Consensus vs IAsk vs ScienceOS vs SciSpace

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
Competitor 2
ScienceOS
Competitor 3
SciSpace
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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 ScienceOS
scienceos.ai
Researchers waste hours hunting through literature—piecing together fragments from different papers
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Competitor SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
736.4Kvisits/mo
64.9Kvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
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▼ 6.2%
▼ 98.8%
6-month growth
+14.4%
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+1.2%
-99.2%
Global rank web
#9,859
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#464,304
#17,447
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
736.4K
68.2K
2.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
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39%
56%
Pages / visit
4.1
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3.7
2.5
Visit duration
3m 56s
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1m 37s
2m 13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
ConsensusIAskScienceOSSciSpace
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MIAsk · 736.4KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2K10K100K1M10MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MIAsk · 736.4KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
€7.25per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Free FreeiAsk Pro
Free FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsTextWeb pages
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
DataText
DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Homework Helper+2 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
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Academic research
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Literature reviews
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Citations
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PDF analysis
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AI search
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Research assistance
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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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PDFs
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers drafting
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific literature exploration
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Scientific research
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Scientific 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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