Elicit vs Gatsbi AI vs Literfy 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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Gatsbi AI
Competitor 2
Literfy
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 Gatsbi AI
gatsbi.com
Most academic research tools just organize what you've already found
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Competitor Literfy
literfy.ai
Literfy is an AI literature review generator that combines paper search with review writing in one workflow.
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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
83.2Kvisits/mo
6.3Kvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 37.4%
▲ 23.6%
▼ 44.6%
▼ 98.8%
6-month growth
+0.1%
+60.3%
-70.3%
-99.2%
Global rank web
#2,562,886
#513,336
#3,073,342
#17,447
Avg. last 3 months
12.3K
69.6K
11.1K
2.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
40%
40%
56%
Pages / visit
1.5
1.7
1.9
2.5
Visit duration
4s
18s
6s
2m 13s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 72% · ● Referral 21%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
ElicitGatsbi AILiterfySciSpace
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KGatsbi AI · 29.1KGatsbi AI · 63.8KGatsbi AI · 73.9KGatsbi AI · 51.9KGatsbi AI · 67.7KGatsbi AI · 66.9KGatsbi AI · 58.3KGatsbi AI · 67.3KGatsbi AI · 83.2KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2K101001K10K100K1M10MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KGatsbi AI · 29.1KGatsbi AI · 63.8KGatsbi AI · 73.9KGatsbi AI · 51.9KGatsbi AI · 67.7KGatsbi AI · 66.9KGatsbi AI · 58.3KGatsbi AI · 67.3KGatsbi AI · 83.2KLiterfy · 88Literfy · 21.4KLiterfy · 16.5KLiterfy · 39.8KLiterfy · 15.5KLiterfy · 11.4KLiterfy · 6.3KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
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Starting price
$10per month · free tier available
$15.99per month
$19per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
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Monthly Pro $19.99/moYearly Pro $15.99/yr
Free FreeLight Pack $19Pro Monthly $29/moPro Yearly $329/yr
Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Text
DocumentsText
Output
DataText
Documents
Text
DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Literature reviews
Research papers
Academic research
Research
Research papers drafting
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Research assistance
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Academic research gaps
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Citations
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific writing
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Scientific literature exploration
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BibTeX conversion
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Literature analysis
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PDFs
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Paraphrasing
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Patents
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Writing outlines
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Academic citation
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Medical research
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PDF analysis
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Patent analysis
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Patent drawings
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