Consensus vs Sourcely vs Seaml.es vs SciSpace

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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Sourcely
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Seaml.es
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SciSpace
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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 Seaml.es
seaml.es
Students writing literature reviews usually face a brutal choice: spend days hunting through academic databases or let an AI hallucinate references that don't exist
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Competitor SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
5.8Mvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
705visits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
▼ 17.6%
▼ 19.3%
▼ 98.8%
6-month growth
+14.4%
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-99.2%
Global rank web
#9,859
#330,988
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#17,447
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
143.2K
526
2.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
39%
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56%
Pages / visit
4.1
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Visit duration
3m 56s
33s
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2m 13s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
ConsensusSourcelySeaml.esSciSpace
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 · 121.3KSeaml.es · 1.1KSeaml.es · 34Seaml.es · 874Seaml.es · 705SciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2K101001K10K100K1M10MConsensus · 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 · 121.3KSeaml.es · 1.1KSeaml.es · 34Seaml.es · 874Seaml.es · 705SciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$8.99per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
$9.99per month
$20per month · free tier available
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Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
10 credits $9.99Unlimited Monthly $29.99/moUnlimited Yearly $214.99/yr
Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
Text
DocumentsText
Output
Text
Text
Text
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
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Literature reviews
Research papers
Academic research
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Research
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Citations
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Research papers summaries
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Research assistance
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Scholarship essays
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Scholarship search
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Scholarships
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Search engine
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Academic citation
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Citation formatting
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Essay writing
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Literature analysis
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Medical research
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PDFs
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers drafting
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Scholarship guidance
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Scientific literature exploration
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Scientific research
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Scientific writing
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Academic q a
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PDF analysis
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