Elicit vs Paperguide vs Perplexity AI vs ScienceOS

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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Paperguide
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Perplexity AI
Competitor 3
ScienceOS
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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 Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Competitor Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Competitor ScienceOS
scienceos.ai
Researchers waste hours hunting through literature—piecing together fragments from different papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
9.2Kvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
64.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 37.4%
▲ 4.7%
▼ 8.2%
▼ 6.2%
6-month growth
+0.1%
+44.6%
-42.9%
+1.2%
Global rank web
#2,562,886
#182,104
#446
#464,304
Avg. last 3 months
12.3K
266.5K
104.9M
68.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
44%
33%
39%
Pages / visit
1.5
2.3
3.6
3.7
Visit duration
4s
1m 32s
4m 18s
1m 37s
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
ElicitPaperguidePerplexity AIScienceOS
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9K1K10K100K1M10M100M1BElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KPerplexity AI · 189MPerplexity AI · 179.6MPerplexity AI · 170.1MPerplexity AI · 153.8MPerplexity AI · 166.8MPerplexity AI · 154.9MPerplexity AI · 138.1MPerplexity AI · 115.8MPerplexity AI · 103.8MPerplexity AI · 95.2MScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
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Starting price
$10per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
€7.25per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
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Free FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextDocuments
DocumentsText
DocumentsImagesTextCode
DocumentsText
Output
TextData
DataDocumentsText
CodeText
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Research papers
Literature reviews
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Academic research
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Citations
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Research papers analysis
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Scientific literature exploration
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Writing
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AI search
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Research assistance
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Scientific q a
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Search engine
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Chatbots
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Document summarization
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PDF analysis
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Summarizing
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Academic writing
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Homework assistance
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Literature analysis
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Medical research
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Network diagrams
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Research papers drafting
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