Elicit vs Paperguide vs ScholarAI vs Consensus

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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ScholarAI
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Consensus
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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 ScholarAI
scholarai.io
Research in conversations
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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
262.6Kvisits/mo
106.2Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 37.4%
▲ 4.7%
▼ 21.7%
▲ 3.5%
6-month growth
+0.1%
+44.6%
-22.5%
+14.4%
Global rank web
#2,562,886
#182,104
#323,702
#9,859
Avg. last 3 months
12.3K
266.5K
124.1K
5.5M
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
44%
37%
43%
Pages / visit
1.5
2.3
1.9
4.1
Visit duration
4s
1m 32s
28s
3m 56s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 64% · ● Referral 36%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
ElicitPaperguideScholarAIConsensus
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MElicit · 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 · 262.6KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8M1K10K100K1M10MElicit · 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 · 262.6KScholarAI · 181.3KScholarAI · 142.6KScholarAI · 175.6KScholarAI · 132.3KScholarAI · 137KScholarAI · 146.3KScholarAI · 156.2KScholarAI · 130.6KScholarAI · 135.6KScholarAI · 106.2KConsensus · 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
Freemium
Starting price
$10per month · free tier available
$12per month · free tier available
$9.99per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free FreePlus $12/moPro $29/moEnterprise Custom
Free CustomBasic $9.99/moPremium $18.99/moTeams Custom
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Text
Output
DataText
DataDocumentsText
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Text
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
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Research papers
Academic research
Literature reviews
Citations
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Research papers summaries
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Research papers analysis
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Medical research
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Research papers drafting
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Research assistance
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Search engine
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Citation formatting
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Scientific literature exploration
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Academic writing
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