Consensus vs Paperguide vs Elicit vs Defapi

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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Paperguide
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Elicit
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DDefapi
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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 Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Competitor Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Competitor DDefapi
defapi.org
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
2.4Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▲ 4.7%
▼ 37.4%
▼ 42.6%
6-month growth
+14.4%
+44.6%
+0.1%
-86.2%
Global rank web
#9,859
#182,104
#2,562,886
#4,650,820
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
266.5K
12.3K
4.8K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
44%
37%
36%
Pages / visit
4.1
2.3
1.5
1.4
Visit duration
3m 56s
1m 32s
4s
7s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
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ConsensusPaperguideElicitDefapi
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 · 262.6KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4K1K10K100K1M10MConsensus · 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 · 262.6KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
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Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview $1/$6/per requestClaude Sonnet 4.6 $1.5/$7.5/per requestClaude Opus 4.6 $2.5/$12.5/per requestSora 2 Stable $0.175+/per request+2 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
TextDocuments
TextDocuments
TextImagesAudio
Output
Text
DataDocumentsText
TextData
TextImagesAudio
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Development & CodeAI API
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
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Academic research
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Literature reviews
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Research papers analysis
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Research assistance
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Search engine
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API management
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Citations
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific literature exploration
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Academic writing
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Research papers drafting
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