Elicit vs Consensus vs SciSpace vs Papers

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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Consensus
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SciSpace
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Papers
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4 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 SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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Competitor Papers
papersapp.com
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
9.2Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
61.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 37.4%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 98.8%
▼ 9.7%
6-month growth
+0.1%
+14.4%
-99.2%
0.0%
Global rank web
#2,562,886
#9,859
#17,447
#616,043
Avg. last 3 months
12.3K
5.5M
2.7M
65K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
43%
56%
40%
Pages / visit
1.5
4.1
2.5
1.7
Visit duration
4s
3m 56s
2m 13s
42s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 68% · ● Referral 31%
ElicitConsensusSciSpacePapers
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MElicit · 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 · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3K1K10K100K1M10MElicit · 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 · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KPapers · 87KPapers · 82.4KPapers · 81.4KPapers · 61.3KPapers · 69.4KPapers · 61.5KPapers · 65.8KPapers · 67.9KPapers · 61.3KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$10per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$10per month
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Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
Essentials $10/moPlus $20/moTeam $0
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
DataText
Text
DataText
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Literature reviews
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Academic research
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Research papers analysis
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Research assistance
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PDFs
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Medical research
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Citations
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Search engine
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Citation formatting
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Research papers drafting
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific literature exploration
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Scientific writing
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PDF analysis
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