Consensus vs ChatGPT vs Microsoft Copilot vs ScholarAI

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

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Consensus
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Competitor 1
ChatGPT
Competitor 2
Microsoft Copilot
Competitor 3
ScholarAI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
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Competitor Microsoft Copilot
copilot.microsoft.com
AI across Microsoft
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Competitor ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
81.9Mvisits/mo
106.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 31.3%
▼ 21.7%
6-month growth
+14.4%
-1.6%
-16.6%
-22.5%
Global rank web
#9,859
#7
#609
#323,702
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
5.5B
110.9M
124.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
30%
36%
37%
Pages / visit
4.1
4.3
3.6
1.9
Visit duration
3m 56s
6m 35s
5m 32s
28s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 87% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
ConsensusChatGPTMicrosoft CopilotScholarAI
01.5B2.9B4.4B5.8BConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BMicrosoft Copilot · 105.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 97.9MMicrosoft Copilot · 101.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 98.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 123.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 130MMicrosoft Copilot · 131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 119.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 81.9MScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2K100K1M10M100M1B10BConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MChatGPT · 5.8BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.7BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BChatGPT · 5.4BChatGPT · 5.5BChatGPT · 5.6BMicrosoft Copilot · 105.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 97.9MMicrosoft Copilot · 101.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 98.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 123.8MMicrosoft Copilot · 130MMicrosoft Copilot · 131.6MMicrosoft Copilot · 119.2MMicrosoft Copilot · 81.9MScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
Free tier
$9.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
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Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextDocuments
Output
Text
TextImagesCodeAudio
TextImagesCodeAudio
Text
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Generation+16 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Search engine
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Research papers
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Academic research
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Research papers summaries
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Coding
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Image generation
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Literature reviews
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Academic citation
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Citations
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Blogging
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Citation formatting
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Homework assistance
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Image to text
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Medical research
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Productivity
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Scientific research
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Voice assistance
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Code documentation
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Debugging
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Image editing
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Image to image
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