Consensus vs Sourcely vs Keenious vs Elicit

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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Your tool Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor Sourcely
sourcely.net
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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 Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
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9.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 17.6%
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▼ 37.4%
6-month growth
+14.4%
-27.7%
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+0.1%
Global rank web
#9,859
#330,988
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#2,562,886
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
143.2K
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12.3K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
39%
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37%
Pages / visit
4.1
2.2
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1.5
Visit duration
3m 56s
33s
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4s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
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ConsensusSourcelyKeeniousElicit
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2K1K10K100K1M10MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MSourcely · 173KSourcely · 157.2KSourcely · 167.7KSourcely · 167.8KSourcely · 202.7KSourcely · 169.2KSourcely · 161.1KSourcely · 147.1KSourcely · 121.3KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
€10per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
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DataText
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
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Academic research
Research papers
Research
Literature reviews
Research papers summaries
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Academic citation
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Medical research
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Citations
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Research assistance
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Scientific literature exploration
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Search engine
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Academic paper interpretations
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Citation formatting
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Literature analysis
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific research
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Academic papers simplification
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Academic q a
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Literature interaction
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Papers translation
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