Consensus vs Solvely vs Elicit 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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Solvely

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Elicit

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Perplexity AI

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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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Solvely

solvely.ai

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Elicit

elicit.org

Research assistant that reads the papers

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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

558.9Kvisits/mo

9.2Kvisits/mo

95.2Mvisits/mo

MoM change

▲ 3.5%

▲ 53.0%

▼ 37.4%

▼ 8.2%

6-month growth

+14.4%

-6.5%

+0.1%

-42.9%

Global rank web

#9,859

#112,952

#2,562,886

#446

Avg. last 3 months

5.5M

477K

12.3K

104.9M

Bounce rate lower is better

43%

39%

37%

33%

Pages / visit

4.1

4.1

1.5

3.6

Visit duration

3m 56s

3m 22s

4s

4m 18s

Traffic sources

● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%

● Direct 92% · ● Referral 6%

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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%

ConsensusSolvelyElicitPerplexity AI

Pricing

Model

Freemium

Paid

Freemium

Freemium

Starting price

$8.99per month · free tier available

$12.99per month

$10per month · free tier available

$20per month · free tier available

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Capabilities input → output

Input

Text

AudioDocumentsImagesTextWeb pages

TextDocuments

DocumentsImagesTextCode

Output

Text

Text

TextData

CodeText

Skill level

Intermediate

Beginner-friendly

Beginner-friendly

Beginner-friendly

Categories

Productivity & Office Research & Analytics AI Research Papers AI Research Tool+1 more

Education & Learning Productivity & Office AI Flashcard Maker AI Homework Helper+3 more

Research & Analytics AI Research Papers AI Research Tool

Chatbots & Companions Education & Learning Lifestyle & Entertainment Productivity & Office+13 more

Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core partial

Tasks covered

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Research

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Research papers

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Literature reviews

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Search engine

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Academic research

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Homework assistance

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Medical research

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AI search

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Problem solving

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Research assistance

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Calculus tutoring

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Chatbots

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Document summarization

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Flashcards

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Math

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Math explanations

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Math problems

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Note taking

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Quiz generation

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Research papers analysis

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Research papers summaries

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STEM problem solving

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Scientific research

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Summarizing

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Education

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Writing

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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.