Consensus vs Kilo Code vs Visual Studio Code vs SciSpace

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Kilo Code
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Visual Studio Code
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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 Kilo Code
kilocode.ai
Kilo Code is an open source AI agent Visual Studio (VS) Code extension that focuses on enhancing the efficiency of coding. The tool can generate code, automate tasks, and offer practical suggestions.
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Competitor Visual Studio Code
code.visualstudio.com
Visual Studio Code is a free, open source code editor that runs on Windows, macOS and Linux and now includes built-in AI agents.
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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
1.9Kvisits/mo
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44.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 42.3%
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▼ 98.8%
6-month growth
+14.4%
-94.4%
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-99.2%
Global rank web
#9,859
#4,668,091
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#17,447
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
10.5K
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2.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
34%
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56%
Pages / visit
4.1
2.4
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2.5
Visit duration
3m 56s
19s
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2m 13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
ConsensusKilo CodeVisual Studio CodeSciSpace
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MKilo Code · 744.7KKilo Code · 164KKilo Code · 48.6KKilo Code · 16KKilo Code · 33.5KKilo Code · 14.4KKilo Code · 10.5KKilo Code · 26.4KKilo Code · 3.2KKilo Code · 1.9KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2K1K10K100K1M10MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MKilo Code · 744.7KKilo Code · 164KKilo Code · 48.6KKilo Code · 16KKilo Code · 33.5KKilo Code · 14.4KKilo Code · 10.5KKilo Code · 26.4KKilo Code · 3.2KKilo Code · 1.9KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
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Text
CodeText
CodeText
DocumentsText
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Text
Code
Code
DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
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Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Coding
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Coding in VS Code
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Research assistance
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Search engine
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Agents
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Developer tools
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Research papers analysis
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Code analysis
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Development
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PDF analysis
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