Consensus vs CometAPI vs Elicit 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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Elicit
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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 CometAPI
cometapi.com
CometAPI functions as an aggregation layer that sits between your application and hundreds of AI model providers
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Competitor Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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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
302.3Kvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▲ 9.9%
▼ 37.4%
▲ 1.8%
6-month growth
+14.4%
-16.5%
+0.1%
-27.6%
Global rank web
#9,859
#157,147
#2,562,886
#75,906
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
295.7K
12.3K
716.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
46%
37%
47%
Pages / visit
4.1
2.9
1.5
2.9
Visit duration
3m 56s
38s
4s
2m 09s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 69% · ● Referral 30%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
ConsensusCometAPIElicitScite
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MCometAPI · 834.4KCometAPI · 619.7KCometAPI · 437.2KCometAPI · 362.2KCometAPI · 355.5KCometAPI · 362.7KCometAPI · 309.5KCometAPI · 275.2KCometAPI · 302.3KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2K1K10K100K1M10MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MCometAPI · 834.4KCometAPI · 619.7KCometAPI · 437.2KCometAPI · 362.2KCometAPI · 355.5KCometAPI · 362.7KCometAPI · 309.5KCometAPI · 275.2KCometAPI · 302.3KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KScite · 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
$4per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free Trial FreePay-as-you-go Custom/usage-basedEnterprise Custom/mo
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Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
ImagesText
DocumentsText
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Output
Text
ImagesTextVideo
DataText
Text
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Development & CodeAI API
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
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Research papers
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Academic research
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Literature reviews
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Research papers analysis
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Medical research
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APIs
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Academic citation
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Citation verification
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Citations
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LLM gateway
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Research assistance
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Search engine
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API integrations
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Academic paper evaluation
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Developer tools
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Image generation
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Research trends tracking
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Video generation
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