Connected Papers vs Sourcely vs Undermind vs Consensus

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

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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 Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Competitor Undermind
undermind.ai
Undermind is an AI co-researcher for scientific literature.
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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
121.3Kvisits/mo
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5.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 18.7%
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▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
-34.0%
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+14.4%
Global rank web
#76,429
#330,988
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#9,859
Avg. last 3 months
709.4K
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5.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
44%
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43%
Pages / visit
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Visit duration
2m 05s
33s
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3m 56s
Traffic sources
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
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● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
Connected PapersSourcelyUndermindConsensus
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 · 600.7KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8M100K1M10MConnected 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 · 600.7KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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$8.99per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
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TextWeb pages
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Text
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Output
Data
Text
DataText
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
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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
Tasks covered
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Research papers
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Research papers summaries
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