Consensus vs Elicit vs Claude Code vs ScienceOS

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
Competitor 2
Claude Code
Competitor 3
ScienceOS
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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 Claude Code
claude.com
Every plan tier hits usage limits
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Competitor ScienceOS
scienceos.ai
Researchers waste hours hunting through literature—piecing together fragments from different papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
123.5Mvisits/mo
64.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 37.4%
▼ 6.8%
▼ 6.2%
6-month growth
+14.4%
+0.1%
+106.6%
+1.2%
Global rank web
#9,859
#2,562,886
#434
#464,304
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
12.3K
125.2M
68.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
37%
64%
39%
Pages / visit
4.1
1.5
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3.7
Visit duration
3m 56s
4s
2m 36s
1m 37s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
ConsensusElicitClaude CodeScienceOS
035M69.9M104.9M139.9MConsensus · 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 · 9.2KClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9K1K10K100K1M10M100M1BConsensus · 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 · 9.2KClaude Code · 19.2MClaude Code · 19.5MClaude Code · 35.8MClaude Code · 59.8MClaude Code · 139.9MClaude Code · 133.1MClaude Code · 119.5MClaude Code · 132.6MClaude Code · 123.5MScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
$17per month · free tier available
€7.25per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free FreePro $17/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x Custom/mo+2 more
Free FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
CodeText
DocumentsText
Output
Text
DataText
Code
DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeAI AgentAI Code Review+1 more
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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Medical research
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Coding
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Research assistance
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Scientific q a
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Search engine
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Terminal
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Agents
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Citations
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Code analysis
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Code explanations
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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PDF analysis
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific literature exploration
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Scientific research
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Development
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Literature analysis
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Network diagrams
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Refactoring
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