Elicit vs Defapi vs Consensus vs SciSpace

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
DDefapi
Competitor 2
Consensus
Competitor 3
SciSpace
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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 DDefapi
defapi.org
You know how managing multiple AI provider integrations usually means maintaining separate codebases for each vendor
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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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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
9.2Kvisits/mo
2.4Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 37.4%
▼ 42.6%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 98.8%
6-month growth
+0.1%
-86.2%
+14.4%
-99.2%
Global rank web
#2,562,886
#4,650,820
#9,859
#17,447
Avg. last 3 months
12.3K
4.8K
5.5M
2.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
36%
43%
56%
Pages / visit
1.5
1.4
4.1
2.5
Visit duration
4s
7s
3m 56s
2m 13s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
ElicitDefapiConsensusSciSpace
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KConsensus · 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 · 44.2K1K10K100K1M10MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KConsensus · 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 · 44.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$10per month · free tier available
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$8.99per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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API access
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Plans
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Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview $1/$6/per requestClaude Sonnet 4.6 $1.5/$7.5/per requestClaude Opus 4.6 $2.5/$12.5/per requestSora 2 Stable $0.175+/per request+2 more
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Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
AudioImagesText
Text
DocumentsText
Output
DataText
AudioImagesText
Text
DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Development & CodeAI API
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
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Literature reviews
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Search engine
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Medical research
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PDFs
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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