Consensus vs Citely vs Undermind vs Scite

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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Citely
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Undermind
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Scite
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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 Citely
citely.ai
Academic citation fraud poses real problems for researchers who unknowingly reference fabricated papers
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Competitor Undermind
undermind.ai
Undermind is an AI co-researcher for scientific literature.
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Competitor Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
62.9Kvisits/mo
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700.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▲ 3.3%
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▲ 1.8%
6-month growth
+14.4%
+26.5%
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-27.6%
Global rank web
#9,859
#561,691
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#75,906
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
59.2K
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716.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
37%
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47%
Pages / visit
4.1
2.2
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2.9
Visit duration
3m 56s
24s
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2m 09s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
ConsensusCitelyUndermindScite
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2K10K100K1M10MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$9per month
$15per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
Free FreePro $16/moTeam $15/moEnterprise Custom
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
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Output
Text
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DataText
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Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
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Citation verification
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Citations
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Academic citation
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Research
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Academic research
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Literature reviews
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific research
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Search engine
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Academic paper evaluation
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Medical research
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Research papers summaries
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Research trends tracking
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