Consensus vs Sourcely vs Perplexity AI vs ScienceOS
Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.
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Consensus
vs Consensus
Competitor 1
Sourcely
Sourcely
Competitor 2
Perplexity AI
Perplexity AI
Competitor 3
ScienceOS
ScienceOSCompare
4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Competitor
ScienceOS
ScienceOS
scienceos.ai
Researchers waste hours hunting through literature—piecing together fragments from different papers
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
64.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 17.6%
▼ 8.2%
▼ 6.2%
6-month growth
+14.4%
-27.7%
-42.9%
+1.2%
Global rank web
#9,859
#330,988
#446
#464,304
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
143.2K
104.9M
68.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
39%
33%
39%
Pages / visit
4.1
2.2
3.6
3.7
Visit duration
3m 56s
33s
4m 18s
1m 37s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
ConsensusSourcelyPerplexity AIScienceOS
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
€7.25per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
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Free FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
CodeDocumentsImagesText
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
CodeText
DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Research papers
Literature reviews
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Search engine
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Academic research
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Citations
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Research papers summaries
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AI search
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Scientific q a
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Academic citation
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Chatbots
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Citation formatting
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Document summarization
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Medical research
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PDF analysis
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Scientific literature exploration
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Scientific research
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Summarizing
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Academic q a
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Homework assistance
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Literature analysis
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Network diagrams
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Writing
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