Elicit vs FastRouter vs Scite

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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FastRouter
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Scite
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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 FastRouter
fastrouter.ai
This LLM gateway lets teams tap into over 100 AI models through one API endpoint
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Competitor Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
9.2Kvisits/mo
15.5Kvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 37.4%
▼ 62.7%
▲ 1.8%
6-month growth
+0.1%
+4.7%
-27.6%
Global rank web
#2,562,886
#1,733,591
#75,906
Avg. last 3 months
12.3K
23.1K
716.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
45%
47%
Pages / visit
1.5
1.5
2.9
Visit duration
4s
15s
2m 09s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 95% · ● Referral 5%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
ElicitFastRouterScite
0263.3K526.6K789.9K1.1MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KFastRouter · 4.9KFastRouter · 14.8KFastRouter · 11KFastRouter · 10.2KFastRouter · 12.2KFastRouter · 41.6KFastRouter · 15.5KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2K1K10K100K1M10MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KFastRouter · 4.9KFastRouter · 14.8KFastRouter · 11KFastRouter · 10.2KFastRouter · 12.2KFastRouter · 41.6KFastRouter · 15.5KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$10per month · free tier available
$199per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
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Starter FreePro $199/moBusiness $799/moEnterprise Custom
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
AudioImagesText
Text
Output
DataText
AudioImagesTextVideo
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Academic research
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Research
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Research papers
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Literature reviews
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Research papers analysis
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APIs
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Academic citation
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Citation verification
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Citations
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LLM gateway
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Model routing
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Research assistance
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Academic paper evaluation
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API integrations
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API management
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Developer tools
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Medical research
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Research trends tracking
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