Elicit vs Undermind 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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Undermind
Competitor 2
Scite
Competitor 3
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 Undermind
undermind.ai
Undermind is an AI co-researcher for scientific literature.
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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
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700.2Kvisits/mo
44.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 37.4%
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▲ 1.8%
▼ 98.8%
6-month growth
+0.1%
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-27.6%
-99.2%
Global rank web
#2,562,886
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#75,906
#17,447
Avg. last 3 months
12.3K
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716.7K
2.7M
Bounce rate lower is better
37%
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47%
56%
Pages / visit
1.5
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2.9
2.5
Visit duration
4s
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2m 09s
2m 13s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 83% · ● Referral 15%
ElicitUndermindSciteSciSpace
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KScite · 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 · 44.2K1K10K100K1M10MElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KScite · 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
Freemium
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Starting price
$10per month · free tier available
$15per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
$20per month · free tier available
Free tier
Free trial
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Plans
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Free FreePro $16/moTeam $15/moEnterprise Custom
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Free FreePremium $20/moAdvanced $90/moMax $200/mo+1 more
Capabilities input → output
Input
DocumentsText
Text
Text
DocumentsText
Output
DataText
DataText
Text
DataText
Skill level
Beginner-friendly
Intermediate
Intermediate
Beginner-friendly
Categories
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDFAI Research Papers+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 5 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Academic research
Research papers
Literature reviews
Research
Research papers analysis
Research assistance
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Citations
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Academic citation
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Research trends tracking
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Citation verification
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Literature analysis
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Academic paper evaluation
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PDFs
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Paraphrasing
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Research papers drafting
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Scientific literature exploration
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Scientific research
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Scientific writing
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Medical research
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PDF analysis
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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.