Connected Papers vs ResearchRabbit vs ScienceOS 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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ResearchRabbit
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ScienceOS
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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 ResearchRabbit
researchrabbit.ai
AI-powered literature mapping
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Competitor ScienceOS
scienceos.ai
Researchers waste hours hunting through literature—piecing together fragments from different papers
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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
907.4Kvisits/mo
64.9Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.7%
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6-month growth
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Global rank web
#76,429
#51,921
#464,304
#9,859
Avg. last 3 months
709.4K
992.4K
68.2K
5.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
44%
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Pages / visit
2.7
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Visit duration
2m 05s
2m 02s
1m 37s
3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
● Direct 91% · ● Referral 8%
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
Connected PapersResearchRabbitScienceOSConsensus
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 · 600.7KResearchRabbit · 1.1MResearchRabbit · 908.5KResearchRabbit · 939.4KResearchRabbit · 1MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 972.1KResearchRabbit · 1.1MResearchRabbit · 907.4KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8M10K100K1M10MConnected 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 · 600.7KResearchRabbit · 1.1MResearchRabbit · 908.5KResearchRabbit · 939.4KResearchRabbit · 1MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 972.1KResearchRabbit · 1.1MResearchRabbit · 907.4KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$6per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
€7.25per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
TextWeb pages
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Text
Output
Data
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DataText
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
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Research papers
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Literature reviews
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Scientific research navigation
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Scientific literature exploration
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PDF analysis
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