Consensus vs Kagi 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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Kagi
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SciSpace
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Your tool Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor Kagi
kagi.com
Kagi is a paid search engine with no ads and no tracking, funded entirely by subscribers rather than advertisers.
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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
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44.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
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▼ 98.8%
6-month growth
+14.4%
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-99.2%
Global rank web
#9,859
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#17,447
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
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2.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
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56%
Pages / visit
4.1
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2.5
Visit duration
3m 56s
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2m 13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
ConsensusKagiSciSpace
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MSciSpace · 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 · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
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Trial FreeStarter $5/moProfessional $10/moUltimate $25/mo
Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
TextWeb pages
DocumentsText
Output
Text
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DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+6 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
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Research papers
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Search engine
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Academic research
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Literature reviews
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Research assistance
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AI search
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Chatbots
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Citations
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Medical research
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News
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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 research
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Scientific writing
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Summarizing
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Translations
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PDF analysis
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