Consensus vs Connected Papers vs Competely vs Scite

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 Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor Connected Papers
connectedpapers.com
Visual tool for exploring related research
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Competitor Competely
competely.ai
Competely is an AI competitive intelligence service that researches your rivals and reports back on what they are doing.
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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
600.7Kvisits/mo
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700.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
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▲ 1.8%
6-month growth
+14.4%
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-27.6%
Global rank web
#9,859
#76,429
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#75,906
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
709.4K
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716.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
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47%
Pages / visit
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Visit duration
3m 56s
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2m 09s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
ConsensusConnected PapersCompetelyScite
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MConnected 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 · 600.7KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2K100K1M10MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MConnected 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 · 600.7KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$6per month · free tier available
$39per month
$20per month · free tier available
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Starter $39/moPro $59/moScale $99/mo
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
TextWeb pages
TextWeb pages
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Output
Text
Data
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
Business & MarketingProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Marketing+2 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
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Research
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