Consensus vs Elicit vs Defapi vs Dankgpt

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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DDefapi
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Dankgpt
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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 DDefapi
defapi.org
You know how managing multiple AI provider integrations usually means maintaining separate codebases for each vendor
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Competitor Dankgpt
dankgpt.com
Research papers pile up fast
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
2.4Kvisits/mo
344visits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 37.4%
▼ 42.6%
▼ 53.8%
6-month growth
+14.4%
+0.1%
-86.2%
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Global rank web
#9,859
#2,562,886
#4,650,820
#15,277,235
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
12.3K
4.8K
705
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
37%
36%
39%
Pages / visit
4.1
1.5
1.4
1.1
Visit duration
3m 56s
4s
7s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 43% · ● Search 32%
ConsensusElicitDefapiDankgpt
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MConsensus · 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 · 9.2KDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KDankgpt · 1KDankgpt · 745Dankgpt · 3441001K10K100K1M10MConsensus · 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 · 9.2KDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KDankgpt · 1KDankgpt · 745Dankgpt · 344Nov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Free
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$10per 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
DocumentsText
AudioImagesText
DocumentsText
Output
Text
DataText
AudioImagesText
Text
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
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI FilesAI PDF+2 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Literature reviews
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Research papers analysis
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Research assistance
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Search engine
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API management
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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API security
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