Elicit vs Perplexity AI vs Scite vs SciSpace

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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Perplexity AI
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Scite
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SciSpace
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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 Perplexity AI
perplexity.ai
Search that gives answers instead of links
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Competitor Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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Competitor SciSpace
scispace.com
Make sense of research papers
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
9.2Kvisits/mo
95.2Mvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 37.4%
▼ 8.2%
▲ 1.8%
▼ 98.8%
6-month growth
+0.1%
-42.9%
-27.6%
-99.2%
Global rank web
#2,562,886
#446
#75,906
#17,447
Avg. last 3 months
12.3K
104.9M
716.7K
2.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
33%
47%
56%
Pages / visit
1.5
3.6
2.9
2.5
Visit duration
4s
4m 18s
2m 09s
2m 13s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 94% · ● Referral 4%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
ElicitPerplexity AISciteSciSpace
047.3M94.5M141.8M189MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KPerplexity 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 · 95.2MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2K1K10K100K1M10M100M1BElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KPerplexity 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 · 95.2MScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KSciSpace · 5.9MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.8MSciSpace · 5.1MSciSpace · 5.8MSciSpace · 5.6MSciSpace · 5MSciSpace · 4.2MSciSpace · 3.8MSciSpace · 44.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
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Starting price
$10per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
CodeDocumentsImagesText
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Output
DataText
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Skill level
Beginner-friendly
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Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Chatbots & CompanionsEducation & LearningLifestyle & EntertainmentProductivity & Office+13 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 3 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research
Research papers
Literature reviews
Academic research
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Research papers analysis
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Research assistance
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Citations
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Citation verification
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Search engine
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Academic paper evaluation
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Chatbots
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Document summarization
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PDFs
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers drafting
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Scientific writing
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Summarizing
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Homework assistance
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Medical research
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PDF analysis
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Research trends tracking
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Writing
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