Consensus vs Seaml.es vs Keenious vs Perplexity AI

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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Seaml.es
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Keenious
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Perplexity AI
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Your tool Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor Seaml.es
seaml.es
Students writing literature reviews usually face a brutal choice: spend days hunting through academic databases or let an AI hallucinate references that don't exist
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Competitor Keenious
keenious.com
Keenious is a research companion that finds published academic literature related to the text you are working on.
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Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
705visits/mo
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95.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
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▼ 8.2%
6-month growth
+14.4%
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-42.9%
Global rank web
#9,859
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Avg. last 3 months
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104.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
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33%
Pages / visit
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3.6
Visit duration
3m 56s
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4m 18s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
ConsensusSeaml.esKeeniousPerplexity AI
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MSeaml.es · 1.1KSeaml.es · 34Seaml.es · 874Seaml.es · 705Perplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2M101001K10K100K1M10M100M1BConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MSeaml.es · 1.1KSeaml.es · 34Seaml.es · 874Seaml.es · 705Perplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
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€10per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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10 credits $9.99Unlimited Monthly $29.99/moUnlimited Yearly $214.99/yr
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
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DocumentsText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
Output
Text
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Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
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
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Literature reviews
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Academic research
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Scientific literature exploration
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Literature analysis
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Scholarship essays
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Scholarship search
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Scholarships
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Academic paper interpretations
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Document summarization
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Essay writing
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Medical research
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Research papers summaries
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Scholarship guidance
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Scientific research
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Summarizing
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Academic citation
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Academic papers simplification
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Homework assistance
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