Citely vs Consensus vs Perplexity AI

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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Competitor 1
Consensus
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Perplexity AI
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Suggested competitors for Citely: CiteTrue97% Scite91% ScholarAI85% Sourcely84% Sider Deep Research82% Papers82% ResearchRabbit79% Literfy78%
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
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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Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
62.9Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 8.2%
6-month growth
+26.5%
+14.4%
-42.9%
Global rank web
#561,691
#9,859
#446
Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
5.5M
104.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
43%
33%
Pages / visit
2.2
4.1
3.6
Visit duration
24s
3m 56s
4m 18s
Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
CitelyConsensusPerplexity AI
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MCitely · 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 · 5.8MPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2M10K100K1M10M100M1BCitely · 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 · 5.8MPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$9per month
$8.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
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CodeDocumentsImagesText
Output
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
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Search engine
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Research papers
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Literature reviews
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AI search
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Citation verification
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Citations
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Academic citation
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Academic research
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Chatbots
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Document summarization
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Medical research
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Summarizing
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Homework assistance
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Writing
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