CiteTrue vs Consensus vs Papers

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CiteTrue
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Your tool CiteTrue
citetrue.com
This service cross-references citations against millions of academic papers, journals, and books in leading databases
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
57.9Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
61.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 19.2%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 9.7%
6-month growth
+93.9%
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Global rank web
#698,839
#9,859
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Avg. last 3 months
51.5K
5.5M
65K
Bounce rate lower is better
42%
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Pages / visit
2.0
4.1
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Visit duration
32s
3m 56s
42s
Traffic sources
● Direct 55% · ● Referral 42%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
CiteTrueConsensusPapers
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MCiteTrue · 14.2KCiteTrue · 7.3KCiteTrue · 21KCiteTrue · 29.9KCiteTrue · 37.1KCiteTrue · 52KCiteTrue · 48.1KCiteTrue · 48.6KCiteTrue · 57.9KConsensus · 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 · 61.3K1K10K100K1M10MCiteTrue · 14.2KCiteTrue · 7.3KCiteTrue · 21KCiteTrue · 29.9KCiteTrue · 37.1KCiteTrue · 52KCiteTrue · 48.1KCiteTrue · 48.6KCiteTrue · 57.9KConsensus · 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 · 61.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$5.99per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
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Plans
Free FreePlus $5.99/moPro $11.99/moExpert $47.99/mo
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Essentials $10/moPlus $20/moTeam $0
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
DocumentsText
Output
Text
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Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
AI Detection & SafetyResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Literature reviews
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Citations
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Research
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Citation verification
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Research papers
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Search engine
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Academic citation
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Medical research
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PDFs
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific literature exploration
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Scientific research
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Research papers analysis
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