DeepSeek vs Consensus vs Elicit vs Claude

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

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DeepSeek
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Consensus
Competitor 2
Elicit
Competitor 3
Claude
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Competitor Claude
claude.ai
AI assistant built to be helpful, harmless, and honest
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
353.8Mvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
950.2Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 2.1%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 37.4%
▼ 2.0%
6-month growth
+0.9%
+14.4%
+0.1%
+54.8%
Global rank web
#131
#9,859
#2,562,886
#40
Avg. last 3 months
357.9M
5.5M
12.3K
955.4M
Bounce rate lower is better
38%
43%
37%
26%
Pages / visit
3.4
4.1
1.5
4.5
Visit duration
5m 33s
3m 56s
4s
6m 14s
Traffic sources
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
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● Direct 93% · ● Referral 5%
DeepSeekConsensusElicitClaude
0242.3M484.7M727M969.3MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2M1K10K100K1M10M100M1BDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KClaude · 180.3MClaude · 172.7MClaude · 202.9MClaude · 290.3MClaude · 613.7MClaude · 823.5MClaude · 952.6MClaude · 946.8MClaude · 969.3MClaude · 950.2MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
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$8.99per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Plans
deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
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Free FreePro $20/moMax 5x $100/moMax 20x $200/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextImagesCode
Text
TextDocuments
CodeTextImagesDocuments
Output
TextCode
Text
TextData
TextSlidesDocumentsDataCode
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningProductivity & Office+19 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Chatbots
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Research papers
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Coding
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Large language models
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Literature reviews
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Medical research
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Research assistance
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Search engine
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APIs
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Agents
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Code reviews
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Debugging
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Document summarization
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Essay writing
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Homework assistance
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PDF analysis
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Terminal
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Blogging
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Code documentation
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Copywriting
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Email writing
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