Elicit vs Defapi vs Dankgpt

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
Dankgpt
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 DDefapi
defapi.org
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Competitor Dankgpt
dankgpt.com
Research papers pile up fast
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
9.2Kvisits/mo
2.4Kvisits/mo
344visits/mo
MoM change
▼ 37.4%
▼ 42.6%
▼ 53.8%
6-month growth
+0.1%
-86.2%
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Global rank web
#2,562,886
#4,650,820
#15,277,235
Avg. last 3 months
12.3K
4.8K
705
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
36%
39%
Pages / visit
1.5
1.4
1.1
Visit duration
4s
7s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 43% · ● Search 32%
ElicitDefapiDankgpt
04.7K9.5K14.2K19KElicit · 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 · 2.4KDankgpt · 1KDankgpt · 745Dankgpt · 3441001K10K100KElicit · 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 · 2.4KDankgpt · 1KDankgpt · 745Dankgpt · 344Nov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
Free
Starting price
$10per month · free tier available
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Free
Free tier
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Free trial
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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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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
AudioImagesText
DocumentsText
Output
DataText
AudioImagesText
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Development & CodeAI API
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI FilesAI PDF+2 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
3
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4
Research papers
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Research
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Literature reviews
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APIs
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PDF analysis
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