Elicit vs NotebookLM vs Consensus

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

Your tool
Elicit
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Competitor 1
NotebookLM
Competitor 2
Consensus
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 NotebookLM
notebooklm.google.com
Your docs, deeply understood
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
9.2Kvisits/mo
159.8Mvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 37.4%
▼ 26.8%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
+0.1%
-14.7%
+14.4%
Global rank web
#2,562,886
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#9,859
Avg. last 3 months
12.3K
210.3M
5.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
32%
43%
Pages / visit
1.5
5.0
4.1
Visit duration
4s
6m 32s
3m 56s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
ElicitNotebookLMConsensus
063.2M126.5M189.7M253MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KNotebookLM · 121.9MNotebookLM · 141.5MNotebookLM · 177.5MNotebookLM · 187.3MNotebookLM · 222.2MNotebookLM · 247.4MNotebookLM · 253MNotebookLM · 218.2MNotebookLM · 159.8MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8M1K10K100K1M10M100M1BElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KNotebookLM · 121.9MNotebookLM · 141.5MNotebookLM · 177.5MNotebookLM · 187.3MNotebookLM · 222.2MNotebookLM · 247.4MNotebookLM · 253MNotebookLM · 218.2MNotebookLM · 159.8MConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$10per month · free tier available
$4.99per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
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Free FreeGoogle AI Plus $4.99/moNotebookLM Pro (Google AI Pro) $19.99/moVia Google AI Ultra $99.99/mo
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
AudioDocumentsTextWeb pages
Text
Output
DataText
AudioTextVideo
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsVideo EditingVoice & Speech+5 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 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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Literature reviews
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Medical research
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PDF analysis
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Research assistance
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Search engine
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Podcasts
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Scientific research
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Summarizing
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Files
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Note taking
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Productivity
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Video summaries
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Reviews
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Prompts
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