Consensus vs Elicit vs APIMart vs Semantic Scholar

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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APIMart
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Semantic Scholar
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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 Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Competitor APIMart
apimart.ai
Developers wanting access to hundreds of AI models without juggling multiple API keys need something different than ChatGPT's single-model approach
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Competitor Semantic Scholar
semanticscholar.org
AI-powered research discovery
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
326.9Kvisits/mo
6.6Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 37.4%
▲ 23.2%
▲ 11.2%
6-month growth
+14.4%
+0.1%
+278.0%
-24.2%
Global rank web
#9,859
#2,562,886
#145,689
#10,569
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
12.3K
291K
6.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
37%
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48%
Pages / visit
4.1
1.5
4.7
2.7
Visit duration
3m 56s
4s
3m 21s
1m 46s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 95% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
ConsensusElicitAPIMartSemantic Scholar
02.2M4.4M6.6M8.7MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KAPIMart · 11.8KAPIMart · 36.6KAPIMart · 73.1KAPIMart · 75.8KAPIMart · 86.5KAPIMart · 186.8KAPIMart · 327.6KAPIMart · 280.9KAPIMart · 265.3KAPIMart · 326.9KSemantic Scholar · 7.2MSemantic Scholar · 6.7MSemantic Scholar · 6.9MSemantic Scholar · 7.1MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 7.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MSemantic Scholar · 5.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6M1K10K100K1M10MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KAPIMart · 11.8KAPIMart · 36.6KAPIMart · 73.1KAPIMart · 75.8KAPIMart · 86.5KAPIMart · 186.8KAPIMart · 327.6KAPIMart · 280.9KAPIMart · 265.3KAPIMart · 326.9KSemantic Scholar · 7.2MSemantic Scholar · 6.7MSemantic Scholar · 6.9MSemantic Scholar · 7.1MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 7.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MSemantic Scholar · 5.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Free
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
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Text
DocumentsText
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Output
Text
DataText
AudioImagesTextVideo
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Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Development & CodeAI API
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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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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APIs
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Research assistance
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Scientific literature exploration
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Search engine
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Academic papers decoding
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Developer tools
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Image generation
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LLM gateway
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research navigation
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Academic paper interpretations
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Video generation
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