Explainpaper vs Consensus vs Paperguide vs SciSummary

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

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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Explainpaper
explainpaper.com
Explainpaper breaks down why that quantum mechanics paper uses "eigenvalues" in equation 12 when you highlight confusing text in research papers
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Competitor Consensus
consensus.app
Scientific answers from peer-reviewed research
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Competitor Paperguide
paperguide.ai
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Competitor SciSummary
scisummary.com
SciSummary is an AI reading aid for scientific articles and research papers.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
35.2Kvisits/mo
5.8Mvisits/mo
262.6Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
▼ 12.5%
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6-month growth
-63.9%
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Global rank web
#806,701
#9,859
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Avg. last 3 months
43.2K
5.5M
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Bounce rate lower is better
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Pages / visit
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Visit duration
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Traffic sources
● Direct 88% · ● Referral 11%
● Direct 84% · ● Referral 14%
● Direct 80% · ● Referral 14%
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ExplainpaperConsensusPaperguideSciSummary
01.5M2.9M4.4M5.9MExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6K10K100K1M10MExplainpaper · 69.9KExplainpaper · 82.9KExplainpaper · 82.3KExplainpaper · 69.1KExplainpaper · 97.5KExplainpaper · 53.1KExplainpaper · 55.8KExplainpaper · 54.1KExplainpaper · 40.2KExplainpaper · 35.2KConsensus · 4.4MConsensus · 4.1MConsensus · 3.9MConsensus · 4MConsensus · 5.1MConsensus · 5.9MConsensus · 5.7MConsensus · 5MConsensus · 5.6MConsensus · 5.8MPaperguide · 181KPaperguide · 215.1KPaperguide · 183.1KPaperguide · 181.6KPaperguide · 232.2KPaperguide · 282.6KPaperguide · 286.3KPaperguide · 250.7KPaperguide · 262.6KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
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Starting price
$16per month · free tier available
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Capabilities input → output
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DocumentsText
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DocumentsText
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DataDocumentsText
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Skill level
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Categories
Education & LearningProductivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI PDF+2 more
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool+1 more
Research & AnalyticsAI Research PapersAI Research Tool
Productivity & OfficeResearch & AnalyticsWriting & ContentAI PDF+2 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 2 shared · core   partial
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