Consensus vs Paperguide vs SciSpace vs Undermind

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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SciSpace
Competitor 3
Undermind
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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 SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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Competitor Undermind
undermind.ai
Undermind is an AI co-researcher for scientific literature.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▲ 4.7%
▼ 98.8%
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6-month growth
+14.4%
+44.6%
-99.2%
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Global rank web
#9,859
#182,104
#17,447
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Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
266.5K
2.7M
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Bounce rate lower is better
43%
44%
56%
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Pages / visit
4.1
2.3
2.5
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Visit duration
3m 56s
1m 32s
2m 13s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
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ConsensusPaperguideSciSpaceUndermind
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 · 262.6KSciSpace · 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 · 5.8MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$15per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
Free FreePro $16/moTeam $15/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Text
Output
Text
DataDocumentsText
DataText
DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Literature reviews
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Research
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Academic research
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific research
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Search engine
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Citations
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Medical research
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PDFs
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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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Writing
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.