Elicit vs Muapi vs Defapi 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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Scite
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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 Muapi
muapi.ai
MuAPI consolidates access to over 500 AI models for image, video, and audio generation through a single API endpoint, eliminating the need to manage separate integrations with dozens of providers
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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 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
318.3Kvisits/mo
2.4Kvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 37.4%
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▼ 42.6%
▲ 1.8%
6-month growth
+0.1%
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-86.2%
-27.6%
Global rank web
#2,562,886
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#4,650,820
#75,906
Avg. last 3 months
12.3K
318.3K
4.8K
716.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
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36%
47%
Pages / visit
1.5
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2.9
Visit duration
4s
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7s
2m 09s
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
ElicitMuapiDefapiScite
0263.3K526.6K789.9K1.1MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KMuapi · 318.3KDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KScite · 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 · 9.2KMuapi · 318.3KDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Paid
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Freemium
Starting price
$10per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
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Suno - Create Music $0.09Qwen Image $0.03LTX-2 Video $0.30
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
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
TextImages
TextImagesAudio
Text
Output
TextData
VideoImagesAudio
TextImagesAudio
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Development & CodeAI API
Development & CodeAI API
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
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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Research papers analysis
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Citation verification
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Research assistance
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Image generation
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Medical research
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Music creation
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Research trends tracking
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