Consensus vs ReadDocs vs ChatPDF vs Elicit

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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ReadDocs
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ChatPDF
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Elicit
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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 ReadDocs
readdocs.co.uk
Upload a PDF contract and ReadDocs spits out a one-minute summary, bullet points, and answers to specific questions you ask
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Competitor ChatPDF
chatpdf.com
ChatPDF is a document question-answering app: upload a PDF, ask questions in plain language, and get answers with built-in citations that point back to the source passage.
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Competitor Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
744visits/mo
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9.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▲ 141.6%
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▼ 37.4%
6-month growth
+14.4%
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+0.1%
Global rank web
#9,859
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#2,562,886
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
384
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12.3K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
39%
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37%
Pages / visit
4.1
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1.5
Visit duration
3m 56s
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Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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ConsensusReadDocsChatPDFElicit
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 744Elicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2K1001K10K100K1M10MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MReadDocs · 101ReadDocs · 308ReadDocs · 744Elicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
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Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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$10per month · free tier available
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Free FreePro £9.99/moBusiness £29/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsImagesText
DocumentsTextWeb pages
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Text
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DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Productivity & OfficeWriting & ContentAI PDFAI Summarizer
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsWriting & Content+4 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
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Research papers
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Document summarization
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PDF analysis
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PDF summaries
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Summarizing
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Literature reviews
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Medical research
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Summaries
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Document chat
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Research assistance
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Search engine
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Official documents q a
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PDF translations
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Document reading
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Homework assistance
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