Consensus vs Undermind vs Citely 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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Undermind
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Citely
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Elicit
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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 Undermind
undermind.ai
Undermind is an AI co-researcher for scientific literature.
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Competitor Citely
citely.ai
Academic citation fraud poses real problems for researchers who unknowingly reference fabricated papers
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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
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62.9Kvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 3.5%
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▲ 3.3%
▼ 37.4%
6-month growth
+14.4%
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+26.5%
+0.1%
Global rank web
#9,859
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#561,691
#2,562,886
Avg. last 3 months
5.5M
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59.2K
12.3K
Bounce rate lower is better
43%
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37%
37%
Pages / visit
4.1
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2.2
1.5
Visit duration
3m 56s
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24s
4s
Traffic sources
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 77% · ● Referral 23%
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ConsensusUndermindCitelyElicit
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KElicit · 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 · 5.8MCitely · 52KCitely · 44.1KCitely · 49.7KCitely · 37.2KCitely · 50.1KCitely · 53.8KCitely · 60.8KCitely · 62.9KElicit · 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
$15per month · free tier available
$9per month
$10per month · free tier available
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Free FreePro $16/moTeam $15/moEnterprise Custom
Trial $9Monthly $19/moYearly $14/moBeliever $347
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Capabilities input → output
Input
Text
Text
Text
DocumentsText
Output
Text
DataText
Text
DataText
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
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 · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Academic research
Research
Literature reviews
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Research assistance
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Academic citation
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific research
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Medical research
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Citation verification
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Citations
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Literature analysis
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Search engine
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific literature exploration
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Research trends tracking
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