Consensus vs Scholarcy vs Sourcely

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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Scholarcy
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Sourcely
Competitor 3
Suggested competitors for Consensus: Elicit86% Perplexity AI78% Scite78% SciSpace76% ScholarAI76% Undermind74% ScienceOS74% Paperguide74%
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor Scholarcy
scholarcy.com
AI that reads papers so you can skim
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
159Kvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 17.1%
▼ 17.6%
6-month growth
+14.4%
-44.5%
-27.7%
Global rank web
#9,859
#200,412
#330,988
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
183.7K
143.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
38%
39%
Pages / visit
4.1
3.3
2.2
Visit duration
3m 56s
54s
33s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 92% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
ConsensusScholarcySourcely
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3K100K1M10MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MScholarcy · 411.4KScholarcy · 312.2KScholarcy · 313.4KScholarcy · 279.1KScholarcy · 286.3KScholarcy · 328.9KScholarcy · 279.7KScholarcy · 200.4KScholarcy · 191.8KScholarcy · 159KSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsWeb pages
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Output
Text
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Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI Research PapersAI Summarizer
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Academic research
Research
Research papers summaries
Literature reviews
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Citations
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Flashcards
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Search engine
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Summaries
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Summarizing
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Academic citation
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Citation formatting
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Document summarization
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Medical research
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Scientific research
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