Elicit vs Scite vs Consensus vs Sourcely
Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.
Your tool
Elicit
vs Elicit
Competitor 1
Scite
Scite
Competitor 2
Consensus
Consensus
Competitor 3
Sourcely
SourcelyCompare
4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
9.2Kvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
121.3Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 37.4%
▲ 1.8%
▲ 3.5%
▼ 17.6%
6-month growth
+0.1%
-27.6%
+14.4%
-27.7%
Global rank web
#2,562,886
#75,906
#9,859
#330,988
Avg. last 3 months
12.3K
716.7K
5.5M
143.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
47%
43%
39%
Pages / visit
1.5
2.9
4.1
2.2
Visit duration
4s
2m 09s
3m 56s
33s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 63% · ● Referral 35%
ElicitSciteConsensusSourcely
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Freemium
Starting price
$10per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$8.99per month · free tier available
$19per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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API access
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Plans
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Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
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Free FreeUltra $19/moMax $39/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
Text
Text
Output
DataText
Text
Text
Text
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Tasks what each tool can do · 4 shared · core partial
Tasks covered
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Academic research
Research
Research papers
Literature reviews
Citations
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Academic citation
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Research papers analysis
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Research papers summaries
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Medical research
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Citation verification
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Research assistance
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Search engine
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Academic paper evaluation
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Citation formatting
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Scientific research
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Academic q a
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Research trends tracking
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Rating
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Upvotes
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Saves
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Reviews
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Prompts
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Verified listing
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.