Elicit vs Paperguide vs ResearchRabbit vs ScienceOS

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
Paperguide
Competitor 2
ResearchRabbit
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 ResearchRabbit
researchrabbit.ai
AI-powered literature mapping
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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
907.4Kvisits/mo
64.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 37.4%
▲ 4.7%
▼ 17.3%
▼ 6.2%
6-month growth
+0.1%
+44.6%
-22.2%
+1.2%
Global rank web
#2,562,886
#182,104
#51,921
#464,304
Avg. last 3 months
12.3K
266.5K
992.4K
68.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
44%
43%
39%
Pages / visit
1.5
2.3
3.1
3.7
Visit duration
4s
1m 32s
2m 02s
1m 37s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 91% · ● Referral 8%
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
ElicitPaperguideResearchRabbitScienceOS
0304.4K608.9K913.3K1.2MElicit · 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 · 262.6KResearchRabbit · 1.1MResearchRabbit · 908.5KResearchRabbit · 939.4KResearchRabbit · 1MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 972.1KResearchRabbit · 1.1MResearchRabbit · 907.4KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9K1K10K100K1M10MElicit · 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 · 262.6KResearchRabbit · 1.1MResearchRabbit · 908.5KResearchRabbit · 939.4KResearchRabbit · 1MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 1.2MResearchRabbit · 972.1KResearchRabbit · 1.1MResearchRabbit · 907.4KScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$10per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
$10per month · free tier available
€7.25per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Plan $10/mo
Free FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
DataText
DataDocumentsText
Data
DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
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
Academic research
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Literature reviews
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Scientific literature exploration
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Citations
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Research papers analysis
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Literature analysis
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Research assistance
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Scientific q a
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PDF analysis
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Research recommendations
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Scientific research navigation
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Academic writing
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Medical research
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Network diagrams
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Research papers drafting
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Writing
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