Elicit vs Kosmos
Elicit (Elicit) and Kosmos (Edison Scientific) side by side on public data, as of Oct 6, 2026.
Side-by-side numbers
| Metric | Elicit | Kosmos |
|---|---|---|
| Pulse Score | 36 | 26 |
| Overall rank | #102 | #152 |
| Downloads, last 7 days | — | 13.5K |
| Downloads, 7-day change | — | up 10.2% |
| Downloads, 30-day change | — | up 48.1% |
| VS Code installs | — | — |
| Marketplace rating | — | — |
| GitHub stars | — | — |
| Homebrew installs, 30 days | — | — |
| Hacker News mentions, 30 days | 0 | 1 |
| Latest stable release | — | — |
| Stable releases, 90 days | ||
| Terminal-Bench (best run) | — | — |
| Price | Free + $49/mo | Free + $200/mo |
| License | ||
| First released | — | November 2025 |
| Interfaces | — | — |
| Models |
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Elicit
An AI research platform that searches academic papers and runs a research agent, automated research reports and systematic literature review workflows (screening and data extraction). It spun out of the nonprofit Ought.
Pricing: Free plan with limited research agent and report usage. Pro $49/month billed monthly, Scale $169/month, Enterprise custom.
Kosmos
An AI scientist agent from Edison Scientific, a commercial spinout of FutureHouse. A run reads large amounts of literature, executes analysis code and produces cited reports.
Pricing: Free plan with 10 credits a month. Founding Kosmos is $200/month for 650 credits; a Kosmos run was announced at 200 credits. Enterprise custom.