Consensus vs ChatGPT vs Gemini vs Scite

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

Your tool
Consensus
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Competitor 1
ChatGPT
Competitor 2
Gemini
Competitor 3
Scite
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
Competitor ChatGPT
chatgpt.com
Your AI assistant for everything
Competitor Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
Competitor Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
5.6Bvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 2.6%
▲ 1.8%
6-month growth
+14.4%
-1.6%
+0.8%
-27.6%
Global rank web
#9,859
#7
#17
#75,906
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
5.5B
2.7B
716.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
30%
28%
47%
Pages / visit
4.1
4.3
4.1
2.9
Visit duration
3m 56s
6m 35s
7m 01s
2m 09s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 3%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
ConsensusChatGPTGeminiScite
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 · 5.6BGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2K100K1M10M100M1B10BConsensus · 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 · 5.6BGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$8per month · free tier available
$4.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Free FreeGo $8/moPlus $20/moPro 5x $100/mo+1 more
Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
DocumentsTextImagesCodeAudio
Text
Output
Text
TextImagesCodeAudio
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
Text
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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10
Research
Search engine
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Chatbots
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Image generation
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Research papers
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Academic research
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Coding
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Email writing
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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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Image to image
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Image editing
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Academic citation
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Citation verification
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Citations
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Academic paper evaluation
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Blogging
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Copywriting
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Essay writing
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Grammar checking
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Image to text
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Large language models
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Medical research
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PDF analysis
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Video generation
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Prompts
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