Consensus vs ScienceOS vs Connected Papers vs Semantic Scholar

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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ScienceOS
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Connected Papers
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Semantic Scholar
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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 ScienceOS
scienceos.ai
Researchers waste hours hunting through literature—piecing together fragments from different papers
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Competitor Connected Papers
connectedpapers.com
Visual tool for exploring related research
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Competitor Semantic Scholar
semanticscholar.org
AI-powered research discovery
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
64.9Kvisits/mo
600.7Kvisits/mo
6.6Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 6.2%
▼ 18.7%
▲ 11.2%
6-month growth
+14.4%
+1.2%
-34.0%
-24.2%
Global rank web
#9,859
#464,304
#76,429
#10,569
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
68.2K
709.4K
6.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
39%
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48%
Pages / visit
4.1
3.7
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2.7
Visit duration
3m 56s
1m 37s
2m 05s
1m 46s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
ConsensusScienceOSConnected PapersSemantic Scholar
02.2M4.4M6.6M8.7MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7KSemantic Scholar · 7.2MSemantic Scholar · 6.7MSemantic Scholar · 6.9MSemantic Scholar · 7.1MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 7.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MSemantic Scholar · 5.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6M10K100K1M10MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7KSemantic Scholar · 7.2MSemantic Scholar · 6.7MSemantic Scholar · 6.9MSemantic Scholar · 7.1MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 7.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MSemantic Scholar · 5.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
€7.25per month · free tier available
$6per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
DocumentsText
TextWeb pages
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Output
Text
DataText
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Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
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Research papers
Research
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Literature reviews
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Scientific literature exploration
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Scientific research navigation
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Research papers analysis
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Academic papers decoding
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PDF analysis
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