Connected Papers vs Literfy vs Scholarcy vs Consensus

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

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Connected Papers
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Literfy
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Scholarcy
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Consensus
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Connected Papers
connectedpapers.com
Visual tool for exploring related research
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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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Competitor Scholarcy
scholarcy.com
AI that reads papers so you can skim
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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
600.7Kvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
159Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.7%
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6-month growth
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+14.4%
Global rank web
#76,429
#3,073,342
#200,412
#9,859
Avg. last 3 months
709.4K
11.1K
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5.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
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Pages / visit
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Visit duration
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Traffic sources
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
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● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
Connected PapersLiterfyScholarcyConsensus
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8M101001K10K100K1M10MConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$6per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
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TextWeb pages
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DocumentsWeb pages
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Output
Data
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
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Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Research PapersAI Summarizer
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
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Academic research
Literature reviews
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Research papers summaries
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Flashcards
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Scientific literature exploration
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Search engine
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BibTeX conversion
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Citations
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Medical research
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Research papers analysis
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