Consensus vs OpenAI API vs Scite

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Consensus
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Scite
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Suggested competitors for Consensus: Elicit86% Perplexity AI78% SciSpace76% ScholarAI76% Undermind74% ScienceOS74% Paperguide74% Semantic Scholar72%
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Your tool Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor OpenAI API
platform.openai.com
The API powering the AI ecosystem
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Competitor Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
15.2Mvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▲ 4.6%
▲ 1.8%
6-month growth
+14.4%
-2.4%
-27.6%
Global rank web
#9,859
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#75,906
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
15.2M
716.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
34%
47%
Pages / visit
4.1
5.4
2.9
Visit duration
3m 56s
3m 56s
2m 09s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 82% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
ConsensusOpenAI APIScite
04.7M9.4M14.1M18.7MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2K100K1M10M100MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MOpenAI API · 18.7MOpenAI API · 16.7MOpenAI API · 16.5MOpenAI API · 15.6MOpenAI API · 15.9MOpenAI API · 15.1MOpenAI API · 15.7MOpenAI API · 14.6MOpenAI API · 15.2MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
AudioDocumentsImagesText
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Output
Text
AudioCodeImagesTextVideo
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Skill level
Intermediate
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Development & CodeAI APILarge Language Models (LLMs)
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
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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Academic research
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Literature reviews
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APIs
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Academic citation
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Citation verification
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Citations
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Search engine
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Academic paper evaluation
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Developer tools
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LLM development
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Large language models
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Medical research
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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API integrations
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Chatbot building
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Research trends tracking
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