Dankgpt vs Elicit vs NotebookLM vs Connected Papers

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

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Dankgpt
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Elicit
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NotebookLM
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Connected Papers
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Dankgpt
dankgpt.com
Research papers pile up fast
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Competitor Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Competitor NotebookLM
notebooklm.google.com
Your docs, deeply understood
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Competitor Connected Papers
connectedpapers.com
Visual tool for exploring related research
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
344visits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
159.8Mvisits/mo
600.7Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 53.8%
▼ 37.4%
▼ 26.8%
▼ 18.7%
6-month growth
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+0.1%
-14.7%
-34.0%
Global rank web
#15,277,235
#2,562,886
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#76,429
Avg. last 3 months
705
12.3K
210.3M
709.4K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
37%
32%
44%
Pages / visit
1.1
1.5
5.0
2.7
Visit duration
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4s
6m 32s
2m 05s
Traffic sources
● Direct 43% · ● Search 32%
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● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 74% · ● Referral 24%
DankgptElicitNotebookLMConnected Papers
063.2M126.5M189.7M253MDankgpt · 1KDankgpt · 745Dankgpt · 344Elicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KNotebookLM · 121.9MNotebookLM · 141.5MNotebookLM · 177.5MNotebookLM · 187.3MNotebookLM · 222.2MNotebookLM · 247.4MNotebookLM · 253MNotebookLM · 218.2MNotebookLM · 159.8MConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7K1001K10K100K1M10M100M1BDankgpt · 1KDankgpt · 745Dankgpt · 344Elicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KNotebookLM · 121.9MNotebookLM · 141.5MNotebookLM · 177.5MNotebookLM · 187.3MNotebookLM · 222.2MNotebookLM · 247.4MNotebookLM · 253MNotebookLM · 218.2MNotebookLM · 159.8MConnected Papers · 966KConnected Papers · 779.7KConnected Papers · 839.4KConnected Papers · 823.6KConnected Papers · 910.1KConnected Papers · 948.5KConnected Papers · 872.6KConnected Papers · 788.3KConnected Papers · 739KConnected Papers · 600.7KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Free
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
Free
$10per month · free tier available
$4.99per month · free tier available
$6per month · free tier available
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Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moNotebookLM Pro (Google AI Pro) $19.99/moVia Google AI Ultra $99.99/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
TextDocuments
Web pagesTextDocumentsAudio
Web pagesText
Output
Text
TextData
VideoTextAudio
Data
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI FilesAI PDF+2 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsVideo EditingVoice & Speech+5 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
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Academic research
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Research papers analysis
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Literature reviews
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PDF analysis
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Document chat
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Summarizing
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