Consensus vs Connected Papers vs ScienceOS vs SciSpace

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
Connected Papers
Competitor 2
ScienceOS
Competitor 3
SciSpace
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
Competitor Connected Papers
connectedpapers.com
Visual tool for exploring related research
Competitor ScienceOS
scienceos.ai
Researchers waste hours hunting through literature—piecing together fragments from different papers
Competitor SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
600.7Kvisits/mo
64.9Kvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 18.7%
▼ 6.2%
▼ 98.8%
6-month growth
+14.4%
-34.0%
+1.2%
-99.2%
Global rank web
#9,859
#76,429
#464,304
#17,447
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
709.4K
68.2K
2.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
44%
39%
56%
Pages / visit
4.1
2.7
3.7
2.5
Visit duration
3m 56s
2m 05s
1m 37s
2m 13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
ConsensusConnected PapersScienceOSSciSpace
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 · 600.7KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2K10K100K1M10MConsensus · 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 · 600.7KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$6per month · free tier available
€7.25per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
TextWeb pages
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Data
DataText
DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Research papers
Academic research
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Literature reviews
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Citations
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Research papers analysis
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PDF analysis
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Research assistance
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Scientific q a
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Scientific research navigation
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Search engine
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Medical research
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PDFs
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers drafting
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Research papers summaries
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Research recommendations
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Scientific literature exploration
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Scientific research
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Scientific writing
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Literature analysis
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Network diagrams
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