Exa vs Elicit vs Defapi vs Scite

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Exa
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Elicit
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DDefapi
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Scite
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Exa
exa.ai
Search built for AI
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Competitor Elicit
elicit.org
Research assistant that reads the papers
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Competitor DDefapi
defapi.org
You know how managing multiple AI provider integrations usually means maintaining separate codebases for each vendor
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Competitor Scite
scite.ai
Smart citations that show how papers are cited
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
930.8Kvisits/mo
9.2Kvisits/mo
2.4Kvisits/mo
700.2Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▲ 9.9%
▼ 37.4%
▼ 42.6%
▲ 1.8%
6-month growth
+16.3%
+0.1%
-86.2%
-27.6%
Global rank web
#55,392
#2,562,886
#4,650,820
#75,906
Avg. last 3 months
844.7K
12.3K
4.8K
716.7K
Bounce rate lower is better
38%
37%
36%
47%
Pages / visit
4.3
1.5
1.4
2.9
Visit duration
3m 23s
4s
7s
2m 09s
Traffic sources
● Direct 86% · ● Referral 12%
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● Direct 83% · ● Referral 14%
ExaElicitDefapiScite
0375.5K751K1.1M1.5MExa · 477.2KExa · 768.9KExa · 1.5MExa · 789.9KExa · 800.6KExa · 832.8KExa · 761.4KExa · 756.6KExa · 846.8KExa · 930.8KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2K1K10K100K1M10MExa · 477.2KExa · 768.9KExa · 1.5MExa · 789.9KExa · 800.6KExa · 832.8KExa · 761.4KExa · 756.6KExa · 846.8KExa · 930.8KElicit · 7KElicit · 19KElicit · 17.3KElicit · 9.2KElicit · 4.5KElicit · 9.9KElicit · 13.1KElicit · 14.6KElicit · 9.2KDefapi · 11.1KDefapi · 13KDefapi · 12.4KDefapi · 17.7KDefapi · 9.4KDefapi · 6.2KDefapi · 7.6KDefapi · 4.2KDefapi · 2.4KScite · 983KScite · 874.9KScite · 885.4KScite · 840.8KScite · 967KScite · 1.1MScite · 1MScite · 762KScite · 687.8KScite · 700.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Paid
Freemium
Starting price
Free tier
$10per month · free tier available
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$20per month · free tier available
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Plans
Starter $10/moDeveloper CustomEnterprise Custom/mo
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Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview $1/$6/per requestClaude Sonnet 4.6 $1.5/$7.5/per requestClaude Opus 4.6 $2.5/$12.5/per requestSora 2 Stable $0.175+/per request+2 more
Connect FreeBasic $20/moPro $50/mo
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextWeb pages
DocumentsText
AudioImagesText
Text
Output
DataText
DataText
AudioImagesText
Text
Skill level
Advanced
Beginner-friendly
Advanced
Intermediate
Categories
Development & CodeProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI API+3 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Development & CodeAI API
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Literature reviews
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Research papers analysis
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Citation verification
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Research assistance
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Search engine
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API management
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Academic paper evaluation
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Web scraping
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Development
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Medical research
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Research trends tracking
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