Elicit records 1,751,507 monthly visits with +3.1% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. Surf records 116,252 monthly visits with -18.9% growth and Free, Pro, Max, API credits pricing.
AI research assistant for evidence-based literature review and synthesis
Institution-grade crypto and equities intelligence, delivered through a chat-style AI analyst.
| Dimension / Metric | ||
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | elicit.com | asksurf.ai |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Free, Pro, Max, API credits |
| Monthly Visits | 1.75M (1,751,507) | 116.25K (116,252) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | +52.71K (+3.1%) | -27.18K (-18.9%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (13.5%) | 🇰🇷 South Korea (32.6%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 849.67K | 88.81K |
| User Rating | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
AI research assistant for evidence-based literature review and synthesis
A research agent gathers evidence across scientific databases, journals, public data and your own uploads, then produces cited reports, tables, figures and slides.
Semantic search across more than 138 million academic papers and 545,000 clinical trials, without needing exact keywords.
High-quality research briefs inspired by systematic review methodology, with deep customization of which papers and data are included.
Automated screening and data extraction for systematic reviews, with researchers reporting up to 80% time savings.
Institution-grade crypto and equities intelligence, delivered through a chat-style AI analyst.
Ask questions about tokens, protocols, or equities in plain language and receive answers backed by visible sources rather than unsupported assertions.
Market prices, onchain events, SEC filings, and news are normalized into one structured layer so the model reasons over consistent inputs.
API, MCP server, CLI, and agent skills let teams wire Surf intelligence into their own agents, dashboards, and internal research workflows.
Purpose-built modules for tracking market-moving developments and for looking up structured context on projects and assets.
SpecialistReal-time AI answer engine and research workspace combining live web citations with frontier reasoning models.
SpecialistReal-time AI answer engine and research workspace combining live web citations with frontier reasoning models.
Free / Open-sourceCompletely free access to a massive scientific literature index, but lacks deep conversational AI synthesis features.
Free / Open-sourceCompletely free access to a massive scientific literature index, but lacks deep conversational AI synthesis features.
Stronger evidence-based answers from peer-reviewed literature, but less robust automated systematic review data extraction tables.
Stronger evidence-based answers from peer-reviewed literature, but less robust automated systematic review data extraction tables.
Better all-in-one PDF reading and analysis workspace, but less focused on automated evidence synthesis matrices.
Better all-in-one PDF reading and analysis workspace, but less focused on automated evidence synthesis matrices.
SpecialistAI-assisted systematic review software for screening, extraction, and evidence synthesis at scale
SpecialistAI-assisted systematic review software for screening, extraction, and evidence synthesis at scale
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Global macro data and AI research platform for smarter economic decisions
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Offers smart citation context analysis, but lacks Elicit's specialized automated systematic review data extraction workflows.
Offers smart citation context analysis, but lacks Elicit's specialized automated systematic review data extraction workflows.
SpecialistGreat free tool for discovering and mapping academic paper connections, but lacks automated evidence synthesis matrices.
SpecialistGreat free tool for discovering and mapping academic paper connections, but lacks automated evidence synthesis matrices.
SpecialistVisualizes interactive research citation graphs wonderfully, but lacks conversational evidence synthesis and data extraction tools.
SpecialistVisualizes interactive research citation graphs wonderfully, but lacks conversational evidence synthesis and data extraction tools.
Good reference management and literature search features, but less advanced automated systematic review extraction tools.
Good reference management and literature search features, but less advanced automated systematic review extraction tools.
AI investing copilot for stock research, screening and market signals
AI investing copilot for stock research, screening and market signals
