Citely vs Consensus vs Undermind vs Literfy

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
Competitor 2
Undermind
Competitor 3
Literfy
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4 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 Undermind
undermind.ai
Undermind is an AI co-researcher for scientific literature.
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Competitor Literfy
literfy.ai
Literfy is an AI literature review generator that combines paper search with review writing in one workflow.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
62.9Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
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6.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.3%
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▼ 44.6%
6-month growth
+26.5%
+14.4%
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-70.3%
Global rank web
#561,691
#9,859
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#3,073,342
Avg. last 3 months
59.2K
5.5M
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11.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
43%
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40%
Pages / visit
2.2
4.1
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1.9
Visit duration
24s
3m 56s
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6s
Traffic sources
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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CitelyConsensusUndermindLiterfy
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 · 5.8MLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3K101001K10K100K1M10MCitely · 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 · 5.8MLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$9per month
$8.99per month · free tier available
$15per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
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Plans
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
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Free FreePro $16/moTeam $15/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
Text
Text
Output
Text
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DataText
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
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 PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Academic research
Research
Literature reviews
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Academic citation
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Citations
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Scientific literature exploration
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Scientific research
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Citation verification
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Literature analysis
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Search engine
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BibTeX conversion
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Medical research
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Research assistance
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Writing outlines
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Academic research gaps
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Research papers drafting
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Research trends tracking
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