Consensus vs Defapi vs Elicit vs Perplexity AI

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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DDefapi
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Elicit
Competitor 3
Perplexity AI
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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 DDefapi
defapi.org
You know how managing multiple AI provider integrations usually means maintaining separate codebases for each vendor
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Competitor Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
2.4Kvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 42.6%
▼ 37.4%
▼ 8.2%
6-month growth
+14.4%
-86.2%
+0.1%
-42.9%
Global rank web
#9,859
#4,650,820
#2,562,886
#446
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
4.8K
12.3K
104.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
36%
37%
33%
Pages / visit
4.1
1.4
1.5
3.6
Visit duration
3m 56s
7s
4s
4m 18s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
ConsensusDefapiElicitPerplexity AI
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2M1K10K100K1M10M100M1BConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
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$10per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview $1/$6/per requestClaude Sonnet 4.6 $1.5/$7.5/per requestClaude Opus 4.6 $2.5/$12.5/per requestSora 2 Stable $0.175+/per request+2 more
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
TextImagesAudio
TextDocuments
DocumentsImagesTextCode
Output
Text
TextImagesAudio
TextData
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Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Development & CodeAI API
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Literature reviews
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Search engine
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Research assistance
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API management
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Chatbots
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Document summarization
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Research papers analysis
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Summarizing
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Homework assistance
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Writing
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