Elicit vs Semantic Scholar vs Dankgpt 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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Semantic Scholar
Competitor 2
Dankgpt
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 Semantic Scholar
semanticscholar.org
AI-powered research discovery
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Competitor Dankgpt
dankgpt.com
Research papers pile up fast
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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
6.6Mvisits/mo
344visits/mo
64.9Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 37.4%
▲ 11.2%
▼ 53.8%
▼ 6.2%
6-month growth
+0.1%
-24.2%
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+1.2%
Global rank web
#2,562,886
#10,569
#15,277,235
#464,304
Avg. last 3 months
12.3K
6.4M
705
68.2K
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
48%
39%
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Pages / visit
1.5
2.7
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Visit duration
4s
1m 46s
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1m 37s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 81% · ● Referral 17%
● Direct 43% · ● Search 32%
● Direct 98% · ● Mail 2%
ElicitSemantic ScholarDankgptScienceOS
02.2M4.4M6.6M8.7MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KSemantic Scholar · 7.2MSemantic Scholar · 6.7MSemantic Scholar · 6.9MSemantic Scholar · 7.1MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 7.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MSemantic Scholar · 5.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MDankgpt · 1KDankgpt · 745Dankgpt · 344ScienceOS · 79.4KScienceOS · 75.1KScienceOS · 79.7KScienceOS · 64.1KScienceOS · 64.5KScienceOS · 56.4KScienceOS · 70.5KScienceOS · 69.2KScienceOS · 64.9K1001K10K100K1M10MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KSemantic Scholar · 7.2MSemantic Scholar · 6.7MSemantic Scholar · 6.9MSemantic Scholar · 7.1MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 8.7MSemantic Scholar · 7.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MSemantic Scholar · 5.9MSemantic Scholar · 6.6MDankgpt · 1KDankgpt · 745Dankgpt · 344ScienceOS · 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
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€7.25per month · free tier available
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Free FreeAngel €7.25/moTeam €6/moInstitution Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
DocumentsText
DocumentsText
Output
DataText
Text
Text
DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI FilesAI PDF+2 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Research papers
Research
Academic research
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Research papers analysis
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Literature reviews
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Scientific literature exploration
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PDF analysis
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Document chat
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Research assistance
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Academic papers decoding
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Citations
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Scientific research
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Scientific research navigation
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Academic paper interpretations
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Literature analysis
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Medical research
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Network diagrams
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