Consensus vs Gemini vs Claude vs Paperguide

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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Gemini
Competitor 2
Claude
Competitor 3
Paperguide
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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 Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Competitor Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
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Competitor Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
2.6Bvisits/mo
950.2Mvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 2.6%
▼ 2.0%
▲ 4.7%
6-month growth
+14.4%
+0.8%
+54.8%
+44.6%
Global rank web
#9,859
#17
#40
#182,104
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
2.7B
955.4M
266.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
28%
26%
44%
Pages / visit
4.1
4.1
4.5
2.3
Visit duration
3m 56s
7m 01s
6m 14s
1m 32s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
ConsensusGeminiClaudePaperguide
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6K100K1M10M100M1B10BConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$4.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
TextImagesDocumentsCodeAudio
CodeTextImagesDocuments
TextDocuments
Output
Text
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
TextSlidesDocumentsDataCode
TextDocumentsData
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+19 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
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Research papers
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Coding
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Literature reviews
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Search engine
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Academic research
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Large language models
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PDF analysis
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Email writing
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Image generation
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APIs
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Agents
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Citations
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Document summarization
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Essay writing
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Image to image
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Medical research
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Paraphrasing
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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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Terminal
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Video generation
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