Litmaps
Draws a citation map you can steer, so the shape of a literature becomes visible rather than being a list of titles.
What Litmaps is best for
The categories Litmaps is listed in, and how strong a fit it is in each.
Search, Research & Academics
Web research, deep research, books, academic papers, citations, news, fact-checking.
Built for this
Litmaps’s biggest strengths
Search, Research & AcademicsDraws a citation map you can steer, so the shape of a literature becomes visible rather than being a list of titles.
Where it may not be the best fit
Search, Research & AcademicsA map is a prompt to read, not a substitute for reading. The free tier stops at 2 maps of 100 articles each, so a real review needs Pro, and Pro is priced on separate education and commercial tabs. Overlaps ResearchRabbit, which is now the same company.
Litmaps pricing
Litmaps has a free plan. Free, capped rather than trial-limited: 2 Litmaps with 100 articles per map, basic search taking up to 20 seed inputs, monthly literature alerts and no collaboration
FreeFree, capped rather than trial-limited: 2 Litmaps with 100 articles per map, basic search taking up to 20 seed inputs, monthly literature alerts and no collaboration
$0ProUnlimited Litmaps and unlimited articles per map, advanced search with unlimited inputs, and weekly or configurable alerts rather than monthly. Litmaps prices Pro on two sub-tabs, education and commercial; these are the education figures
$12.50/mo · $10/mo yearlyTeamPro features plus team-wide collaboration, which neither Free nor Pro includes
CustomLitmaps also invites you to check for a discount based on your country, so the rate you are shown may be lower than these
Checked by hand on 4 September 2026. Prices change often, so confirm on the provider’s own page before spending.
Who makes Litmaps
Acquired ResearchRabbit in May 2025, so both products now come from the same company. They still work differently and are listed separately.
CompanyLitmaps
Founded2016
Based inWellington, NZ
SectorSearch & knowledge
ModelThird-party
StatusPrivate
Primary usersResearchers, Students
Free planYes
ComputeThird-party
Public listingNone announced
Also from Litmaps: ResearchRabbit.
Best alternatives to Litmaps
Tools that do comparable work, best fit first, drawn from the catalogue rather than hand-picked. Every one is listed whether or not there is money in it for us.
Connected Papers
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Builds a similarity graph from citation data rather than from a language model, so nothing in the output is generated and there is nothing to hallucinate.
View Connected Papers →Consensus
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Searches published papers and tells you how many of them support a claim, which turns a yes-or-no question into a count you can inspect.
View Consensus →Elicit
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Searches actual papers and extracts findings into a table you can check, one row per study, rather than answering in prose.
View Elicit →EvidenceHunt
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Scoped to clinical evidence and built with practising clinicians, so the filters match how medical literature is actually appraised.
View EvidenceHunt →Gemini Deep Research
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Runs a multi-step search across dozens of sources and returns a structured, referenced report. Strong first pass on an unfamiliar field.
View Gemini Deep Research →Gemini Notebook
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You upload the sources and it answers only from them, linking every sentence to the passage it came from. The strongest verification pattern here.
View Gemini Notebook →Litmaps by job
Where Litmaps sits in the wider category pages.
Best AI for Research
Built for this — Web research, deep research, books, academic papers, citations, news, fact-checking.
Questions about Litmaps
Is Litmaps free?
Yes — Free, capped rather than trial-limited: 2 Litmaps with 100 articles per map, basic search taking up to 20 seed inputs, monthly literature alerts and no collaboration. The cheapest paid tier is Pro, at $12.50/mo month to month or $10/mo billed yearly.
What is Litmaps best at?
Draws a citation map you can steer, so the shape of a literature becomes visible rather than being a list of titles. It is listed under Search, Research & Academics, and this is what it is built for.
What should I watch out for with Litmaps?
A map is a prompt to read, not a substitute for reading. The free tier stops at 2 maps of 100 articles each, so a real review needs Pro, and Pro is priced on separate education and commercial tabs. Overlaps ResearchRabbit, which is now the same company.
What are the alternatives to Litmaps?
6 tools do comparable work: Connected Papers, Consensus, Elicit, EvidenceHunt, Gemini Deep Research, Gemini Notebook. 6 of them have a free plan.
How current is this Litmaps pricing?
Checked by hand on 4 September 2026. Prices change often — confirm on the provider's own page before spending.