Consensus vs Semantic Scholar vs Undermind vs ScholarAI

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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Semantic Scholar
Competitor 2
Undermind
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ScholarAI
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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 Semantic Scholar
semanticscholar.org
AI-powered research discovery
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Competitor Undermind
undermind.ai
Undermind is an AI co-researcher for scientific literature.
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Competitor ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
6.6Mvisits/mo
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106.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▲ 11.2%
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▼ 21.7%
6-month growth
+14.4%
-24.2%
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-22.5%
Global rank web
#9,859
#10,569
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#323,702
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
6.4M
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124.1K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
48%
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37%
Pages / visit
4.1
2.7
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1.9
Visit duration
3m 56s
1m 46s
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28s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
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● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
ConsensusSemantic ScholarUndermindScholarAI
02.2M4.4M6.6M8.7MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MSemantic 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 · 6.6MScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2K100K1M10MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MSemantic 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 · 6.6MScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
Free
$15per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free FreePro $16/moTeam $15/moEnterprise Custom
Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
Text
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
DataText
Text
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
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 · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
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Scientific research
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Academic research
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Research papers analysis
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Literature reviews
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Citations
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Scientific literature exploration
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Search engine
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Academic citation
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Academic papers decoding
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Medical research
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research navigation
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Academic paper interpretations
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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.