Consensus vs Sourcely vs Keenious vs Scite

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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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 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 Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
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700.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 17.6%
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▲ 1.8%
6-month growth
+14.4%
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-27.6%
Global rank web
#9,859
#330,988
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#75,906
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
143.2K
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716.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
39%
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47%
Pages / visit
4.1
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2.9
Visit duration
3m 56s
33s
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2m 09s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
ConsensusSourcelyKeeniousScite
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 · 121.3KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2K100K1M10MConsensus · 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 · 121.3KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
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Free FreePlus (Individual) €10/moPlus (Team) €20/moInstitutions Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
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DocumentsText
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Output
Text
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Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
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
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Academic research
Research papers
Research
Literature reviews
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Research papers summaries
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Citation verification
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Scientific literature exploration
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Academic paper evaluation
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Citation formatting
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Literature analysis
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Research papers analysis
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Academic papers simplification
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