Consensus vs IAsk vs Paperguide 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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IAsk
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Paperguide
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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 IAsk
iask.ai
IAsk
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Competitor Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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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
736.4Kvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
64.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
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▲ 4.7%
▼ 6.2%
6-month growth
+14.4%
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+44.6%
+1.2%
Global rank web
#9,859
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#182,104
#464,304
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
736.4K
266.5K
68.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
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Pages / visit
4.1
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Visit duration
3m 56s
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1m 32s
1m 37s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
ConsensusIAskPaperguideScienceOS
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MIAsk · 736.4KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9K10K100K1M10MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MIAsk · 736.4KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KScienceOS · 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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Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
$12per month · free tier available
€7.25per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free FreeiAsk Pro
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsTextWeb pages
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
DataDocumentsText
DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Homework Helper+2 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
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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Literature reviews
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Academic research
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Citations
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Scientific literature exploration
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AI search
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Scientific q a
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Essay writing
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Homework assistance
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Medical research
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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 research
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Academic writing
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Document analysis
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Grammar checking
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Image generation
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Literature analysis
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Network diagrams
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Research papers drafting
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Writing
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