Consensus vs OpenCode vs OpenAI Codex CLI vs Paperguide

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

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OpenCode
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Paperguide
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Your tool Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor OpenCode
opencode.ai
OpenCode is an open-source AI coding agent that helps developers write code in the terminal, an IDE or a desktop app.
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Competitor OpenAI Codex CLI
developers.openai.com
OpenAI Codex CLI brings the Codex coding agent to the terminal and to scripts.
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Competitor Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
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262.6Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
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▲ 4.7%
6-month growth
+14.4%
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+44.6%
Global rank web
#9,859
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#182,104
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
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266.5K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
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44%
Pages / visit
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Visit duration
3m 56s
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1m 32s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
ConsensusOpenCodeOpenAI Codex CLIPaperguide
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6K100K1M10MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
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Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
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$12per month · free tier available
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GPT-6-Astra $10GPT-6.1-Sol $2GPT-6-Luna $0.10GPT-Live-1 $0.05/minute+1 more
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
CodeText
CodeImagesText
DocumentsText
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Text
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DataDocumentsText
Skill level
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Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Development & CodeAI Coding Assistant
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Literature reviews
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Search engine
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Citations
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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 literature exploration
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