
Which should you choose?
Choose Elicit if you need to understand what the research says on a question and turn it into a review, proposal or recommendation.
Choose Humata if your team already has a large set of reports, papers or manuals and you need a quick, verifiable way to find answers inside them.
Can you use both?
Yes. Use Elicit to identify and synthesise relevant studies, then keep the key papers alongside your internal documents in Humata for ongoing reference. Both start free, so check the pricing pages for current plans before paying in USD by card.
