Elicit vs Consensus vs DeepSeek

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

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Elicit
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Competitor 1
Consensus
Competitor 2
DeepSeek
Competitor 3
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3 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor DeepSeek
deepseek.com
DeepSeek is an AI lab and chat assistant.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
9.2Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
353.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 37.4%
▲ 3.5%
▲ 2.1%
6-month growth
+0.1%
+14.4%
+0.9%
Global rank web
#2,562,886
#9,859
#131
Avg. last 3 months
12.3K
5.5M
357.9M
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
43%
38%
Pages / visit
1.5
4.1
3.4
Visit duration
4s
3m 56s
5m 33s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 95% · ● Referral 4%
ElicitConsensusDeepSeek
0107.6M215.2M322.8M430.4MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8M1K10K100K1M10M100M1BElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MDeepSeek · 345.7MDeepSeek · 328.9MDeepSeek · 298.3MDeepSeek · 273.2MDeepSeek · 350.8MDeepSeek · 411.2MDeepSeek · 430.4MDeepSeek · 373.5MDeepSeek · 346.4MDeepSeek · 353.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$10per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
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deepseek-flash Customdeepseek-v4-pro Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
CodeImagesText
Output
DataText
Text
CodeText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningWriting & Content+10 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Research papers
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Academic research
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Literature reviews
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Medical research
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Chatbots
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Large language models
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Research assistance
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Search engine
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Coding
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Homework assistance
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Writing
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Math
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