Elicit vs Gemini vs Paperguide 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
Gemini
Competitor 2
Paperguide
Competitor 3
Dankgpt
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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 Gemini
gemini.google.com
Google's most capable AI model
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Competitor Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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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
2.6Bvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
344visits/mo
MoM change
▼ 37.4%
▼ 2.6%
▲ 4.7%
▼ 53.8%
6-month growth
+0.1%
+0.8%
+44.6%
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Global rank web
#2,562,886
#17
#182,104
#15,277,235
Avg. last 3 months
12.3K
2.7B
266.5K
705
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
28%
44%
39%
Pages / visit
1.5
4.1
2.3
1.1
Visit duration
4s
7m 01s
1m 32s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 43% · ● Search 32%
ElicitGeminiPaperguideDankgpt
0725.8M1.5B2.2B2.9BElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KDankgpt · 1KDankgpt · 745Dankgpt · 3441001K10K100K1M10M100M1B10BElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KGemini · 1.4BGemini · 1.7BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.1BGemini · 2.6BGemini · 2.8BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.9BGemini · 2.7BGemini · 2.6BPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KDankgpt · 1KDankgpt · 745Dankgpt · 344Nov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Free
Starting price
$10per month · free tier available
$4.99per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
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Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moGoogle AI Pro $19.99/moGoogle AI Ultra 5x $99.99/mo+1 more
Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
AudioTextImagesDocumentsCode
TextDocuments
TextDocuments
Output
TextData
VideoTextImagesCodeAudio
TextDocumentsData
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Chatbots & CompanionsDevelopment & CodeEducation & LearningImage Editing+27 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI FilesAI PDF+2 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Research papers
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Academic research
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Research papers analysis
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Literature reviews
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PDF analysis
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Writing
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Document chat
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Image generation
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Research assistance
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Citations
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Coding
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Document q a
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Email writing
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Image to image
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Large language models
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Scientific literature exploration
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Search engine
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Summarizing
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Translations
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Video generation
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Video summaries
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Academic writing
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Image editing
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Medical research
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Research papers drafting
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