Citely vs Consensus vs Papers vs Sider Deep Research

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Citely
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Consensus
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Papers
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Your tool Citely
citely.ai
Academic citation fraud poses real problems for researchers who unknowingly reference fabricated papers
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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papersapp.com
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Competitor Sider Deep Research
sider.ai
Sider Deep Research tackles the gap between quick AI answers and proper citations
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
62.9Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
61.3Kvisits/mo
3.1Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 9.7%
▲ 3.4%
6-month growth
+26.5%
+14.4%
0.0%
-26.1%
Global rank web
#561,691
#9,859
#616,043
#22,424
Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
5.5M
65K
3M
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
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40%
56%
Pages / visit
2.2
4.1
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Visit duration
24s
3m 56s
42s
1m 32s
Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
CitelyConsensusPapersSider Deep Research
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KSider Deep Research · 4.1MSider Deep Research · 3.8MSider Deep Research · 3.7MSider Deep Research · 4.1MSider Deep Research · 3.9MSider Deep Research · 3.5MSider Deep Research · 3MSider Deep Research · 3MSider Deep Research · 3.1M10K100K1M10MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KSider Deep Research · 4.1MSider Deep Research · 3.8MSider Deep Research · 3.7MSider Deep Research · 4.1MSider Deep Research · 3.9MSider Deep Research · 3.5MSider Deep Research · 3MSider Deep Research · 3MSider Deep Research · 3.1MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$9per month
$8.99per month · free tier available
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Plans
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
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Essentials $10/moPlus $20/moTeam $0
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
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DocumentsText
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Output
Text
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DocumentsText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
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Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Literature reviews
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Citation verification
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PDFs
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Scientific literature exploration
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